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Counting to 10, and zero
Learner’s Book 1: Unit 1, pp. 13–14
GoalCount sets of up to 10 objects, show a number in a ten frame and know that 0 means none.
New words
ten frame · a box with 10 spaces, 5 on top and 5 belowzero (0) · none, nothing at alltotal · how many altogether
Explanation
We can count all the way to 10: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. A ten frame helps us see numbers. It has 10 spaces in two rows of 5. We fill the top row first, from left to right, then the bottom row. When the frame is full, there are 10. If a set has nothing in it, we say there are zero things, and we write 0.
Worked examples
7 in a ten frame: a full top row of 5 and 2 more in the bottom row. 5 and 2 make 7.
An empty plate has zero cookies on it. We write 0.
10 balls fill the whole ten frame.
Class activity
Make a ten frame on paper (2 rows of 5 boxes). Your partner says a number from 0 to 10. Put that many buttons, stones or beans in the frame. Check together: is the top row filled first?
Practice
1
How many fish?
8
2
What number does this ten frame show?
8 (5 and 3)
3
A box has no pencils in it. How many pencils are in the box?
0 (zero)
4
Draw 6 dots in a ten frame. Where do they go?
5 dots fill the top row, 1 dot starts the bottom row.