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Working Without Worksheets
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Year 1 Working Without Worksheets lesson on counting to and across 10 from any number. Includes planning, slides, key questions, recap starters, and practical tasks where children record directly in their books.
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Working Without Worksheets – Year 1 Lesson 2: Count to and Across 10 from Any Given Number Another lesson for your Year 1 students to grasp the objective: Count to and across 10 from any given number, This Working Without Worksheets lesson pack for Year 1 Place Value within 10 is designed for teachers who prefer hands-on, book-based learning instead of photocopied sheets. Covering the key National Curriculum objective of counting to and across 10, forwards and backwards, from any given number , this resource provides everything you need to deliver a complete, interactive maths lesson. The pack includes detailed lesson planning with clear objectives, key questions to promote reasoning, and engaging starter activities that recap previous learning. Pupils are encouraged to get actively involved with practical tasks—such as using pots and counters to practise counting from any number—before recording directly into their maths books, building both fluency and good learning habits. What’s Included in the Pack? ✔ Full teacher planning with introduction, activity, and plenary guidance ✔ Key questions to assess understanding and support reasoning ✔ Common misconceptions and assessment opportunities highlighted ✔ Editable teaching slides with interactive recap and practice tasks ✔ Starters to revisit prior learning for strong retention ✔ Independent practical activity using number pots and counters ✔ Clear prompts for pupils to record their work directly into maths books Why Teachers Love This Resource: ✔ No worksheets—children practise recording directly in books ✔ Encourages active, practical engagement with counting skills ✔ Saves prep time with ready-to-use planning and slides ✔ Perfect for schools where worksheet use is limited or discouraged Curriculum Links (Year 1 Maths – Number and Place Value): This resource supports pupils to: ✔ Count to and across 10, forwards and backwards ✔ Begin counting from any given number, not just 1 or 0 ✔ Represent numbers practically usi
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“Fine, though the font is small for my class.”
The maths is right and the sequence is sensible. Several of my children needed it enlarged to A3, which is easy enough but worth knowing before you print thirty.
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“Printed it at eight on a Sunday and taught it on the Monday.”
No editing, no reformatting, no hunting for the answers. The three levels are on separate pages, which sounds obvious until you have used the sites where they are not.
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“Matches our White Rose planning almost week for week.”
I stopped adapting things from three different sites and now start here. The odd week does not line up exactly, but the small step it covers is always somewhere in the same block.
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Working Without Worksheets
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Working Without Worksheets
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Working Without Worksheets
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Working Without Worksheets
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Working Without Worksheets
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