Numeracy (Week 2)

Learning Intention: Counting systems. Students will explore different ways in which objects are counted and recorded, including counting in groups of twos and groups of tens.

Students in Year-1 explored counting systems by counting objects in large quantities. We investigated different ways of counting that enable us to count objects accurately. Students found that by grouping the objects into groups such as twos, fives, tens and hundreds, we were able to count them easier and with accuracy.

Here are some photos of our experience so far.

We began by counting unifix blocks and counters.

Lining unifix blocks to help with the count.

Counting by twos.

Grouping objects into tens.

We had 192 Pens.

We counted 91 post-it notes

We had 67 rubbers.

In week 3, students will be counting in twos, fives and tens during their Morning Maths Workout. Parents at home can support this by doing this at home, in cars or perhaps while taking a walk.