Place Value within 20 - Tens and ones ten frame - Worksheet

The educational resource provides worksheets and teaching slides for a lesson on understanding the concept of tens and ones using ten frames, aimed at helping children identify and represent numbers through objects and pictorial representations. The lesson is aligned with the National Curriculum objective of reading and writing numbers from 1 to 20 in both numerals and words. It introduces key vocabulary such as 'tens', 'ones', 'equal', 'represents', and 'count', and uses concrete equipment like base 10 blocks, represented by lines and dots ('sticks and bricks'), to visually demonstrate the value of tens and ones. Children learn that numbers 11 to 19 comprise '1 ten and some more' and that the numbers 10 and 20 consist solely of tens, with no ones.

Through differentiated activities, children engage with the concept of place value within the number range of 1 to 20. They use ten frames to visualize and count tens and ones, with some worksheets providing pre-filled counters for focus on recognition, while others require students to draw counters to represent given numbers. More advanced sheets challenge children to fill in missing parts of the question, reinforcing their understanding that, for instance, 3 ones and 1 ten make 13, not 31. Key questions encourage critical thinking about the properties of numbers, such as the meaning of the 'teen' suffix and the comparison between the values of tens and ones. The lesson plan also includes reasoning and problem-solving exercises, where children can demonstrate their grasp of the material by completing ten frames in various ways to represent numbers up to '1 ten and 10 ones'.