Year 2 - Addition

LO: To use fact families up to 20.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

• Recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently.
• Solve addition and subtraction problems using concrete objects and pictorial representations.
• Show that addition of two number can be done in any order (commutative)

The main activity of this outdoor lesson uses natural loose parts and tens frames to bring a practical learning style to investigating number bonds to 20. 

LO: To find number bonds up to 100

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

• Recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts up to 100

During this outdoor lesson your class will bring movement to their learning with a hunt and complete a large-scale maths investigation to consolidate their knowledge number bonds to 100.

LO: To add 2-digit numbers and ones/tens

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

• Add numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations and mentally, including: a 2-digit number and ones, a 2-digit number and tens.

Develop your children’s fluency outdoors by using natural loose parts to support their learning and raise engagement by adding movement to the simple activities included in this lesson.

LO: To add 2-digit numbers without crossing tens.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

• To add numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations and mentally, including: two 2- digit numbers.
• Applying their increasing knowledge of mental methods and written methods.

During this outdoor lesson your class will practise fluently adding tens and ones using a ball game, bring addition to life by using large-scale number lines on your playground and move their learning forward with a discussion and observation activity.

LO: To add 2-digit numbers using a blank number line.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

•  To add numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations and mentally, including: 2-digit number and 1s, 2-digit number and tens, two 2-digit numbers.
• Applying their increasing knowledge of mental methods and written methods.

Have your children apply their knowledge of written methods outdoors with our target practice activity included in the main activity of this lesson plan. This low resource outdoor lesson plan requires only chalk and everyday school equipment!

LO: To add three 1-digit numbers together.

National Curriculum Objectives covered:

•  To add numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations and mentally, including: three 1-digit numbers.

During this outdoor lesson your children will complete a calculation hunt, compete to work through calculations with our physically active maths game and apply reasoning skills to justify their ‘always, sometimes & never’ answers to some challenging statements!

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