What's included in the Part-Whole Model Adult-Led Practical Activities resource and why is it useful?

Year 1 Part-Whole Model 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 how to identify and represent numbers in a part-whole model using objects and pictorial representations.

This resource includes:

Part-Whole Model Practical Activities

• Activity 1: fill a part-whole model with cubes and find different ways to split the whole.

• Activity 2: make a large part-whole model with hoops and step into the parts.

You will need:

• whiteboards and pens or paper plates/paper circles

• cubes or counters

• large hoops and tape or string

Why not try…

• splitting a bead string into two parts.

• using the two parts on a domino to find the whole.

• hiding one part under a pot and work out how many are hidden.

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 Part-Whole Model 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.