Ordinal position games

Click Image to Enlarge Squigly is hiding in one of the apples. Click on the ordinal number that tells the order of Squigly's apple. This game has 10 questions. The Cats in Line.

Click Image to Enlarge Look at the cats in a line; determine the ordinal number that describes the position of the orange cat. Write the Ordinal Number Click Image to Enlarge Timed test 10 minutes with twenty-five questions. Write the ordinal number given in each question. Search Internet4Classrooms. Internet4classrooms is a collaborative effort by Susan Brooks and Bill Byles. Sign Up For Our Newsletter. Click Image to Enlarge. Put the race cars in the order they finished the race.

Match the numbers by clicking and dragging those on the right to where they belong on the left. Choose whether the number is a cardinal number or ordinal number. Matching game for English and Spanish ordinal numbers.

Determine the position of each object in the question. A lesson with practice exercises on exploring ordinal positions. A memory style matching game. These games help children learn by repetition and also increase their speed gradually as they become more skilled. Write the ordinal number for each cardinal number. Tell what position each object is in by dragging the correct number.

Choose the answer that best describes the ordinal position of each pattern. Put the ordinal numbers in the correct order. Print out several sets of the image and ordinal number cards. Then have your students work together to match the student and the position.

Joey is first. Cindy is second. Another one of my favorite ordinal number activities is using the days of the week. If you do any sort of calendar time, you may already be teaching them without even knowing it!

Monday is the second day of the week. If not, just start doing this daily. This is another quick way to practice ordinal numbers on a day-to-day basis.

When you are discussing the current month, use my free printable months of the year pages to show the position of each month. Just print out the months and point to the current month. It is the third month of the year. Continue this same cycle of sentences and discussion until you have talked about every month and practiced the concepts of first through twelfth. By simply talking about consistent, sequential daily activities, you are teaching ordinal numbers.

Think about it like this. What are the events that kids do every day? First, wake up. Second, put on your clothes. Third, put your pajamas away. Fourth, eat breakfast. You can either draw pictures or let your child draw them. Just have your kids put the pictures in order and match the ordinal number cards to them!

Easy peasy. Following recipes is another one of my favorite ordinal number activities. Obviously, you need to use your judgment on the intricacy of the recipe, but for young children let them make something like pudding.

Go ahead and have all of the tools out for them. Then allow them to complete the steps as independently as they can. For those just learning the concept of ordinal numbers, let them complete 3 steps. Children will need to be able to confidently count by forwards and backwards 1's before introducing ordinal numbers. When working on ordinal numbers children will need to connect known numbers - 1,2,3 with new vocab - first, second, third and the shorter written version - 1st, 2nd, 3rd.

Use a collection of toys positioned in a single line and ask your children to describe their order. They should understand that the order is determined by a set starting point then they might use that to help them describe the order of the toy.

For example, if you had five soft toys - a cat, a elephant, a zebra, a lion and a dog, when asked to describe the position of the lion, the reply might be - 'The lion is fourth from the front of the line' or they might describe the lion in position to a point in the room 'The lion is fourth from the door'.

Our ordinal number car park mats are the perfect invitation to practice reading and ordering ordinal numbers. To help my students read the ordinal numbers I've also created this set of ordinal number fly swat cards. My class love practicing their sight words this way so I've added this set into both our literacy and maths centres. With all the ordinal numbers from 1st to 25th, they are simple to use.