Lesson Three – Animal Numbers

This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate, order and compare each of the numbers to twenty written in words and digits to match animals that can be seen when visiting a zoo.
The class can search for numbers displayed in the school grounds in words and record the matching numerals to show groups of different types of animals.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate, order and compare each of the numbers to twenty written in words and digits to match animals that can be seen when visiting a zoo
Activities in this teaching pack include a set of cards to search for numbers displayed in the school grounds in words and record the matching numbers numerals and a worksheet to play a game to select and match different numbers to ten written in words and numerical digits.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to order and compare each of the numbers to twenty written in words and digits.
This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to count, compare and order sets of objects to twenty and identify the matching numbers using words and 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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