Place value within 100 - Ordering numbers - Planning

In Year 1, during the second week of Summer term focused on Place Value to 100, students are introduced to ordering numbers. The lesson's objective is to enable children to arrange sets of objects and numbers from the smallest to the largest and vice versa. Key vocabulary such as 'order', 'objects', 'most', 'least', 'bigger', 'biggest', 'larger', 'largest', 'smaller', 'smallest', 'first', 'second', 'third' is emphasised. A variety of resources, including worksheets, presentations, and physical objects, are utilised to facilitate learning. The lesson begins with a recap of previous knowledge, followed by a practical partner activity. Children work together to group objects and order them by size, using the key vocabulary and reinforcing their understanding of ordinal numbers.

The lesson includes interactive activities where children determine which group has the least or the most items, reinforcing the concept through repetition and phrases like "the smallest group has less and the largest group has the most." In an activity without physical objects, children practice ordering written numbers, such as 67, 34, 99, using a 100 square grid to visualise their size relative to each other. Independent activities are supported by differentiated worksheets to cater to varying levels of understanding. The plenary involves a 'Give me five' reflection where children consider what they've learned, the skills they've used, and what they found challenging. The lesson differentiates expectations for children working towards fluency, at the expected level, and at greater depth, with activities tailored to each level, from using representations to order numbers from most to least to ordering pictorial representations such as number pieces, money, straws, and base 10.