The Year 1 Introduce Parts and Wholes PowerPoint guides both teachers and children through the lesson, including use of the varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving, practical activities and continuous provision resources. Key learning information about this step:
Key Vocabulary
parts: Parts are the small groups that make up the whole group.
whole: The whole is the complete group with none of the parts missing.
group: A group is a set of objects that are put together.
altogether: Altogether means the total when all of the parts are put together.
Adult-Led Practical Activities
• Activity 1: Throw bean bags into a hoop and find the parts inside and outside
• Activity 2: Shake and drop two colours of counters to find the parts and the whole
You will need:
• bean bags
• hoops
• counters of two different colours in a small pot
Why not try…
• sorting a group of children into two hoops to make the parts
• breaking a tower of cubes into two parts and find the missing part
• sharing a group of objects between two plates
Varied Fluency
• Q1: sorting the balls and counting the parts to make the whole
• Q2: sorting the lorries and the cars into parts and the whole
Reasoning and Problem Solving
• Q1: Reasoning - explaining if the child has worked out the two parts of a basket of apples
• Q2: Problem Solving - identifying different parts when the whole is 6
Continuous Provision
• Maths area – split a group of objects between two plates
• Construction area – build a tower then break it into two parts
• Small World area – move frogs between a log and a pond
• Malleable area – share dough cakes or biscuits between two plates
• Creative area – make a picture using two coloured stamper and count each part
• Maths area – use bead strings of 10 or a counting frame to slide the beads and count either side
• Outdoor area – throw bean bags inside and outside a hoop
• Sand area – scoop buried treasure into two buckets
