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6 outdoor lesson plans for Year 2 identifying numbers

Year 2 - Identifying and representing numbers

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This unit of outdoor maths lessons develops children’s place value understanding to 100 through large-scale, practical, and nature-based activities. From part–part–whole challenges and missing number hunts to creative number line investigations and giant hundred square games, pupils will build fluency while staying active and engaged.

Lesson Plans

Reading and writing numerals to 100

This outdoor lesson takes reading and writing numerals large-scale and outdoors, using hundred squares to deepen your children’s understanding of place value.

Learning objective:

To read and write numerals to 100.

Representing numbers to 100

The outdoor maths investigation in this lesson plan will encourage your children to think creatively when representing numbers to 100, creating the perfect opportunity for you to assess their understanding of numbers to 100.

Learning objective:

To represent numbers to 100.

Representing numbers to 100 on a number line

Deepen your children’s understanding of number lines and raise engagement by combining their learning with nature. This outdoor lesson plan is designed to secure your children’s fluency with numbers to 100 through its open ended activities.

Learning objective:

To represent numbers to 100 on a number line.

Estimating numbers to 100

During this outdoor lesson your children will build understanding of blank number lines using your outdoor space and washing lines to practise estimating with numbers to 100.

Learning objective:

To estimate numbers to 100 on a blank number line.

Partitioning 2-digit numbers

The main activity of this outdoor lesson uses movement to boost engagement as the children move around your outdoor space to investigate part, part, whole models and missing numbers to challenge their place value knowledge.

Learning objective:

To partition 2-digit numbers.

Representing partitioning using addition

Gather evidence of your children’s understanding of place value of numbers to 100 with the large-scale representations of partitioning and part, part, whole models.

Learning objective:

To represent partitioning using addition.

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