15) Number Before: Steps

Counting Backwards 10 to 1

71.1 Near Ten Strategy 9

Mathematics

  • Develop fluency identifying the number before, for numbers up to 10.

Language

  • one shorter
  • one less than
  • one number before

Differentiation

A little easier

See the Board 1 from the A Little Easier chapter.

A little harder

Place Block Spun

Flick the spinner. Place the block spun by looking at the length, not counting steps.

Number Between

Flick the spinner. Place this block and the block that is two before the number spun.

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Progression