Lesson One – Addition Instructions
This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to explore and record how to compose sets of instructions about how to add different pairs of four digit numbers using a formal written calculation method.
The class can identify and model some of the mental calculations that can be used to complete each step in an addition sum including exchange between place value.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore and record how to compose sets of instructions about how to add different pairs of four digit numbers using a formal written calculation method
Activities in this teaching pack include a differentiated set of templates to devise number calculations to add pairs of four digit numbers for core and extension ability levels and three digit numbers for support ability levels using standard written calculation methods.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to compose sets of instructions about how to add pairs of four digit numbers using a written calculation method.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to practise using standard written methods of addition calculation to solve a range of abstract and contextual problems working with sets of four and five 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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