What's included in the Subtraction on a Number Line Adult-Led Practical Activities resource and why is it useful?

Year 1 Subtraction on a Number Line 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 represent and use number bonds and related subtraction facts within 10.

This resource includes:

Subtraction on a Number Line Practical Activities

• Activity 1: Floor Number Line Hop. Children hop back along a floor number line and say the subtraction.

• Activity 2: Roll and Jump Back. Children roll a dice and jump a counter back along a number line.

You will need:

• a large floor number line 0 to 10 (chalk or masking tape)

• number lines 0 to 10, counters and a 1 to 3 dice

• mini whiteboards and pens

Why not try…

• Rocket Countdown - Make a cardboard rocket and a sliding number line from 10 to 0. Children count back to blast off.

• Hopscotch Back – Use a hopscotch grid. Children start on a number and hop back, then say the subtraction.

• Sailing Home - Draw a river number line on your water tray with a ‘harbour’ at 0. Children sail a boat back along the river to show subtractions.

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 Subtraction on a Number Line 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.

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