Beginner

40 mins

Teacher/Student led

+65 XP

Teacher-led from the board. Pupils do not need a device, but can follow on one.

Taking Away: How Many Are Left?

Pupils explore taking objects away from a set on a ten-frame. They watch examples of sets shrinking, practise counting what is left and draw crossed-out dots in their copybooks. Focus is on using 'take away' language.

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1 Getting Started
2 Watch and Notice
3 Try It Together
4 Draw and Cross Out in Your Copy
5 Class Challenge
Pupil practice

Your turn

Your teacher is running this lesson on the board. Here is the part you can try yourself.

Your written work is on page 27

Ten frame

1 - Getting Started ~3 mins

Illustration for Getting Started Five buns sit on a plate at little break. Our class puppet gobbles two of them. What happened to our set of buns? How many are left?

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2 - Watch and Notice ~8 mins

Some counters go away. The set gets smaller. We say take away. Then we count the counters that stay. That is how many are left.

Watch each take-away. First the full set. Then some go away.

What if every counter goes away?

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3 - Try It Together ~10 mins

Take away means some leave the set and we count what stays. One friend puts counters on the ten-frame and takes some away. Everyone else watches and helps count how many stay.

Take some away

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4 - Draw and Cross Out in Your Copy ~4 mins

COPYBOOK MOMENT

In your maths copy, draw 6 dots, cross out 2, and write how many are left.

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5 - Class Challenge ~8 mins

We say each take-away together. Then one friend shows how many stay on the ten-frame and taps Check.

How many are left?

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Pupil practice

Module 3 · Subtraction Within 20: Take Away and Difference Number

Lesson 27 · Taking Away: How Many Are Left?

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