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31) Starting at Twenty: Using Words

Counting Backwards from 20

71.1 Near Ten Strategy 9

Understanding Activity Instruction

This is an ‘understanding’ (proficiency strand) activity . It takes longer than usual ‘fluency’ lesson warmup activities. This activity is the main body of the lesson for each of the three sessions. Do a non-Bond Block activity for the lesson warmup.  

    • Please allow 40 minutes for each session. These videos are long.
    • Session 1: Watch “Starting at Twenty: Using Words”. Students complete Activity Board 31 once.
    • Session 2: Watch “Starting at Twenty: Using Words ~ Saying teen and ty“. This is the expressive skill. Print and use one number Board per pair. After this the students complete Activity Board 31 once. 
    • Session 3: Watch “Starting at Twenty: Using Words ~ Listening teen and ty“. This is the receptive skill. Use one Number Board per pair. After this the students complete Activity Board 31 once. 
The the clocks on the Tier One Sample Planner need to be corrected to these times. I will have these ready for to download for the start of 2025. Sorry for the confusion! Kind regards, Narelle.
Number Board

Bond Blocks fit on this board. It is used in Sessions 2 and 3.

  • Project for “We Do”.
  • Print for students “You Do”. 
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Mathematics

  • Develop fluency counting backwards in the correct order from 20 to 10.
  • Connect the length of the Bond Blocks and number name.
  • Identify numbers from 11 to 19 as a two-part bond made of 10 plus a single-digit number.

Language

  • One shorter.
  • One less than.
  • One number before.
  • A number is made up of digits in the same way a word is made up of letters. The number 16 is made up of the digits one and six.
  • Place value: The place of a digit in a number determines the digit’s value (worth).
  • In the number 16 the digit one is in the tens place so is worth one ten, ten.
  • The digit six is in the ones place so is worth six ones, six.

Differentiation

A little easier

Correcting ‘teen’ and ‘ty’ Errors

Please read the Teacher Note “Correcting ‘teen’ and ‘ty’ Errors” pages 78 – 83.

A little harder

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Progression