Key Stage One : Maths : Year Two Planning : Term One : Unit B : Lesson One – Tens and Ones


This maths teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to identify and record the place value of the each of the numerical digits in different two digit numbers. The class can use concrete equipment to indicate the tens and ones in different two digit numbers.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify and record the place value of the each of the numerical digits in different two digit numbers

Learning Objectives

Recognise the place value of each digit in a two-digit number. Read and write numbers to at least 100 in numerals and in words.

Learning Outcomes

I can say the tens and ones that make up a two digit number. I can read and write two digit numbers in words and digits.

Tens and Ones

Teaching sequence to help the children identify and record the place value of the each of the numerical digits in different two digit numbers

Number Abacus

Template to help the children select and record the tens and ones found in different two digit numbers using concrete equipment

Digit Number Cards

Activity cards to help the children generate a range of different two digit numbers to represent using a number abacus

Odd One Out

Interactive activity to help the children identify and match sets of two digit numbers with matching place values

Tens and Ones

Interactive activity to help the children identify and record the place value of the each of the numerical digits in different two digit numbers

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to identify and record the place value of the each of the numerical digits in different two digit numbers

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