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Keyword

• 3star
• warm-up
• speak listen
• 5min 10min
• kinder primary_school middle_school high_school postgrad adult
• ll_1 ll_2 ll_3 ll_4

A simple way to review numbers and start thinking in English. It works well at the beginning of class, even while students are entering the classroom.

Procedure

Round 1

• Ask students to count out. Each student says one number aloud, the next student continuing: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... and so on. Arrange students on-the-fly in a line/circle, or in a way so that each student knows who to follow.
• Encourage students to count as fast as they can (because in real life comprehension of numbers needs to be fairly immediate).

Round 2

• On the board write "Even Numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10... " Have students count out in even numbers.

Round 3

• Write "Odd Numbers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9..." Students now count out in odd numbers.

Other Rounds (it's simple to create your own too)

• Counting down: 50, 49, 48, 47, 46, 45...
• Even numbers counting down: 100, 98, 96, 94...
• Odd numbers counting down: 99, 97, 95, 93...
• Multiples of 4: 4, 8, 12, 16, 20...
• Multiples of 2.5: 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10...
• Years counting down by threes: 2003, 2000, 1997, 1994