This numeracy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to practise using counting back to calculate the difference between pairs of numbers to show some of the special things that can be sold in a seaside shop.

The class can match cards showing subtraction calculations for pairs of one digit numbers to ten using concrete objects and diagrams to link with each equation.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise using counting back to calculate the difference between pairs of numbers to show some of the special things that can be sold in a seaside shop

Activities in this teaching pack include a worksheet to support counting back when identify matching sums that are three less than different numbers to ten and a set of cards to match different subtraction calculations for pairs of one digit numbers using concrete equipment and diagrams to link with each equation.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use counting back to calculate the difference between pairs of numbers to show things sold in a seaside shop.

This lesson is part of a numeracy scheme of work to get the children to calculate and record the difference between pairs of numbers to ten by counting back to show numbers of items sold in a shop at the seaside. 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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