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Teaching and learning activities from the Numeracy Development Project books, focused on number strategy and knowledge. Each activity is linked to the NZC and the Number Framework.

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Five Plus

Level One
Number and Algebra
Numeracy activities
The purpose of this activity is to help students learn groupings with 5. For example 5 and 1 make 6; 5 and 2 make 7.

recall groupings with 5. For example 5 and 1 make 6; 5 and 2 make 7.

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How Many More?

Level One
Number and Algebra
Numeracy activities
The purpose of this activity is to help students learn groupings: within 10, for example 3+7=10 with 5, for example 5+2=7

recall groupings within 10. For example 3 and 7 make 10; 8 and 2 make 10.

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Lolly Packets

Level One
Number and Algebra
Numeracy activities
The purpose of this activity is to help students learn groupings within 10. For example 3 and 7 make 10; 8 and 2 make 10.

recall groupings within 10. For example 3 and 7 make 10; 8 and 2 make 10.

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Party Time

Level One
Number and Algebra
Numeracy activities
This activity provides students with a fun, game context in which to develop recognition of 5 frame patterns

develop recognition of 5 frame patterns.

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Blast Off in 5

Level One
Number and Algebra
Numeracy activities
This activity provides students with a fun, game context in which to develop recognition of 5 frame patterns and groups to 5.

develop recognition of 5 frame patterns and groups to 5.

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Using Tens Frames for "Teen" Numbers

Level One
Number and Algebra
Numeracy activities
The purpose of this unit is to recognise and understand teen numbers. This is an essential piece of knowledge for the part-whole strategy of bridging to ten.
  • Recognise and understand “teen” numbers, 11-20.
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Using Tens Frames to Build the Addition and Subtraction Facts to Ten

Level One
Number and Algebra
Numeracy activities
The purpose of this unit is to build and consolidate the addition and subtraction facts to ten. These addition and subtraction facts are building blocks for part-whole thinking.

form addition facts to ten using dot patterns on a quinary frame.

form subtraction facts to ten using dot patterns on a quinary frame.

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Using Tens Frames to Describe Patterns to Ten

Level One
Number and Algebra
Numeracy activities
The purpose of this unit is to develop instant recognition of the quinary pattern of the numbers 5-10. This knowledge is important for building facts to ten.

recognising and describing patterns to ten on pre-made cards

Pre-requisite Knowledge / Skills:  Able to form sets to ten

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Using Tens Frames to Build the Basic Facts of Five

Level One
Number and Algebra
Numeracy activities
The purpose of this “unit” is to introduce addition facts to five. It is important for students to have concrete experiences using a variety of contexts to build their knowledge of the basic facts of five. They need to become secure in this knowledge to enable them to build on these known facts in...

build addition facts of five (and then ten) using a quinary frame.

Pre-requisite knowledge / skills: students need to be secure in combining sets up to five (and then ten) using concrete objects, then counting all to ascertain the total number.

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Using Tens Frames for One to One Counting

Level One
Number and Algebra
Numeracy activities
The purpose of this “unit” is to recognise the numbers 0 to 10 as represented using the quinary pattern on the tens frame. This develops the students’ ability to visualise the quinary patterns and is fundamental to future work with tens frames and visualising number patterns.

Form the sets 0-10 on to an empty tens frame, using a quinary pattern (five in a row).

ten frame.

 

Pre-requisite knowledge / skills: students need to be secure in one to one counting and the forming of sets to 10.