Key Stage One : Maths : Year One Planning : Term One : Unit A – Counting and Grouping


This maths scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and record how to count and group different numbers to ten into matching sets of shapes and digits using concrete objects and diagrams. The class can practise reading and writing numbers to ten listed in words and digits.

Identify and record how to count and group different numbers to ten into matching sets of shapes and digits using concrete objects and diagrams

Lesson One : Shape Groups

Count and record different ways of sorting numbers of shapes into groups

Lesson Two : Group Numbers

Record different ways of sorting numbers of objects to ten into matching groups

Lesson Three : Number Match

Group and match different numbers of counted objects and shapes to ten

Lesson Four : Counting Groups

Use diagrams and numerals to record how to count numbers of shapes in different pairs of groups

Lesson Five : Number Tracks

Practise counting forwards to ten using objects and numbers written in words and digits

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