Class party Skill: Grouping and sharing, counting, ordinal number Resources: Images of the juice drink, biscuit, strawberry and cupcake and images of 20 children Activity: There are 20 children in the class. The teacher had a Halloween party and started to give out some treats. All pupils lined up and [...]
Snakes and ladders Skill: Counting, addition, position and direction Resources: One die per pair of pupils, counters, snakes and ladders board Activity: Give each pair of pupils a die and one counter each. Each person starts on 1 and takes it in turn to roll the die and move the appropriate number of [...]
Picking Apples Skill:Counting, subtraction, problem solving Resources: 10 counters per pair of pupils, ‘Picking Apples’ template Activity: Give each pair of pupils the ‘Picking Apples’ template and ten counters (apples) placed on the branches of the tree. Pupils must take it in turns to ‘pick’ either one or two apples from the tree. [...]
Skill: Counting, position and direction Resources: Ten blank frames for each pupil, a barrier, ten counters for each pupil Activity: Children should work in pairs and each child will need a ten frame and ten counters. They will need a barrier between both of their ten frames. Child A places some of the counters [...]
Skills: Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division Resources: A variety of concrete resources to support pupils Activity: Give this problem to students and allow them time to explore how they need to solve the problem. Use the questions below as prompts if they are unsure what to do next. Display the problem and read it [...]
Skills:Place value Resources: Place value grid, 0-9 number cards (0-9 die) Activity: Each pair of pupils has a place value grid and a set of number cards 0-9. They take it in turns to select a number card, which are all face down on the table, and each player must decide where to place [...]
Skills: Data, shape and space Resources: A selection of 2-D shapes, branching database template Activity: This task looks at the similarities and differences between 2-D shapes. Explain to pupils that we are going to use a branching database to sort the shapes. A branching database uses questions to help distinguish the shapes. Show pupils [...]
Skills:Representing and interpreting data, fractions, decimals, ratio, length measuring. Resources: Measuring tape (one per two pupils), string, record table (see below). Activity: Divide pupils into groups of two. Introduce pupils to Leonardo Da Vinci’s concept of human proportions. Show them how to properly measure parts of their body using a measuring tape. Pupils, in [...]
What's the Question? Skills:Addition, subtraction, algebra Resources: A variety of concrete resources to support addition and subtraction Activity: Give pupils any number between one and ten, for example, 6. Explain that ’6’ is the answer but you do not know what the question is. Ask pupils what the question might [...]
Skill:Problem solving, addition, subtraction Resources: A variety of concrete materials to support pupils Activity: Display and read aloud this problem to pupils: Some dogs and ducks were in the garden. There were ten legs altogether in the garden, how many dogs and ducks might there have been? Explain your answer. Allow pupils time on [...]
