Y6 Maths
This Year 6 Negative Numbers lesson covers the prior learning of negative numbers as taught in Year 5, before moving onto negative numbers as taught in Year 6.
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 Objective
Mathematics Year 6: (6N5) Use negative numbers in context, and calculate intervals across zero
Mathematics Year 6: (6N6) Solve number and practical problems that involve 6N2 - 6N5
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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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These lesson slides guide pupils through the prior learning of negative numbers as taught in Year 5, before moving onto negative numbers as taught in Year 6. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.
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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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Watch this Negative Numbers Video Tutorial to see Martin demonstrate how to calculate intervals across zero.
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This worksheet recaps negative numbers as taught in Year 5, before moving onto negative numbers as taught in Year 6.
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This Year 5 Negative Numbers Game comprises questions designed to consolidate pupils' understanding of negative numbers.
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This Year 5 Interpret Negative Numbers in Contexts Game checks pupils' understanding of negative numbers.
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This negative numbers supporting activities sheet contains suggestions for additional tasks you might wish to use to support pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the lesson.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill of this lesson.
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This Year 6 Negative Numbers Matching Activity is designed to help pupils calculate intervals across zero.
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This Year 6 Negative Numbers Game includes five questions designed to check pupils' understanding of using negative numbers in context and calculating intervals across zero.
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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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This differentiated worksheet includes reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
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This negative numbers extension task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in this negative numbers lesson.
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This worksheet includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of negative numbers.
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This Year 6 Negative Numbers in Context Maths Challenge aims to challenge pupils' understanding of problem solving with questions involving negative numbers.
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This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
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This resource is aimed at Year 6 Expected and has been designed to give children the opportunity to consolidate the skills they have learned in the Autumn Block 1 Place Value Block.
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Indiana is an explorer in Egypt who has made an exciting discovery of hidden chambers beneath the pyramid! He needs your knowledge of negative numbers to help him as he works through the different floors.
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This Autumn week 1 Maths pack contains varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving worksheets.