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Parent guide · Grade 3 Russian · Unit 2

Lesson 2.2 Оди́ннадцать… два́дцать: Sums Out Loud

Written for the parent. The Read aloud parts are written to your child; read them as they are. Do this parts are for you. Answers for you are marked Listen for.

At a glance

Time
3 sessions of 20–30 minutes
Goal
Count from eleven to twenty in Russian. Read a simple sum aloud: плюс, ми́нус, бу́дет. Hear what Jesus said about how well God knows us.
You need
  • Paper strips
  • Markers
  • A sketchbook or plain paper, and crayons
  • A King James Bible
Print
Worksheet A · the lesson page (it also has a short video (5:13))

Steps

  1. Do this together: Count from zero to ten in Russian. What comes next? Today you learn the teens and do sums out loud.

  2. Read aloud: The story. Jesus told His disciples not to be afraid, because God takes care of even the smallest sparrow. Then He said: But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. You could not count the hairs on your head even if you tried for a day! But God knows the exact number. He knows you completely and cares for every part of your life.

    Read aloud: How Russian works. The teens are built like a puzzle: the small number + на + дцать (from де́сять, ten). Оди́н-на-дцать is one-on-ten, eleven: ah-DEE-nuh-tsuht’. Двена́дцать (12), трина́дцать (13), четы́рнадцать (14), пятна́дцать (15), шестна́дцать (16), семна́дцать (17), восемна́дцать (18), девятна́дцать (19). Twenty is два́дцать.

    Read aloud: Sums out loud. Russian children read sums like this: Два плюс три бу́дет пять. (2 + 3 = 5.) Де́сять ми́нус четы́ре бу́дет шесть. (10 − 4 = 6.) Бу́дет means “will be”. You can also say равно́ (equals).

  3. Do this: Say each word clearly; your child says it back twice. Point to a picture or the real thing when you can.

    • оди́ннадцать [ah-DEEN-nuhd-tsuht]: eleven
    • двена́дцать [dvee-NAHD-tsuht]: twelve
    • пятна́дцать [peet-NAHD-tsuht]: fifteen
    • два́дцать [DVAHD-tsuht]: twenty
    • плюс [plyoos]: plus
    • ми́нус [MEE-noos]: minus
    • бу́дет [BOO-deet]: will be, equals

  4. Show: Read aloud: 8 + 4 = 12.

    Say this: “8 is во́семь , 4 is четы́ре.”

    Say this: “+ is плюс , = is бу́дет , 12 is двена́дцать.”

    Answer: Во́семь плюс четы́ре бу́дет двена́дцать.

    Show: Read aloud: 20 − 5 = 15.

    Say this: “20 is два́дцать , − is ми́нус.”

    Say this: “15 is пятна́дцать.”

    Answer: Два́дцать ми́нус пять бу́дет пятна́дцать.

  5. Do this: Ask out loud. Let your child try first; help only after a real try.

    Ask: Say eleven and twelve in Russian.

    Listen for: Оди́ннадцать, двена́дцать.

    Ask: Say twenty in Russian.

    Listen for: Два́дцать.

    Ask: Count from 11 to 15 in Russian.

    Listen for: Оди́ннадцать, двена́дцать, трина́дцать, четы́рнадцать, пятна́дцать.

    3 more on the lesson page.

  6. Read aloud: Make strips with sums on the front and the answer in Russian on the back, and quiz the family.

    Steps:

    1. Write ten sums with answers up to 20 on the front of the strips (7 + 6 = ?).
    2. On the back, write the full sentence in Russian: Семь плюс шесть бу́дет трина́дцать.
    3. Read each sum aloud in Russian and answer before you flip it.
    4. Quiz a parent. Can they answer in Russian?

    Tips for you:

    • Make two of the sums take-aways with ми́нус.

    Done when your child can say:

    • I made ten sum strips.
    • I can read each sum aloud in Russian.

  7. Do this: Your child picks one or more; you write the date.

    1. In your notebook, write the numbers 11–20 with their Russian words, and five sums written out in Russian words.

  8. Read aloud: The Russian word for hundred is сто, and the word for thousand is ты́сяча. In old Russia, a huge number was called тьма, the word for darkness, as if there were too many to see!

    • Saying o-din-NAD-tsat. The loud part is on ДИ: ah-DEE-nuh-tsuht’.
    • Saying the д in -дцать. It is almost silent: -tsuht’.

  10. Two players take turns counting up from one in Russian, saying one, two or three numbers each turn. Whoever has to say два́дцать loses. Play several rounds and look for a winning plan!

  11. Say this: “Tell me what you learned today.”

    Listen for: Count from eleven to twenty in Russian.; Read a simple sum aloud: плюс, ми́нус, бу́дет.; Hear what Jesus said about how well God knows us.

  12. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

    Matthew 10:30 (KJV)

    Russian Synodal Bible (1876): <i class="ru-bible" lang="ru">у вас же и волосы на голове все сочтены</i> God knows every hair on your head. Nothing about you is too small for Him to care about.

Spread over the week

3 sessions of 20–30 minutes. Stop while it is still going well.

  1. Session 1. Warm-up, then read and teach the new idea and the new words. Show how.
  2. Session 2. Practice together, then start the project. Finish the project, then the sketchbook.
  3. Session 3. Narration, the game and the Scripture.