Lesson Four – Animal Counting
This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to explain and model how to use a selection of number sentences to identify the sums that are one less than different numbers to ten to show information about animals on a farm.
The class can select and match cards to represent that calculations that can be used when subtracting one from different numbers to ten.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explain and model how to use a selection of number sentences to identify the sums that are one less than different numbers to ten to show information about animals on a farm
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of cards to identify and match numbers that are one less than different numbers to ten for each subtraction calculation and a worksheet to select different numbers to ten and produce models of farm animals showing matching sums that are one less.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use a selection of number sentences to identify sums that are one less than different numbers to ten.
This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to identify and record counted sets of objects that are one less than different numbers to ten on the theme of farms and farming. 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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