What's included in the 1 Less Adult-Led Practical Activities resource and why is it useful?

Year 1 1 Less Adult-Led Practical Activities resource provides planning for setting up tasks using everyday classroom objects. There are two main activities which match the questions on the Varied Fluency resource. The second Why not try... page provides three extra opportunities for children to engage in the learning.

Each activity has Core, Support and Stretch questions which have been carefully designed to help you meet each child where they are at, to ensure progress for every child, not just the average child. These questions can be adapted to suit the needs of individual learners. Each practical activity covers identifying 1 more and 1 less than a given number.

This resource includes:

1 Less Practical Activities

• Activity 1: remove a counter from a ten frame to work out 1 less

• Activity 2: move a counter back one space on a number track to work out 1 less. This can be taken outdoors if preferred.

You will need:

• a ten frame and counters

• a track and counters

• chalk and a large dice (optional)

Why not try…

• count one less when a child gets off the ‘walking bus’.

• take one away from a group of objects and saying how many are left.

• read a countdown story and work out 1 less every time a character leaves.

How do our adult-led practical activities resources work?

Our Adult-Led Practical Activities resources work best alongside our teaching PowerPoints, which walk you through the whole lesson along with other lesson resources that you can find on our 1 Less lesson page. It can be used alongside or in combination with the teaching PowerPoint.

These practical activities:

• Provide opportunities for teaching, to explore the concept and experience it through concrete resources.

• Are suitable for completion in small groups or whole class teaching.

• Are flexible with a choice of two activities and thinking questions that are ‘levelled’ for the teacher to use with different groups of children.

• Provide extension through the ‘Why not try…’ activities page – these could be done with the children or to set up in the continuous provision area whilst working with groups of children.

This resource is designed to align to White Rose Maths version 3. Classroom Secrets Limited is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or in any way connected to White Rose Education Limited. Our products are original to Classroom Secrets Limited and any reference to White Rose Maths is solely for the purpose of indicating compatibility and does not imply any association with White Rose Education.