Skills Covered

How to Use This Pack

Six pages of taking away, within 5 first and then within 10. On page 1 each row says how many to cross out; children cross out that many pictures and write how many are left. Page 2 puts 6 to 9 pictures in rows of five beside a sentence like 7 − 2 = [ ]: cross out 2, then write the answer. Page 3 does the same in a ten frame, starting from any number up to 10, not only from a full frame. On page 4 the pictures are already crossed out and children write the whole sentence: how many there were, how many are crossed out, how many are left. Page 5 has four short stories to read aloud (birds fly off the wires, frogs hop off the logs, apples fall from a tree, ducks get out of the pond): children cross out the ones that go and write the sentence. On page 6 there are no pictures: children draw circles for the story, cross some out and write the sentence. Pages 1, 2, 4 and 6 start with a worked example.

In the Classroom

Act out the take-away first: line up 5 children or 5 counters, send 2 away and ask how many are left. Model crossing out from the end of the row so the ones left are easy to count. Read each story on pages 5 and 6 aloud twice, and have children say the sentence back: "7 take away 4 is 3." One row takes away nothing and one takes away all: talk about what is left each time.

At Home

Put 5 to 10 crackers or toys on the table, take some away and ask how many are left. Tell little stories together: "6 ducks were in the bath. 2 jumped out. How many are still in?" Let your child draw circles to solve, then say the number sentence out loud.

Tips for Success

• Cross out from the end of the row so the ones left are easy to count
• Count the ones that are left, not the crossed-out ones
• In a ten frame, a full top row is 5
• Say the sentence out loud: "8 take away 3 is 5"
• Draw simple circles, not whole pictures, to solve a story