1. Year 1 (National Numeracy Strategy) (Based on DFEE Sample Lessons)
Dr Fog Presents
Money
Problems
Year 1 (National Numeracy Strategy)
(Based on DFEE Sample Lessons)

2. Resources
0 – 20 Number tiles or cards (or as many as there are children in the class).
1p and 2p coins
Containers for the coins.
Items from the class shop.
Dice showing ‘1p, 1p, 2p, 2p, 3p, 3p
100 - grid

3. Mental Learning Objective
I can say numbers 0 to 20 in order.
I understand simple properties of numbers.

4. Mental Learning Task Give each child a number tile.
The task for the class is to read out their numbers in order.

5. Mental Learning Task
Who has
zero?

6. Mental Learning Task
Who has
one?

7. Mental Learning Task
Who has
two?

8. Mental Learning Task
Who has
three?

9. Mental Learning Task
Who has
four?

10. Mental Learning Task
Who has
five?

11. Mental Learning Task
Who is
holding
15?

12. Mental Learning Task
Have you a
number
greater than 18?

13. Mental Learning Task
Who is holding
the next number
after 8?

14. Mental Learning Objective
I can say numbers 0 to 20 in order.
I understand simple properties of numbers.

15. Main Learning Objective
I can count pennies in ones and twos.

16. Main Learning Task
Today we are going to be working with money.

17. Main Learning Task Do you know the names of any coins?
Your teacher will show you some of each coin.
What are the differences between the coins?

18. Main Learning Task
Your teacher will choose 10 children with 1p to sit in a line holding their coins.
How much money have you got altogether?
Check your answer.

19. Main Learning Task
Now ask ten children holding 2p coins coins to stand up.
Count how much there is altogether.
Easy if you count in twos.

20. Main Learning Task If you have not shown your coin, stand up.
How much as this group altogether?
How could we do this?

21. Main Learning Task Everyone with a 1p stand in a line.
Everyone with 2p coins to stand in another line.
Count the 2p line first.
Now count on using the 1p line.

22. Main Learning Task
We are now going to work on a shopping activity using coins and items from the class shop.
Put a pot of twenty 1p and 2p on each table.

23. Main Learning Task
Here is a biscuit – how will you pay for it? 5p

24. Coke Main Learning Task
Here is a drink of coke costing 8p. How will you pay for it?
Coke

25. Main Learning Task
Here is a biscuit – how will you pay for it? 8p

26. Main Learning Task
You will now buy items from the classroom shop.

27. Main Learning Task Challenge:-
Give a group of children 1p and 2p coins and a dice marked ‘1p, 1p, 2p, 2p, 3p, 3p’.
Each child starts with 10p
Roll the dice and give that amount of money to the person on their left.
After three goes, who has the most?

28. Main Learning Objective
I can count pennies in ones and twos.

29. Plenary
Show the class
what you bought.

30. Plenary
How much have
the items cost
altogether?

31. Plenary
Sing ' Five current buns
in a Baker's
Shop'

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