Lesson Three – Acorns and Conkers

This maths teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to investigate and record how to use sets of concrete objects to support number calculations when subtracting pairs of single digit numbers within ten.

The class can explain how to record subtraction calculations using the correct symbols in a number sentence to show the facts and sums for each completed number equation.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate and record how to use sets of concrete objects to support number calculations when subtracting pairs of single digit numbers within ten

Activities in this teaching pack include a differentiated set of worksheets to identify and record how to complete number calculations when subtracting single digit numbers within ten when working with concrete objects and counting back to calculate each sum.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use concrete objects to support calculations when subtracting pairs of single digit numbers 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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