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This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to collect and sort the correct numbers of different pieces of classroom tools and equipment to five, ten and twenty to match their numerical digits.
The class can identify and link each of the counted sets of classroom tools and equipment to the selected numerals for each of the grouped totals with sums to ten.
Download this teaching pack including classroom activities and an interactive presentation to collect and sort the correct numbers of different pieces of classroom tools and equipment to five, ten and twenty to match their numerical digits
Activities in this teaching pack include differentiated sets of cards to identify and count different numbers of pieces of classroom equipment to match the numerals to five for support ability levels, to ten for core ability levels and to twenty for extension ability levels.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to sort the correct numbers of different pieces of classroom tools and equipment to five, ten and twenty.
This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to explain and model how to count, order and compare the numbers of special tools and equipment that can be used when working in school lessons. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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