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Counting forwards and backwards within 10

I can count forwards and backwards within 10, saying the number words in sequence.

New
New
Year 1

Counting forwards and backwards within 10

I can count forwards and backwards within 10, saying the number words in sequence.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Revisit number names to 10, and know the order of them will not change (stable-order principle).
  2. Know that we can start our verbal count from any given number within 10.

Common misconception

Saying number names out of order or missing a number name in the sequence.

Repeat the number names in the correct order, emphasising the correction made.

Keywords

  • Count - Count means to say the number names in order and to count a set to find out how many there are.

  • One to ten - The number names one to ten are the first ten numbers in our counting system.

  • Forwards - Counting forwards we say the numbers from smallest to largest.

  • Backwards - Counting backwards we say the number from largest to smallest.

These slides are not needed for this lesson, they simply act to aid lesson design and delivery. As the focus is on saying the number words in sequence, children do not need to be shown the numeral representation of each number.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Which of these is a number word?
Car
Door
Correct answer: One
Q2.
Which of these is a number word?
Correct answer: Five
Fingers
Hands
Q3.
Which of these is a number word?
A
B
Correct answer: Three
Q4.
Which are not number words?
One
Correct answer: B
Correct answer: C
Q5.
Which number word would you say next? 1, 2, 3, 4 ...
4
Correct answer: 5
1
Q6.
Which number word would you say next? 2, 3, ...
5
1
Correct answer: 4

6 Questions

Q1.
Count forwards from 1. What will the next number in the count be?
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5
Correct answer: 6
7
Q2.
Count forwards from 5. What will the next number in the count be?
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7
8
Correct answer: 9
Q3.
Count backwards from 10. What will the next number in the count be?
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Correct answer: 4
5
6
Q4.
Count backwards from 5. What will the next number in the count be?
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5
4
Correct answer: 3
Q5.
If we miss a number in our count, we can correct ourselves. Count forwards from 1. Which number is missing?
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4
Correct answer: 5
6
Q6.
If we miss a number in our count, we can correct ourselves. Count backwards from 10. Which number is missing?
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10
Correct answer: 9
8