Beginner
40 mins
Teacher/Student led
+65 XP
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Sixteen, Seventeen and Eighteen

In this maths lesson you will build sixteen, seventeen and eighteen using ten-frames filled with a full ten and some extras. You will learn to name the extras while the ten stays hidden from view.

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    1 - Getting Started ~3 mins

    Illustration for Getting StartedMia counted 17 skips before the rope caught. How far past ten is that?

    2 - Watch and Notice ~7 mins

    Here are 16, 17 and 18. Each one is a full ten and some more. The extras are the counters past the full ten. Cover the full ten and name just the extras.

    3 - Try It Together ~8 mins

    Build 16, then 17, then 18 on the two ten-frames. Each time we say together: ten and ___ makes ___.

    Build sixteen, seventeen and eighteen

    4 - Write 16, 17 and 18 in Your Copy ~2 mins

    COPYBOOK MOMENT

    In your maths copy, write 16, 17 and 18 in one careful line.

    5 - Class Challenge ~7 mins

    The board shows one number at a time. Build it on the two frames. Keep the full ten still and only add the extras.

    Show and make 16, 17 and 18

    Pupil practice
    Module 1 · Numbers to 20: Read, Write, Order, Compare Number
    Lesson 5 · Sixteen, Seventeen and Eighteen
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