We design a sliding mode cascade observer to estimate derivatives of the output. In the 1st step of the observer, the output will be estimated, and the 1st order derivative of the output will be estimated via the 2nd step of the observer. Also, nth order derivative of the output will be estimated in the n+1th step of the observer. Exponential convergence of the estimation errors is shown under the bounded initial condition. Numerical examples will be presented to show the validity of the proposed observer.