I am a teaching Deputy Head in a primary school in Hampshire and TES recommended author. I've been teaching in primary since 2007 with experience in most year groups, although my heart lies in Year 1! I enjoy making helpful, time-saving and engaging educational resources for teachers and pupils - I hope you find them useful!
I am a teaching Deputy Head in a primary school in Hampshire and TES recommended author. I've been teaching in primary since 2007 with experience in most year groups, although my heart lies in Year 1! I enjoy making helpful, time-saving and engaging educational resources for teachers and pupils - I hope you find them useful!
Have fun practising subitising with your class with this festive maths mastery game for the interactive whiteboard!
Subitising is the ability to instantly count a small quantity without needing to count each individual item and plays an important part in early ‘number sense’, building solid foundations for later addition and subtraction.
This PowerPoint resource contains 5 variations of the subitising game, including less Christmassy versions (snow foxes, gingerbread men and brussel sprouts).
In the game, between 1 and 6 objects are displayed briefly on the screen and the children have to subitise (count instantaneously) how many objects they have seen. The images and the corresponding number are shown when you are ready by clicking the slide. I get my class to write their answer on an individual whiteboard before we check it on the big screen.
The first 3 versions contain regular patterns of the numbers 1 - 6 (as you would see on a dice) for perceptual subitising and the final 2 versions contain irregular arrangements to support the development of conceptual subitising.
My Year R class love these animated slides and I hope your children enjoy them too!
Happy teaching!
Katharine7
One week’s worth of Year R mastery maths planning informed by the NCETM’s key areas of early mathematics learning and White Rose mastery principles. Printed and digital resources are included to facilitate delivery of the planning although you will also need some practical resources, e.g. duplo, beads, tens frames, Numicon.
The planning is based around a Traditional Tales/Jolly Postman topic however it is written in MS Word so that you can tweak it to suit your curriculum and practical equipment. For example, if you don’t have gems, you could use penny coins; if you were doing Supertato, you could use evil peas in a match box, etc…
A focus group runs throughout the week, rotating through the whole class, and these groups should be mixed ability in line with mastery principles. Notes for supporting less able pupils and extending more able pupils are included in the planning document. The remaining maths activities run all week, with extensions to bring in as the week progresses and the children become more competent at the key idea. Personally, I box up all the resources I’ll need for the week during PPA which makes it easy to bring out and put away the numbertime activities throughout the week.
Included in this resource pack:
One week’s worth of planning (editable)
Foldable signs for each activity and extension (pdf)
Gingerbread men number frames with number sentences for the extensions (editable)
Hansel and Gretel treasure box recording frames (editable)
The Jolly Postman PowerPoint activity (editable)
Big number frame and recording scaffold (editable)
Number cards 0-5 (editable)
I hope you find it helpful - happy teaching!
Katharine7
38 pages of Year 1 place value activities informed by the White Rose mastery document. The pages progress through concrete, pictorial and abstract activities and a teach, practise, apply approach. There are opportunities to practise with smaller numbers (0-10) and also larger numbers up to 100.
A set of loop cards is included which need to be printed double-sided and cut out, as well as cards for a paired activity and plenty of worksheets. Personally, I cut out strips or blocks of the sheet to stick in the child’s book so that their books aren’t full of worksheets and/or half finished work.
For more place value mastery resources for Year 1 take a look at:
Counting forwards and backwards to 100
Counting in multiples of 2, 5 and 10
Frooby the Maths Dragon throws a tea party but will the fussy blue witch spoil his carefully prepared tea party?
Revise or introduce symmetry in a vertical line with your class using the Return of Frooby story powerpoint.
Follow-up the story with some Frooby-themed images for sorting, drawing or describing lines of symmetry.
Key stage 1 mathematics programme of study --> Year 2 --> Geometry - properties of shape
- identify and describe the properties of 2-D shapes, including the number of sides and line symmetry in a vertical line
Three differentiated 'Seaside Snack Shack' menus for addition and subtraction work as well as one-step problem solving involving addition and subtraction, including missing number problems.
The three menus cover objectives as follows:
Menu 1 -
- use number bonds within 10.
Menu 2 -
- use number bonds within 20
- add and subtract one-digit and two-digit numbers to 20, including 0.
Menu 3 -
- solve one-step problems that involve addition and subtraction, using concrete objects and pictorial representations, and missing number problems such as 7 = ? - 9.
29 pages of Year 1 activities for teaching, practising and applying knowledge of counting forwards and backwards to 100.
The learning journey allows for plenty of practice and consolidation to build fluency and understanding, beginning with numbers to 10 then 20 and finally 100. The activities provide opportunities for straightforward skills practise as well as reasoning and problem-solving.
For more place value mastery resources for Year 1 take a look at:
Finding one more and one less
Counting in multiples of 2, 5 and 10
This Year 1 unit of maths work is for early on in Year 1. The learning journey focuses on learning to read and write the numbers 1 - 10 in numerals and words as well as counting to 30 forwards and backwards. These numbers are lower than the end of year (EOY) expectations for Year 1 but activities can easily be extended for more able pupils or if you are teaching this unit later in the year.
NC objectives covered:
• Count to and across 30 (EOY = 100), forward s and backwards, beginning with 0 or 1 or from any given number.
• Count, read and write numbers to 50 in numerals.
• Read and write numbers from 1-10 (EOY = 1-20)
This unit includes:
- a unit of work overview
- an entry/exit pass for AfL
- number frames and number cards (pupils pick a card and dot in the number frames)
- editable pom-pom serving game (group game: pupils pick a card, 'waiter' has to serve the correct number and colour of pom-poms - use tweezers for fine motor skill practise!)
- roll and write recording frame
- shape investigation - shapes and instructions
- rainbow spelling sheet
- 1 - 10 in words bookmarks
Over 100 pages of activities for teaching and mastering 3 of the Year 1 place value objectives!
This bundle contains mastery materials for:
- counting to and across 100, forwards and backwards, beginning from 0 or 1, or from any given number
- counting in multiples of 2, 5 and 10
- identifying one more or one less than a given number
I’m working on the other objectives and will add them to this bundle as they become available. Check back because I think once you’ve bought this bundle you’re able to download any additional resources added to it - bargain! If you have any trouble doing so, just message me privately via the TES website and I’ll send you any additional files that you are entitled to.
Enjoy!
Save time, effort and 25% by buying these Halloween maths resources together! A range of no-prep worksheets closely match 8 of the Year 1 maths curriculum objectives and a set of 20 differentiated one-step addition and subtraction word problems will ensure challenge for all your pupils.
These resources are available to buy individually:
Halloween maths worksheets
Halloween word problems (addition and subtraction)
You may also be interested in a set of free Halloween phonics digital worksheets!
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
These print and go Halloween maths worksheets are packed full of Year 1 National Curriculum objectives! Your pupils will love the Halloween theme while continuing to learn - plus giving you valuable evidence and assessment for learning for your planning. Primarily aimed at Year 1, many of the worksheets will also be suitable for more able Year R children or children in Year 2 who are working towards age related expectations.
In this resource you will receive worksheets for the following curricular objectives:
Count, read and write numbers to 100 in numerals
Count to and across 100
Read and write numbers to 20 in numerals and words
Add and subtract one and two-digit numbers to 20, including 0
Compare, describe and solve practical problems for mass/weight, capacity and volume
Recognise and know the denominations of coins
Sequence events in chronological order using language
Recognise and name common 2D shapes
An answer key is also included for ease of marking or to allow children to mark their own/others’ work.
This resource is available as part of a bundle where you will also receive a set of differentiated Halloween word problems:
Halloween maths bundle
Looking for other Halloween resources? Take a look here:
Halloween word problems (addition and subtraction)
Halloween segmenting - digital worksheet
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
Looking for a fun and low-prep way to teach, reinforce or assess conceptual variation of number? This resource provides multiple representations of the numbers 1 - 10, supporting children to develop a deeper understanding of each number. These number representation matching activity mats are great as an independent activity for maths mastery, interventions, assessment or to create a collaborative display with the children.
Activity mats from 1 - 10 are provided along with a variety of number representations including:
ten frames
numerals
words
subitising - dice
irregular arrangements - sweet jars
tallies
The activity mats and representations are available in full color or black and white. You could use them as a cut and stick activity or laminate the mats and number representations for a reusable activity. You could use the activity mats by themselves as a coloring and drawing activity requiring a more secure understanding of number.
You may also be interested in my Digital Phonics Centers for early spellers.
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7
A perfect introduction to 2D shapes in Early Years and/or Year 1! Children are introduced in detail to:
circles
triangles
rectangles
squares
Then briefly to:
pentagons
hexagons
semicircles
Mathematical language is used to describe them, i.e. sides, corners, straight and curved.
Pupils are shown varied images of these 2D shapes in both abstract and real world examples, promoting discussion and addressing misconceptions, e.g. that all triangles are equilateral triangles, with the bottom side oriented horizontally.
The slides are animated to engage children and make learning points clear. They can be clicked through at your own pace and there are 10 teaching slides in total.
Happy teaching!
Katharine7
A silly little story but my class loved it and it helped to highlight and address some misconceptions. Can be used as an intro or in a plenary to look at doubles and halves.
Use number stories to help children visualise or act out a word problem or calculation. These number stories are based around addition and subtraction. Children are first shown a number story and relates it to a calculation as a model. The process is then turned around and scaffolded as the children are given a calculation and supported in making a number story from the calculation given.
A set of differentiated number sentences is provided which the children can then use with practical equipment, drawings or writing to tell their own number stories.
One week’s worth of maths mastery planning for Early Years based on number bonds to 5. The planning includes variation, overlearning for those who need it and opportunities to go deeper for more able children. My TA and I are enjoying teaching maths using this format and the class are enjoying the Numbertime activities. I hope your children enjoy them too!
This free resource includes a week’s worth of maths planning and a hidden number PowerPoint game. All of the printed resources that go with this planning are available as a download for just £3 which you can access here.
If you’re looking for more EYFS maths mastery planning try:
Pattern - Maths Mastery for Early Years (Unit 1)
I’d be grateful for any feedback on the maths mastery planning as I’m always keen to improve what I do.
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Happy teaching!
Katharine7