Counting on together
Build addition within 20 through counting on and combining groups. Make time to compare strategies.
- Combine quantities and explain an addition strategy.
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Learning paths and classroom games · Year 1 · England
Explore for Year 1: Counting on together, Sounds into words, Stories and information. See learning goals and a suggested sequence; start with any available activity.
Ready-to-teach learning paths
Sounds into words
Sounds into words: Hear, blend, read → Common exception words → Word endings → Choose a decoding strategy.
- Match printed graphemes and simple words within a declared taught sound set; teacher supplies sounds.
- Recognise taught Year 1 common exception words in short meaningful sentences.
- Read -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est in familiar words without untaught graphemes.
Stories and information
Stories and information: Who, where and what? → Retell the story → Clues and predictions → Words and rhymes → Find a fact.
- Retrieve characters, setting and explicit events from a supplied short text.
- Order three/four clearly stated events and recognise beginning/middle/end.
- Infer a simple feeling/action and choose a prediction supported by text.
Counting and representing numbers
Counting and representing numbers: Count without missing → Ten and some more → Neighbours on the line → Counting patterns.
- Count pictured sets to 20, including zero; match numeral, word and quantity.
- Compose teens as ten and ones using ten frames; distinguish 14 from 41.
- Order three or four numbers within 100; identify one more and one less.
Adding and taking away
Adding and taking away: Parts make a whole → Crossing ten with pictures → What remains? → One-step stories → Explain the missing part.
- Find number bonds to 10 and 20 using missing parts and the equals sign.
- Choose a sensible addition strategy within 20 using partitioning.
- Subtract by taking away or finding a difference with objects and number lines.
England · 5–7 yearsThe number bridgeJoin small groups and practise addition within 20.
England · 5–6 yearsHear, blend, readListen to your teacher, match letters and blend short words.
England · 5–6 yearsCommon exception wordsRead familiar words carefully in short, teacher-read sentences.
England · 5–6 yearsWord endingsRead the whole word: small endings can change its meaning.
England · 5–6 yearsChoose a decoding strategySpot skipped sounds, check whole words and explain how you read.
England · 5–6 yearsWho, where and what?Listen as your teacher reads each story. Find the detail that answers the question.
England · 5–6 yearsRetell the storyYour teacher reads the story. Put its event cards in order and tell it again.
England · 5–6 yearsClues and predictionsListen to your teacher. Use what the story says to explain a feeling or predict a next step.
England · 5–6 yearsWords and rhymesYour teacher reads original little poems. Listen for rhyme, repeated language and word meanings.
England · 5–6 yearsFind a factListen to short notices, labels and information texts. Use the heading to find the fact you need.
England · 5–6 yearsParts make a wholeFind partners that make ten or twenty, and explain what equal means.
England · 5–6 yearsCrossing ten with picturesUse parts of a group to reach ten, then include the rest.
England · 5–6 yearsWhat remains?Use objects, matching and number lines to explain subtraction.
England · 5–6 yearsOne-step storiesChoose the calculation that matches joining, changing and comparing.
England · 5–6 yearsExplain the missing partSolve a missing number and explain why a counting mistake fails.
England · 5–6 yearsCount without missingCount each object once and connect the amount to a numeral or number word.
England · 5–6 yearsTen and some moreUse teacher-drawn ten-frames to build and read teen numbers.
England · 5–6 yearsNeighbours on the lineOrder number cards and reason about one more and one less.
England · 5–6 yearsCounting patternsContinue, repair and explain counts in twos, fives and tens.