16) Number Before: Number Track
Counting Backwards 10 to 1
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
Player One
The student who needs support plays as Player One. They say the number after first. By going first they can see Player Two’s number track and use this to help them identify the number before. This is not ‘cheating’. It supports students to move on from always counting starting at one.
A little harder
Player Two
The student who needs extending plays as Player Two. When it is Player Two’s turn to close their eyes, Player One uses a piece of A4 paper folded in half to screen the rest of Player One’s Number Track. Player Two’s block screens the numbers before on their track (as per normal play).
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