Join the dots
Overview
Purpose
To recognise and respond to numbers in German.
Learning outcome
Students use the numbers 1–99 in German.
Skills used
- Listening
- Speaking
Type
Individual activity
Related units in Ja! kit
- Unit 3 Wie heißt du?
- Unit 4 Wie geht's?
- Unit 8 Wo wohnst du?
Instructions
In this version of joining the dots, you call out the dot numbers in German – in the sequence given below – and the students draw the picture by joining the dots in the order they are called.
Materials
To download the template for the dog picture, select from the following Word or PDF formats:
- Dog picture template for 'Join the dots' activity (Word, 59KB)
- Dog picture template for 'Join the dots' activity (PDF, 21KB)
Make one copy for each student.
Steps
- Give a copy of the dog template to each student.
- Call the first two numbers (in German), pausing to let the students find the corresponding dots and draw the connecting lines.
- Call the next number in the sequence, checking that everyone is keeping up. If necessary, call the number several times.
- Repeat until all numbers are called and all students have completed the picture.
Number sequence for dog picture
1, 8, 21, 12, 30, 25, 11, 50, 77, 6, 80.
55, 48, 90, 17, 22, 81, 7, 15, 20, 95, 44.
33, 62, 4, 27, 40, 53, 98, 100, 34, 18, 92.
13, 28, 51, 23, 87, 63, 49, 22, 47, 10, 3.
21, 43, 69, 72, 38, 5, 18, 97.
Tips
- Tick the numbers off as you call them.
- Have the students repeat the number aloud as they look for it.
Variations
- Ask individual students to anticipate the next four numbers
- To reinforce number knowledge, divide class into small groups and have the group member take turns reading out the sequences of numbers to their group.
Further learning
- Give students a grid with numbers listed sequentially in the squares. Read off a series of numbers for students to create a join-the-dots shape within the grid.
Language to use
- Achtung! Fertig! Los!
Ready! Let's play! - Wie heißt ______ auf Englisch/Deutsch?
What is ______ in English/German? - Gut gemacht!
Well done! - Noch einmal, bitte.
Please repeat.