Lesson 21 • Counting back from 10

Learning objectives Extra assistance

Children will:
• count up to 10 and down from 10.
• use a number line to add and subtract.
• add groups of dots to find a total.
Australian Curriculum Content Descriptions
Number and Algebra
Number and place value
ACMNA001 establish understanding of the language and
processes of counting by naming numbers in sequences,
initially to and from 20, moving from any starting point;
identify the number words in sequence, backwards
and forwards, and reason with the number sequences,
establishing the language on which subsequent counting
experiences can be built; develop fluency with forwards and
backwards counting in meaningful contexts, including stories
and rhymes
ACMNA002 connect number names, numerals and
quantities, including zero, initially up to 10 and then
beyond
ACMNA004 represent practical situations to model
addition and sharing; use a range of practical strategies
for adding small groups of numbers, such as visual
displays or concrete materials
Key vocabulary
numerals 0–10, number words zero to ten, count, up,
down, back, forward, match, number, word, number line,
how many, +, =, ten frame, 10 frame
Number lines can be used to introduce the idea of
addition and subtraction. Put a number line from 0 to
10 on the board with a marker somewhere on it. Ask
students to move the marker forwards or backwards a
number of places. Ask them to count out loud so their
technique can be observed. If the marker is on 2 and they
have to move it forward 3 places, they should be saying
‘one, two, three’ as they pass 3 and 4 and land on 5. They
are counting the number of places added, not saying the
numbers on the line.
Classroom activities
Order, Order
Give individuals or pairs of students a set of cards for
the numerals 0–10. Ask them to lay the cards out in the
correct order. Next they race to put them in reverse order,
10 to 0. Say ‘ready, set, go!’ Praise the fastest. Race again
to put them back in counting order. Repeat until they
have had enough.
Take Off!
Give students a blank piece of paper to draw a space
shuttle or rocket ship ready to take off. Ask them to write
the numbers 10 to 1 down the side of the drawing and
write the words Take off! at the bottom under the 1.
Draw a counting line on the playground in chalk and have
each student start at 10 and count down to 1 then blast
off like a rocket.

Mathseeds Lesson TEACH PRACTISE APPLY

sequence
Animated Lesson:
Recognise and count
Find:
Build the Robots, Load the
Trucks, Flying Carpets
Add:
Number Line Trains, Dominoes, back and forth along a
Ten Frame Puzzle
Count:
Leafy Plants, Three Clowns,
Pegs
Content and skills
Introduce the idea of counting
back from 10 to 0. Count up
and down.
Songs: When I See the Stars at
Night and Ten Bears in the Bed.
Visual discrimination:
match numerals to number
words. Identify the word ten.
Understand moving a marker
number line. Understand that
two groups can be added to
make one group.
Counting skills:
use one-to-one
correspondence to find out
how many.
Children will:
identify the numbers 0–10 in Worksheet 1
reverse order. Count from 1 to Counting
10. Count items going down
by 1 each time. Count down
from 10 to 1.
select the numerals and words Worksheet 2
for each number. Select the Number sense
word ten from amongst other
number words.
move a marker forwards and Worksheet 3
backwards on a number line. Addition to 10
Add the dots on both sides of
a domino. Select two groups
of dots to fill the ten frame.
count the items and select the Worksheet 4
matching numeral. Match a Check
set of dots to a number.

Read: Read aloud book. listen, follow the reading and Mathseeds book 21:
Book read along. Ten Bears in the Bed

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10 9 8 7 6 Lesson 21 • Worksheet 1
Counting
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ten to one Name

Write the missing numbers. Match to the pictures.

10
9

1
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10 9 8 7 6 Lesson 21 • Worksheet 2 Number sense
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Name
ten to one

1 Write the missing numbers.

9 7 3
10 4

2 Complete the ten frames.

How many dots did you draw? _______

How many dots did you draw? _______

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10 9 8 7 6 Lesson 21 • Worksheet 3
Addition to 10
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ten to one Name

1 Complete the number line.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

zero one two three four five six seven eight nine ten

2 Move forward three places. Where do you land?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Move back 4 places. Where do you land?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

3 Add the dots.

= =

= =

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10 9 8 7 6 Lesson 21 • Worksheet 4 Check
54321
Name
ten to one

1 Write the missing numbers.

10 7

5 2

2 Join the dots.

3 7

5
1
9

6
2 4 8
0
10

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