Y1 Maths

Making Equal Groups Lesson

This Year 1 Making Equal Groups lesson covers the prior learning of halving and sharing, before moving onto the main skill of making equal groups.

The lesson starts with a prior learning worksheet to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning by completing an engaging extension task

National Curriculum Objectives
Mathematics Year 1: (1N1b) Count in multiples of twos, fives and tens

Mathematics Year 1: (1C8) Solve one-step problems involving multiplication and division, by calculating the answer using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with the support of the teacher

 

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Lesson Slides

Lesson Slides

These lesson slides guide pupils through the prior learning of halving and sharing, a quarter and a third, before moving onto the main skill of making equal groups. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.

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Modelling PowerPoint

Modelling PowerPoint

This powerpoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the Varied Fluency and Reasoning & Problem Solving worksheets as part of this lesson.

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Lesson Slides

Lesson Slides

These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.

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Video Tutorial

Video Tutorial

In this Making Equal Groups Video Tutorial, Katie shows how to make equal groups. She uses objects and drawings to demonstrate the concept in a visual way. Katie uses language such as group, equal and unequal.

1 Prior Learning

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This Year 1 Making Equal Groups lesson covers the prior learning of halving and sharing, before moving onto the main skill of making equal groups.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Reception Sharing Amounts Game will help children practice sharing amounts into two equal groups.

2 Practical Activities

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Practical Activities

Practical Activities

These practical activities include tasks covering a range of provision areas for pupils to practise the main skill of making equal groups.

2 Varied Fluency

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This worksheet includes varied fluency questions and a reasoning or problem solving task for pupils to practise the main skill of count in 10s.

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Mixed Practice

Mixed Practice

This worksheet includes varied fluency questions and a reasoning or problem solving task for pupils to practise the main skill of making equal groups.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 1 Making Equal Groups Game is designed to checks pupils' ability to make equal groups.

2 Reasoning & Problem Solving

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This making equal groups extension task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the making equal groups lesson.

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.

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Discussion Problem

Discussion Problem

This worksheet includes two discussion problems which can be used in pairs or small groups to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in this lesson.

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Interactive Challenge Activity

Interactive Challenge Activity

This Year 1 Equal Groups Problems Maths Challenge aims to challenge pupils' understanding of division.

2 Homework

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.

2 Additional Activities

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Consolidation Pack

Consolidation Pack

This Multiplication and Division Consolidation Year 1 resource will help your pupils consolidate their understanding of Summer Block 1: Multiplication and Division.

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Home Learning Pack

Home Learning Pack

This Summer week 3 Maths pack contains varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving worksheets