Lesson One – Pencils, Rulers and Crayons

This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to count, compare and record numbers of different classroom tools and equipment to match each of the numbers to ten written in digits.
The class can use concrete objects to count and record numbers of objects to ten on number lines to match and illustrate the counted sums.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to count, compare and record numbers of different classroom tools and equipment to match each of the number to ten written in digits
Activities in this teaching pack include templates to select and record counted numbers of classroom tools and equipment on number lines to ten and a worksheet to play a paired game to match different numbers in words to ten recorded on dice faces.
The interactive presentation gets the children to exp[ore how to count, compare and record numbers of different classroom tools and equipment to ten.
This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to count, record and compare sets of different objects to ten and identify the matching numbers using numerals. 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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