Remembrance Day, on 11 November, began as Armistice Day, the day the First World War ended in 1918. In the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand people wear red poppies, lay wreaths and keep two minutes' silence at 11 o'clock to remember those who have died in wars. These pages keep to poppies, wreaths, doves and candles, so they suit a quiet, thoughtful lesson.
Five pages of counting with poppies. Page 1 has six boxes of poppies spread out to count, from 3 to 9; the first is done as an example. Page 2 is a busy scene of poppies, poppies on stems, doves and candles: count each kind, write how many, then circle the kind there is the most of and the kind there is the fewest of. Page 3 shows poppies in ten frames: write how many there are and how many more make 10. Page 4 counts a group of poppies and writes the numbers 1 less and 1 more. Page 5 has four wreaths with a repeating pattern of poppies, leaves and doves going all the way round: children circle the picture that belongs in the empty space.
Talk about why people wear a poppy before you start, then count real or paper poppies together, touching each one. On the ten frame page, ask children to point to the empty squares and count them to find how many more make 10. For the wreaths, read each pattern aloud as you go round: "poppy, leaf, poppy, leaf".
Count the poppies on each page together and let your child cross off each one as you go. If you see poppies or wreaths in your town, count them on a walk and talk about what they mean.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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Counting to 10 with red poppies for Remembrance Day on 11 November. Children count poppies in boxes and in a busy scene, fill ten frames, write 1 less and 1 more, and finish repeating patterns round a poppy wreath.
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