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Year 1 Maths - Ordinals
Year 1 Maths - Ordinals
Lesson
Students will Put numbers 1-31 on whiteboard. Whiteboard Hand up to be Observation Teacher Anecdotal
be able to Have students come up and put a word marker checked notes
order or number card underneath the Number and
themselves corresponding number. word cards
according to Then have them line up in order of Birthday list
their birthdays their birthdays, saying the ordinal they
Children and record are, e.g. ‘my birthday is the 3rd of
generate and findings. January’.
explore a Get students to write in their maths
variety of books…
computational (put on board)
strategies to My birthday is on the ___ of ___.
use numbers It is the ___ birthday in the class.
in daily Can draw a line of students in book
activities and circle where they are along the
when they line.
need to
estimate and
quantify.
Lesson
Students will Show students a calendar. Calendar Hand up to be Observation Teacher Anecdotal
discuss how Ask why there is a 30 or 31 etc before Mini checked notes
calendars the 1... calendar
work and use Does this mean that the first day of templates
one to identify March is the 31st??
different Discuss
ordinals.
Students get their own month calendar
and instructions to colour the ‘15th day
orange’…so on.
Lesson
Students will Revisit calendar. A3 calendar Hand up to be Observation Teacher Anecdotal
work together Show A3 calendar template, with template checked notes
cooperatively words and numerals sheet. Words and
to arrange numerals
their own Working in small groups, students to sheet
calendar using cut out and stick words/numerals to Scissors
words and the correct calendar day. Glue
Children numerals to
generate and identify Put name on sheet. Get checked.
explore a different
variety of ordinal
computational numbers.
strategies to
use numbers
in daily
activities
when they EXTRA ACTIVITIES:
need to Ordinals memory card game –
estimate and numerals 1-10, say ordinal out loud as
quantify. turnover.