Lesson Five – Subtraction Sentences

This maths teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explore how to identify and record the correct subtraction calculations in written number sentences to match some different single digit sums within ten.

The class can select pairs of single digit numbers and identify their differences by counting on and back using concrete equipment to model the selected subtraction calculations.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to identify and record the correct subtraction calculations in written number sentences to match some different single digit sums within ten

Activities in this teaching pack include a set of cards to identify and record pairs of numbers to ten for matching subtraction sums with different differences when working with concrete equipment to model how to complete the selected number sentences.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and record the correct subtraction calculations to match the sums for single digit sums within ten.

This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to model and illustrate how to subtract pairs of single digit numbers within ten using concrete equipment and diagrams to support the subtraction calculations. 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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