🔢Arabic Level 1, Activity 05: “الأَرْقَام / Numbers” (Face-to-Face/Online)

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Description:

In this activity, students will practice reading and writing numbers from 1-10 with simple math problems.

Semantic Topics:

زائد – ناقص – يساوي – الأرقام – ١ – ٢ – ٣ – ٤ -٥  – ٦ – ٧ – ٨ – ٩ – ١٠ , plus, ,minus, equals, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Grammatical Structures:

Numbers, +, -, =

Products: Simple math problems.

Practices: Answering simple math problems for beginners.

Perspectives: The importance of thinking logically in Arabic using numbers and the history of Arabic numerals.

NCSSFL-ACTFL World-Readiness Standards:

  • Standard 1.1: Students engage in conversations or correspondence in Arabic to provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions.
  • Standard 1.2: Students understand and interpret spoken and written Arabic on a variety of topics.
  • Standard 4.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of Arabic and their own languages.

Idaho Content Standards for World Languages:

  • COMM 1.1: Interact and negotiate meaning (spoken, signed, written conversation) to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
  • COMM 2.1: Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
  • COMP 1.1: Observe formal and informal forms of language.
  • COMP 1.2: Identify patterns and explain discrepancies in the sounds and the writing system in the target language.

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can read\write numbers from 1 to 10 in Arabic.
  • I can use simple math symbols like +, -, and = in Arabic.
  • I can exchange my number with others in Arabic.

Materials Needed:

Warm-Up

  1. For the warm-up, you will teach students how to say +, -, = in Arabic.
    من أجل الإحماء ، ستعلم الطلاب كيف يقولون + ، – ، = باللغة العربية.
  2. Pull up the presentation ( don’t forget to press Slideshow), share your screen with students, and start with the warm-up activity.
    + Plus
    – minus
    = equals
    اسحب العرض التقديمي (لا تنس الضغط على “Slideshow”) وشارك شاشتك مع الطلاب وابدأ بنشاط الإحماء.  + زائد
    – ناقص
    = يساوي
    .

Main Activity

  1. For the main activity, you will give students a simple math problem, and they will say the answer.
    بالنسبة للنشاط الرئيسي ، ستعطي الطلاب مسألة رياضية بسيطة ، وسيقولون الإجابة.
  2. Read the first one out loud with the answer.
    اقرأ أول واحد بصوت مرتفع مع الإجابة.
  3. Then, let students take turns reading each math problem and giving the answer.
    بعد ذلك ، دع الطلاب يتبادلون الأدوار في قراءة كل مشكلة رياضية مع إعطاء الإجابة أيضًا.
  4. Slides will show up the answer for the math problem after you click the mouse button.
    ستظهر “الشرائح” الإجابة عن مسألة الرياضيات بعد النقر فوق زر الماوس.

    Wrap-Up

    1. As a wrap-up, you will ask students to write or say their phone numbers in Arabic. (it does not have to be their real numbers)
      كخلاصة ، ستطلب من الطلاب إما كتابة أرقام هواتفهم أو نطقها باللغة العربية. (ليس من الضروري أن تكون أرقامهم الحقيقية).
    2. You can teach them the informal phrase for asking for someone’s number.
      يمكنك تعليمهم العبارة غير الرسمية لطلب رقم شخص ما.

    End of Activity

  • Read Can-Do statements once more and have students evaluate
    their confidence.
    (Use thumbs up/thumbs down or download our student cards.)
  • Encourage students to be honest in their self-evaluation.
  • Pay attention, and try to use feedback for future activities!

NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements:

  • I can read\write numbers from 1 to 10 in Arabic.
  • I can use simple math symbols like +, -, and = in Arabic.
  • I can exchange my number with others in Arabic.

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