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Let's Subtract Objects

Help your class subtract groups of objects and have them using the take away and equal signs confidently.
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This Year 1 'Let's Subtract Objects!' scheme of work is a great way to introduce your class to subtraction. By the end of the week, they will be able to recognise the take away and equals signs and solve number sentences that contain them. These fun engaging lessons include a variety of practical activities with contexts designed to help your class understand subtracting.

With detailed lesson plans, engaging slides, differentiated worksheets and other resources, these downloadable 'Let's Subtract Objects!' lessons provide all you need to teach this useful scheme of work.

 
Lesson 1

What is Subtracting? 1

The first lesson in this series encourages your class to take away a number of objects from a group. This hands-on, practical lesson gets your children counting out objects, reading number sentences and removing objects to find their total.

This downloadable lesson includes a lesson plan, slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Challenge cards
  • Monster sheet
  • Food cards
  • Number cards
  • Picture cards
  • Character cards
  • Photo sheet
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Lesson 2

What is Subtracting? 2

During this lesson your class will consolidate their understanding of what happens when they take objects away from a group. The hands-on, practical activities will get your children counting out objects, reading number sentences and removing objects to find their total.

This downloadable lesson includes a lesson plan, slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Challenge cards
  • Monster sheet
  • Food cards
  • Number cards
  • Picture cards
  • Character cards
  • Photo sheet
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Lesson 3

Can we find the total? 1

The third lesson in this series will have your class making and writing number sentences to describe the maths problems they have solved practically.

This downloadable lesson includes a lesson plan, slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Number cards
  • Operation cards
  • Number sentence puzzles
  • Number sentence cards
  • Treasure
  • Photo sheet
  • Leaves
  • Branch sheet
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Lesson 4

Can we find the total? 2

During this lesson, your class will consolidate their understanding of making and writing subtraction number sentences to describe what they have done.

This downloadable lesson includes a lesson plan, slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • Number cards
  • Operation cards
  • Number sentence puzzles
  • Number sentence cards
  • Treasure
  • Leaves
  • Branch sheet
  • Photo sheet
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Lesson 5

Solving Problems

The final lesson of this series encourages your class to apply their knowledge of subtracting objects to solving a range of problems. They will be challenged to record what they have done as number sentences.

This downloadable lesson includes a lesson plan, slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.

What's included:

  • Lesson plan
  • Slides
  • Activity ideas
  • In Out sheet
  • Worksheet
  • Photo sheet
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