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Lesson Four – Christmas Stocking
This maths teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to calculate and record the total cost of presents needed to fill a stocking using different money amounts.
The class can use concrete equipment and diagrams to model their number calculations when adding pairs of two digit numbers to work out the prices of presents.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to calculate and record the total cost of presents needed to fill a stocking using different money amounts
Activities in this teaching pack include differentiated sets of cards to select and add pairs of money amounts to calculate the total cost of presents needed to fill a stocking and a template to complete number sentences to show sums for pairs of money amounts to calculate the total cost of presents needed to fill a stocking.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to calculate the total cost of presents needed to fill a stocking using different money amounts.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to practise using mental calculations and informal written calculations to add and subtract pairs of two digit numbers. 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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