Key Stage Two : Maths : Year Six Planning : Term One : Unit A : Lesson Three – Number Chains


This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to identify and record the place value of digits that can be combined to make different numbers to ten million. The class can select and combine cards showing millions, thousands, hundreds, tens and ones to make different numbers which can then be recorded in words and digits.

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 digits that can be combined to make different numbers to ten million

Learning Objectives

Read, write numbers up to 10 000 000 and determine the value of each digit. Count in steps of powers of ten using six digit numbers.

Learning Outcomes

Read, write numbers up to 10 000 000 and determine the value of each digit. Count in steps of powers of ten using six digit numbers.

Number Chains

Teaching sequence to help the children identify and record the place value of digits that can be combined to make different numbers to ten million

Number Chains Cards

Activity cards to help the children identify and record the place value of digits that can be combined to make different numbers to ten million

Number Chains Cards (support)

Activity cards to help the children identify and record the place value of digits that can be combined to make different numbers to one million

Counting Thousands

Interactive activity to help the children practise counting in steps of powers of ten using a range of different six digit numbers

Number Chains

Interactive activity to help the children identify and record the place value of digits that can be combined to make different numbers to ten million

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 digits that can be combined to make different numbers to ten million

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