Maths & Me Senior Infants Pupil's Book by Edco Ireland

Senior Infants Pupil’s Book

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Introduction

The Maths and Me Pupil’s Book consolidates learning by bringing the Primary Maths Curriculum (2023) to life through engaging, playful and interactive activities. It links maths to daily life through real-life pictures, problems and tasks, so children will appreciate the relevance and significance of maths in their everyday experiences.

The relatable Maths and Me characters, Lexi, Dara, Mia, Jay and Monty the Dog help children to understand that we are all mathematicians, and model a positive disposition to maths.

Pupil’s Book Features

Colour coding – Allows you to see what the main strand is at a glance:

– Number – Data and chance

– Measures – Algebra – Shape and space

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Let’s play!

Let’s play! – Incorporates playfulness into maths through engaging games and interactive activities, making maths a fun and enjoyable adventure for children.

Maths eyes – Encourages children to look around them and recognise maths in the real world.

Try this! – Provides optional, cognitively challenging tasks that offer an enriching learning opportunity for children.

Action icons – Makes it easy for young children to understand how to complete an activity.

Self-assessment – Gives children an opportunity to reflect on their work and colour in up to three stars at the end of each page, depending on how they felt they performed on a certain task.

Additional resource icons – Indicates if a photocopiable is needed to complete an activity.

Digital resources – Allows easy access for teachers using the ebook to the extensive menu of interactive resources provided for each unit.

Clear signposting – Allows easy navigation across the programme through direct correlation of the lesson title and the footer information to the Teacher’s Planning Book and the digital resources.

Unit 1 Digital Resources

Orange Blue Purple Green Red Colour

Maths eyes PCM 1

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Contents Unit 1: Numbers to 10 Counting 4 Bonds of 5 6 Numbers to 10 7 Comparing Numbers 8 Ordering 9 Unit 2: Measuring 1 Size 10 Length 12 Measuring 13 Weight 14 Capacity 15 Unit 3: Operations within 10 Bonds of 10 16 Number Bonds 17 More Bonds of 10 18 Partitioning Sets 19 Adding 20 Zero 21 Unit 4: Time 1 Sequencing Events 22 Daily Time Intervals 23 Time Passing 24 Unit 5: Numbers to 15 More Numbers to 10 25 Numbers to 12 26 Numbers to 14 27 Numbers to 15 28 Tens and Ones to 15 30 Unit 6: Shape Properties of 2-D Shapes 31 Sorting 2-D Shapes 32 3-D Shapes 33 Properties of 3-D Shapes 34 Making 2-D and 3-D Shapes 35 Shapes Around Us 36 Unit 7: Operations within 15 Comparing 37 Combining Sets 38 Bar Models 39 Number Paths 40 Addition 42 Unit 8: Numbers to 20 Numbers to 15 43 Numbers to 17 44 Numbers to 19 45 Numbers to 20 46 How Many? 48 Unit 9: Location and Transformation Position 50 Movement 52 Directions 53 Changing Shapes 54 Making New Shapes 55 Mirror Symmetry 56 Unit 10: Addition Adding Zero 58 Number Paths 59 Combining Sets 60 Counting On 61 Addition 62 Unit 11: Measuring 2 Capacity 63 Weight 64 Area 65 Unit 12: Subtraction Sets 66 Comparison 68 Counting Back 70 Subtraction from 10 7 2 Unit 13: Patterns Repeating Patterns 7 3 Growing and Shrinking Patterns 74 Pattern in Numbers 76 Unit 14: Money Awareness of Money 7 7 Recognising and Sorting Coins 78 Matching Coins and Amounts 79 Comparing and Ordering Coin Values 80 Counting Coins − Totals to 20c 81 The Toy Shop 82 Unit 15: Fractions Sharing Equally 84 Introducing Halves 85 Wholes and Halves 86 Halving Sets 87 Unit 16: Time 2 Time Passing 88 Units of Time 89 Days, Months and Seasons 90 Telling the Time 91 The Clock 92 Special Times 93 Unit 17: Data Sorting 94 Favourites 95

Maths eyes

Count the items in the picture. Trace the correct number.

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4 Unit 1: Numbers to 10. Days 1 and 2, Lesson 1 Unit 1 Digital Resources Counting

Trace

Maths eyes

Try this! Look at the picture again and count. Write

Look around your classroom and count. Write the number.

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5 Unit 1: Numbers to 10. Days 1 and 2, Lesson 1

Bonds of 5

Use the top line of your and to work out the bonds of five. Write the missing number.

Draw the missing .

Let’s play!

● Place a blank sticker over the 6 on a to mean zero.

● Throw the . Use the number shown to write a number sentence to make 5.

6 Unit 1: Numbers to 10. Day 3, Lesson 2

+ + + + + +

+ is 5 + is 5 + is 5 + is 5 5 2 5 4 5 I 5 3 5 5 5 0

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Write Draw Draw

7 Unit 1: Numbers to 10. Days 4 and 5, Lesson 3 Write Draw Numbers to I0 Write the number. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Draw the correct number of in the . 1. 8 2. 3 3. 5 4. I 0

Use the colour key. I 23 4 56789 I 0 one nine five four three eight seven two ten six

Try this! Colour the number words.

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Comparing Numbers

Write

How many of each item can you find?

Try this!

Write M beside the food that there is most of.

Write L beside the food that there is least of.

Draw a beside the food that you like best.

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8 Unit 1: Numbers to 10. Days 6 and 7, Lesson 4

Colour the pictures.

Ordering

Colour the first person’s clothes red

Colour the third person’s clothes green

Colour the last person’s clothes blue.

Colour the second person’s clothes orange.

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Draw a ring around the Ist person.

Draw a triangle around the last person

Draw a line under the 3rd person.

Draw a box around the 2nd person

9 Unit 1: Numbers to 10. Days 8 and 9, Lesson 5 Colour Draw

Colour the...

Colour

tallest yellow

smallest purple

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longest orange

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widest green widest green longest orange

Unit 2: Measuring 1. Day 2, Lesson 2

narrowest red shortest blue

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Unit 2: Measuring 1. Day 2, Lesson 2

Try this! Draw a shorter sock Draw a taller chair.

Colour the…

shortest widest longest tallest

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Baby Bear’s spoon is cubes long.

1. Draw a spoon that is about the same length as Baby Bear’s spoon.

2. Draw a longer spoon.

3. Draw a shorter spoon.

Try this! What are the lengths of your spoons in cubes?

Length

1. cubes 2. cubes 3. cubes

Unit 2: Measuring 1. Days 3 and 4, Lesson 3

Colour Draw

Measuring

What will you use to measure the items below? Tick ✓ your choice.

Estimate: Measure:

Estimate: Measure: your own items. Then measure.

Estimate: Measure:

Try this! Work in pairs. Estimate and then measure the length of your .

What will you use to measure it?

Estimate: Measure:

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Weight

Colour the lighter item. Ring the heavier item. Check using a clothes-hanger balance.

Try this! Write the weight in marbles. + is marbles. + is marbles. + is marbles. + is marbles. ColourRing Write

What is the weight of the fruit in marbles?

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Write H beside the heaviest fruit.

Write L beside the lightest fruit. is marbles. is marbles. is marbles. is marbles.

Unit 2: Measuring 1. Days 6 and 7, Lesson 5

Ring Colour

Capacity

In each row, ring the one that holds the most. Colour the one that holds the least.

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Maths eyes

Look around your classroom and draw a container you can see that... holds more than holds less than

Unit 2: Measuring 1. Days 8 and 9, Lesson 6

Write Draw

Write the missing numbers and turnaround facts. Draw in each to match.

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Let’s play!

● Play in pairs. Use the 0–9 spinner .

● Take turns to spin for a number. Use it to write a bond of I 0 on your mini-whiteboard.

● If you spin the same number again, miss a turn.

● The winner has the most bonds of I 0 when the time is up.

16 Unit 3 Digital Resources Unit 3: Operations within 10. Day 1, Lesson 1

Bonds of I 0

= + =

= +

= + = + = + = + =

+ = +

+ = + = +

= +

300 I 0 2 300 I 0 6 300 I 0 9 300 I 0 5 300 I 0 0 300 I 0 3

Number Bonds

Count the seeds. Write the matching number sentence.

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17 Unit 3: Operations within 10. Days 2 and 3, Lesson 2

Try this! On your mini-whiteboard, write the turnaround fact for each sentence. 1

= + = + = + = + = + = + = + =

Write

Ring the correct amount o

each set. Then write the number sentence.

Try this! Write a number that is:

18 Unit 3: Operations within 10. Days 4 and 5, Lesson 3

More Bonds of I 0

7 + = I 0 3 + = 5 + = 8 + = 2 + = 9 + = I + = 6 + = 4 + =

more than 5 less than 6 more than 3 more than 5 but less than I 0 less than 5 but more than 0

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Write Colour

Partitioning Sets

Write the missing number. Colour the counters using two colours to partition the sets.

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Try this! Pick a set above to partition differently.

Use the 300 on your mini-whiteboard and to find as many different partitions as you can. 300

19 Unit 3: Operations within 10. Day 6, Lesson 4

Adding

Add the two amounts on the dice. Write the total.

Let’s play! Win big!

● Place a blank sticker over the 6s on to mean 0.

● Play in pairs. Take turns to throw .

● Write the numbers in the boxes. Add them. Write the total.

20 Unit 3: Operations within 10. Days 7 and 8, Lesson 5

+ = + = + = + = The winner is the person who makes the biggest total. Write Write

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Let’s play!

● Play Win Big! (p.20) again. This time also add zero.

21 Unit 3: Operations within 10. Day 9, Lesson 6 + 0 = + 0 = + 0 = 0 + = + 0 = + 0 = + 0 = 0 + =

Write Write Zero Count, then write the number sentence.

+ + 0 = + + 0 = + + 0 = + + 0 =

What do you notice?

Sequencing Events

Number the pictures I, 2, 3, 4. Label the pictures. first then next last

first next

Try this! Draw four steps for making a birthday cake. Number the steps I, 2, 3, 4. Write ‘first’, ‘then’, ‘next’, ‘last’.

22 Unit 4 Digital Resources Unit 4: Time 1. Day 2, Lesson 2

Write

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Daily Time Intervals

Match the pictures to the words. Trace the words.

morning afternoon

evening night

Draw pictures of your day on Saturday or Sunday.

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morning afternoon

evening night

23 Unit 4: Time 1. Day 3, Lesson 3

Match Trace Trace Draw

Time Passing

Label the pictures in each set.

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Try

Draw what you think happened before or after each event.

before

Label with words:

24 Unit 4: Time 1. Day 4, Lesson 4

before after after after before after

Write Draw

this!

Monday is the day Sunday. Friday is the day Saturday. before after

Now make your own. Write the numerals 0 to I 0 on your mini-whiteboard, but leave out one numeral. Ask your partner to work out the missing numeral.

0579 25 Unit 5 Digital Resources Unit 5: Numbers to 15. Day 1, Lesson 1 More

to I 0

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Numbers

0 I 3 5 7 I 0 9 4 6 8 2 9 0 7 6 I 0 3 8 I 5 I 0 3 8 7 2 0 9 4 5 I 8 5 7 I 0 3 I 9 4 6 2 I 0 3 5 7 8 6 0 4 2 I 8 4 0 5 7 2 9 3 6 I 4 3 5 I 9 0 I 0 2 6 8 I 0 3 2 7 I 9 4 6 8 0 4 5 0 I 0 8 3 9 2 6 7

Write the numeral from 0 to I 0 that is missing from each box.

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Numbers to I 2

Trace. Match the pictures to the words and numerals. Draw:

26 Unit 5: Numbers to 15. Days 2 and 3, Lesson 2

II footballs I 2 spades I 0 ten I 2 twelve II eleven

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27 Unit 5: Numbers to 15. Days 4 and 5, Lesson 3

Numbers to I4

the

Write Draw

Write

number.

. I 3 I4

Draw the correct number of on the

28 Unit 5: Numbers to 15. Day 6, Lesson 4

I 5

in the missing numerals. 6 7 9 II I 5

the numeral from 9 to I 5 that is missing from each box. 9 I 0 13 II I4 I 2 I 0 I 2 9 I4 I 3 I 5 I 5 II I 2 I 0 I 3 9 I 3 thirteen I 5 fifteen I4 fourteen Write Write Trace Match ©TheEducationalCompanyofIreland

Numbers to

Trace. Match the pictures to the words and numerals. Fill

Write

Try this! Write a different number each time.

Less than I4

More than II , but less than I 5

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Less than I 3, but more than I 0

More than I 2

29 Unit 5: Numbers to 15. Day 6, Lesson 4

Count.

How many?

I 2 I 3 I4 I 5 Write

Ring a set of I 0. Write the amount of tens and ones. Ring Write

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30 Unit 5: Numbers to 15. Days 7 and 8, Lesson 5

Tens and Ones to I 5

Write the missing numbers.

Tens Ones

Tens Ones Tens Ones Tens Ones

ten and ones ten and ones ten and ones ten and ones ten and ones ten and ones Write

Colour

Properties of 2-D Shapes

Colour the shapes. Use the colour code.

circle square triangle rectangle

I don’t think all the shapes will be coloured.

Try this! Count the number of sides on each shape. Write the number beside the shape.

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How many shapes are not coloured?

31 Unit 6 Digital Resources

Unit 6: Shape. Day 2, Lesson 2

Cut and Stick

Sorting 2-D Shapes

Cut out the shapes from your activity sheet (PCM 1) and stick them in the correct box.

Equal sides

4-sided shape 3-sided shape

Not equal sides

4-sided shape 3-sided shape

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Try this!

Draw it.

How many sides?

How many corners?

square triangle circle rectangle

Unit 6: Shape. Day 3, Lesson 3

PCM 1

There are cubes and cuboids altogether. Colour Write abc

Colour one box for each shape. Write the number. cylinder sphere cuboid cube

Ring the shape that there are more of in the picture above.

Complete the sentences.

There are spheres and cylinders altogether

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33 Unit 6: Shape. Day 4, Lesson 4

Ring Write 3-D Shapes

Colour the shapes that can roll blue.

Colour the shapes that cannot roll red.

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Try this! What shape could this be? Ring the hidden answers.

Unit 6: Shape. Day 5, Lesson 5

Colour Properties of 3-D Shapes

Making 2-D and 3-D Shapes

Design a robot using 3-D shapes. You can use 2-D shapes to decorate it. Draw your design below.

How many of each 3-D shape did you use?

cylinder cuboid cube sphere

How many of each 2-D shape did you use to decorate it?

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circle triangle square rectangle

35 Unit 6: Shape. Days 6 and 7, Lesson 6

Draw

Shapes Around Us

Maths eyes

Draw an item from your classroom that matches each shape.

cylinder sphere

Try this! Dara and Lexi are sorting shapes. Dara wants the blue shapes. Share the shapes: write L or D on each shape to show who should get it. Draw

cuboid cube

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What do you notice?

36 Unit 6: Shape. Days 8 and 9, Lesson 7

Comparing

Compare the toys. Tick 3 the set that has more.

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37 Unit 7: Operations within 15. Day 1, Lesson 1 Unit 7 Digital Resources

Tick

Combining Sets

Add the sets of building blocks together and write the total.

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Try this! Throw a . Draw the number of cubes, then add.

38 Unit 7: Operations within 15. Days 2 and 3, Lesson 2

Write

+ = + = + = + = + =

What do you notice?

+ = + = + =

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39 Unit 7: Operations within 15. Days 4 and 5, Lesson 3

in the blanks.

Write 10 5 9 3 8 12 II I 2

Bar Models Fill

Try this!

Help Monty to complete the number paths.

Use the number path above to help you add the numbers.

40 Unit 7: Operations within 15. Days 6 and 7, Lesson 4

0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I 0 II I 2 I 3 I4 I 5

Write Write Number Paths

number before number after 4 II I 0 number before number after 9 I4 7

3 + 5 = 2 + II = 2 + I 2 = 2 + 9 = 3 + II = 1 + I 2 = +1 +1 +1 5 6 7 8 3 + 5 I counted on from the larger number: 5 ... 6, 7, 8.

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Let’s play!

Write the missing numbers on your game first. Then play with your partner.

● Take turns to spin the I–6 spinner .

● Move your counter along the number path.

● Climb up any . Slide down any .

● The winner is the first to reach 20.

41 Unit 7: Operations within 15. Days 6 and 7, Lesson 4

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Write

Use any strategy to help you write the total.

Try this! Spin the I–6 spinner and the 0–9 spinner and write the number sentence.

42 Unit 7: Operations within 15. Days 8 and 9, Lesson 5

0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I 0 II I 2 I 3 I4 I 5

Addition

I 0 + 5 = 4 + I 0 = I 0 + 3 = 2 + I 2 = 9 + 2 = 3 + I 2 =

1. + = 2. + = 3. + = 4. + = Write 2 + 4 = 6 1, 2, 3, , 5, 6 I counted all: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 3, , 5, 6 2 2 + 4 = 6 2 3 4 5 6 +1 +1 +1 +1 I counted on from 2: ... 3, 4, 5, 6. 5, 6 2 + 4 = 6 2 3 4 5 6 +1 +1 I counted on from 4: ... 5, 6.

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Try this! Pick a number below and show it in three different ways: 43 Unit 8: Numbers to 20. Day 1, Lesson 1 Unit 8 Digital Resources Write Write Numbers to 15 Count and write the number.

the missing numbers. II I 2 I 3 I4 I 5 8 9 II I 2 II I4 I 5

Write

I ten and 5 ones

Try this! Two truths and a lie!

Build I 6 in three ways, one should be wrong. Ask your partner to find the wrong answer. Draw what you made. Next do I 7.

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44 Unit 8: Numbers to 20. Days 2 and 3, Lesson 2

Out

Cross

Numbers to I 7

Cross 7 out the odd one out.

I 6 I 7

sixteen

I ten and 5 ones

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Try this! Two truths and a lie (p. 44) again!

This time choose any number up to I 9. Draw what you made on your mini-whiteboard.

45 Unit 8: Numbers to 20. Days 4 and 5, Lesson 3

Write Numbers to I 9 Count and write the number.

Write

Write the number.

Count and write the number.

How many? animals and birds children not standing children standing children wearing

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46 Unit 8: Numbers to 20. Days 6 and 7, Lesson 4

Write Numbers to 20

children wearing a children throwing a children wearing a snowmen

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Try this! Ask your friend some number questions about the picture.

47 Unit 8: Numbers to 20. Days 6 and 7, Lesson 4

How Many?

Count the snowballs and write the number.

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Monty has more than 5 but less than I 0 . Draw how many he could have. Write the total.

Try this!

Who has the most?

Who has the least?

Who has more than I 0 but less than I4?

Who has less than I 9 but more than I 5?

Who do you think is going to win the snowball fight?

48 Unit 8: Numbers to 20. Days 8 and 9, Lesson 5

Write Draw Write

Count the children’s boots in 2s and write the numbers.

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Try this! Can you think of other things that are often counted in 2s?

Draw them on your mini-whiteboard.

49 Unit 8: Numbers to 20. Days 8 and 9, Lesson 5

Write

0 4 8 I4

Write the letters below on the map.

An orange F in front of the .

A blue I inside the .

A red N near the .

Maths eyes

A brown B beside the .

A grey V over the .

A purple O on the .

Look around your classroom. What is in front of you? What do you see below your table? Who is to your right? Who is to your left?

50 Unit 9: Location and Transformation. Days 2 and 3, Lesson 2 Unit 9 Digital Resources Position

PCM 2

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Match below to show where you will put each child. Then cut the pictures from your activity sheet (PCM 2). Stick them on the map. under behind below outside Cut and Stick

51 Unit 9: Location and Transformation. Days 2 and 3, Lesson 2

Match

Where is Monty? Tick ✓ the correct word. in near under far below between above on on top of beside below over

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Write left, right, in front of or behind to tell Monty where his ball is.

52 Unit 9: Location and Transformation. Day 4, Lesson 3

abc

Write abc Write

Movement

Directions

Jay drew a map of his group in school. Draw a map of your group. Draw your tabletop first. Show where your friends sit using the first letter of their names.

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Try this! Draw these objects on your map:

53 Unit 9: Location and Transformation. Day 5, Lesson 4

Me D L F R M

Jay Lexi Fiona Mia Dara Rish

Draw

Colour

Changing Shapes

Dara is changing the shapes. Look at the first shape. Find it again and ring it.

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Colour each ringed shape to show what Dara did to it. Did he turn it, slide it or flip it?

54 Unit 9: Location and Transformation. Day 6, Lesson 5

Ring

Making New Shapes

Look at the first shape. Colour the shapes you need to make it.

Try this! Can you draw these on your mini-whiteboard? square + square = rectangle triangle + triangle = square triangle + triangle = triangle Colour

Ring Colour

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Look at the first two shapes. Ring or colour the shape that you could make in each row.

55 Unit 9: Location and Transformation. Day 7, Lesson 6

Cut and Stick Draw

Mirror Symmetry

Draw or cut the shapes from your activity sheet (PCM 3) and stick them below to make mirror symmetry.

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56 Unit 9: Location and Transformation. Day 8, Lesson 7 PCM 3

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Try this! Finish drawing the shapes to make mirror symmetry.

57 Unit 9: Location and Transformation. Day 8, Lesson 7

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● Spin the spinner and write a number sentence.

58 Unit 10: Addition. Day 1, Lesson 1 Unit 10 Digital Resources Write Write Adding Zero Help the zookeeper feed the animals. Count and add.

Let’s play!

+ 0 = 0 + = + 0 = 0 + = + 0 = + 0 = 0 + = + 0 = 0 + = + 0 =

Write how many . Then count on to find out how many altogether. Write the total.

Try this! Write the missing number. Use the number path to help.

59 Unit 10: Addition. Days 2 and 3, Lesson 2 Number Paths 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 I7 I8 I9 20

5 + = 8 + = 4 + = 7 + = 6 + = 6 + = I 7 + = I 2 + =

II + = I 5 I 5 + = I 8 9 + = I4 8 + = I 6

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How many? Add.

Try this! How many? Add.

60 Unit 10: Addition. Days 4 and 5, Lesson 3 Write

Combining Sets

+ + = + + = + + = + + = + + = + + =

+ + = I 2 + + = I 8 ? ?

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Try this! Don’t count! How many?

61 Unit 10: Addition. Days 6 and 7, Lesson 4 Write Counting On How many? Count on. I 2 + 3 I 5 + 4 I 4 + 3 4 + I 4 I 3 + 6 5 + I 2

I counted on from 3: ... 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Write

I counted all: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

I counted on from the larger number, 5: ... 6, 7, 8.

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Let’s play!

● Play in pairs. Each player should spin the 0-9 spinner twice.

● Use a I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 , or .

● Both players add their numbers.

● The player with the biggest number wins the round.

62 Unit 10: Addition. Days 8 and 9, Lesson 5

3 + 5 3 + 5

Addition Add.

I I + 4 1 2 + 0 5 + I 3 2 + I 4 I 6 + 3 I 7 + I I 0 + 4 2 + I 7 I 4 + 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 3 + 5

Capacity

Ring

Ring the container with the greater capacity in each pair.

Ring the containers that hold more than a

Ring the containers that hold less than a .

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Try this! Draw containers that hold more than

63 Unit 11 Digital Resources Unit 11: Measuring 2. Days 2 and 3, Lesson 2

Ring

Weight

Ring the lighter item in each pair.

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Try this! Draw something heavier in each set above.

64 Unit 11: Measuring 2. Days 4 and 5, Lesson 3

In each set, colour blue the shape that covers the greater area. Colour red the shape that covers the lesser area.

How many menus do you think would cover the area of each table? Colour Write

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65 Unit 11: Measuring 2. Days 6 and 7, Lesson 4

Area

4 7 5 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 6 3 4 7 5 2 6 3

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66 Unit 12: Subtraction. Day 1, Lesson 1 Unit 12 Digital Resources

Sets

and write the number.

Write

Count

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67 Unit 12: Subtraction. Day 1, Lesson 1

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68 Unit 12: Subtraction. Days 4 and 5, Lesson 3

Comparison

Look at the poster opposite. Colour a square for each animal. Or cut the pictures from your activity sheet (PCM 4) and stick a picture for each animal.

1. Compare the amount of horses to cows .

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What is the difference?

2. Compare the amount of hens to lambs .

What is the difference?

3. Compare the amount of ducks to foals .

What is the difference?

69 Unit 12: Subtraction. Days 4 and 5, Lesson 3

PCM 4 Write Colour Cut and Stick

Counting Back

Count back on the number path by striking out the number. Write the numbers in the branching bond.

Collecting eggs

70 Unit 12: Subtraction. Days 6 and 7, Lesson 4

0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2

1. Lexi collected 8 eggs. She dropped 3.

0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2

0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2 300 300 300

Strike out

2. Dara collected 9 eggs. He dropped I. 3. Mia collected I 0 eggs. She dropped 4.

Write

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Try this! Write the correct names.

collected the most eggs. dropped the most eggs.

collected the least eggs. dropped the least eggs.

Let’s play!

● Play in pairs. You will need: and a 0–9 spinner .

● Players place a counter on I 2.

● Spin the spinner and count back that number.

● The winner is the first player to reach 0.

71 Unit 12: Subtraction. Days 6 and 7, Lesson 4

0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2

0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2 `

Jay collected I I eggs. He dropped 2.

5. Monty collected 7 eggs. He dropped 0.

0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2 300 300

Write Strike out Write

Write Strike out

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● Play in pairs. Take turns spinning the 0–9 spinner .

● Take the number from I 0 and write the number sentence.

● The winner is the player with the smallest answer in each round.

72 Unit 12: Subtraction. Days 8 and 9, Lesson 5

from I 0

Subtraction

−

I 0 − I 0 =

Strike out the counters. How many are left? Write the answer. I 0 − 3 = I 0

5 = I 0

I =

Count back on the number path by striking out the number. Write the answer. I 0 − 4 = I 0 − 8 = I 0 − 0 = I 0 − 6 = Let’s play!

0 −

− = I 0 − = I 0 − =

I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I 0

Ring Draw

Repeating Patterns

Ring the core. Draw or colour the missing parts in each pattern.

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Try this! Ring the core. Colour the missing parts.

Try this! xx

73 Unit 13 Digital Resources Unit 13: Patterns. Days 1 and 2, Lesson 1

Draw Growing and Shrinking Patterns

Draw the missing part in each pattern.

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74 Unit 13: Patterns. Day 3, Lesson 2

1. 3. 4. 2.

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Try this!

Make a pattern. Take a piece away. Ask a friend to say what is missing.

75 Unit 13: Patterns. Day 3, Lesson 2

6. 7.

Pattern in Numbers

Ring to make pairs. Write the total number.

Colour the odd answers above red, and the even answers blue.

Write the missing numbers.

Try this! Odd or even? Write each number in the correct box.

Odd Even

Try this! xx

76 Unit 13: Patterns. Day 4, Lesson 3

I 5 I 2 I 9 I 6 I 8 I 7 I 3 I4

I II I 3 3 5 9 I 0 I4 2 4 6 8 2,4,6,8,10 I I 0 2 3 5 6 7 4 I I 0 2 3 4 5 9 8

Write Colour Ring Write

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Colour

Colour the notes blue. Colour the coins red.

Match

Match the words to the correct picture.

euro money ATM piggy bank bank card

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Try this! What are you saving for?

Draw or write on your mini-whiteboard. Share with your partner.

77 Unit 14: Money. Day 1, Lesson 1 Unit 14 Digital Resources

Awareness of Money

EURO 5 5 EURO 20 20 EURO 10 10

Colour Write

Recognising and Sorting Coins

Colour the coins using the colour code. red blue green yellow orange purple pink brown

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How many of each coin did you colour?

78 Unit 14: Money. Day 3, Lesson 3

Matching Coins and Amounts

Trace each amount. Match it to the correct coin.

Colour the correct coin to pay for each toy. Trace Match

Colour 50c

79 Unit 14: Money. Day 4, Lesson 4

€ I

I 0c

20c

Comparing and Ordering Coin Values

What coin is hidden? Write its value.

Colour the coin with the greater value in each pair.

Ring the coin with lesser value in each pair.

Try this!

What is the odd one out? Cross ✗ it out.

Unit 14: Money. Day 5, Lesson 5

Write Colour Ring

Counting Coins − Totals to 20c

Which would you rather in each row? Tick 3 the . Write the total amounts.

Put a total of 20c in these purses. Use different coins each time.

81 Try

make

I 2c I

Unit 14: Money. Day 7, Lesson 7

this! Write or draw one way to

each amount on your mini-whiteboard. Compare with your partner. Did you use different coins? 8c

Use to help you. Tick Write Draw

The Toy Shop

Write the price of each toy.

Draw Write

Let’s play!

● Throw . Draw the dice and write the total.

● Draw coins to make up the total.

82 Unit 14: Money. Days 8 and 9, Lesson 8

abc

Write

+ = + = + = + =

How much money do Lexi, Jay and Mia have to spend in the toy shop? Lexi

Write the answer.

Who has the most money?

Who has the least money?

Does Mia have enough to buy a ?

Which toy is the cheapest?

Dara has . He buys .

How much change will he get?

Try this! You have to spend in the toy shop.

Write or draw the toys that you would buy on your mini-whiteboard.

Unit 14: Money. Days 8 and 9, Lesson 8

Jay Mia

c c c c

Write 12c 8c 20c 18c 10c 5c 15c

Write

Sharing Equally

Tick 3 if it is a fair share. Cross ✗ if it is not a fair share.

Draw and share the strawberries equally. Write how many each.

Share the bones among the dogs. Tick 3 the set that can be shared equally. each each

84 Unit 15: Fractions. Day 2, Lesson 2 Unit 15 Digital Resources

Draw Write Cross Out Tick Match

Tick

Introducing Halves

Half or whole? Tick 3 the correct word.

Draw a line to show halves. Colour half.

Maths eyes

Find a shape or object in the classroom that you can halve. Draw it.

Draw a line to show halves.

85 Unit 15: Fractions. Day 4, Lesson 4

half whole half whole half whole half whole half whole half whole

Tick Draw

Draw Colour

Wholes and Halves

Draw the line to show halves. Colour each half in a different colour.

Draw the other half. Colour both halves the same.

Draw Colour

Try this! Use to colour half of each big square in five different ways.

86 Unit 15: Fractions. Days 5 and 6, Lesson 5

Draw counters on each I 0 frame to show half of the number.

Share to show halves.

Write half of each number. Use and to help you. Half of 8 is

87 Unit 15: Fractions. Days 8 and 9, Lesson 7

Draw Write Halving Sets

Hal

is Half of 4 is

f 6 is Half of I 2 is Half of 2 is 8 I 2 6 I 0

✗ cannot

300 6 300 2 300 4 300 I 2

f of

Hal

Try this! Using up to I 2 or find out which amounts you can or cannot halve. 3 can halve

halve

Time Passing

Ring two activities that take a longer time to do. Colour two activities that take a shorter time to do.

fly on a plane brush my teeth watch a film do 5 star jumps

In pairs, estimate, then measure how long each takes. Use or .

Do I 0 star jumps.

Estimate:

Measure:

Sing ‘Happy Birthday’.

Estimate:

Measure:

Draw a stick man.

Estimate:

Measure:

Say the alphabet.

a, b, c, ...

Estimate:

Measure:

Write your name 3 times.

Estimate:

Measure:

Make a tower of I 0 cubes.

Estimate:

Measure:

Ring the activity that took longer in each row in .

Try this! With your partner, measure and compare other activities on your mini-whiteboard.

88 Unit 16 Digital Resources Unit 16: Time 2. Day 2, Lesson 2

Ring Colour Write Ring

Pair work: How many times can you do each activity in one minute? Estimate and then measure.

Say a nursery rhyme.

Throw a ball up in the air and catch it.

Estimate: times

Measure: times

Build a tower of I 0 cubes.

Estimate: times

Measure: times

Draw a flower.

Estimate: times

Measure: times

Clap hands and touch toes.

Estimate: times

Throw a 6 on a dice.

Estimate: times

Measure: times

Estimate: times

Measure: times

89 Unit 16: Time 2. Day 3, Lesson 3

Units of Time

Write

Measure: times

Humpty Dumpty …

Days, Months and Seasons

Trace the days.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Use the days in and .

Try this! Cut out the months from your activity sheet (PCM 5). Stick them in the correct order in your copy. Draw a picture for each. Trace

Write

What day is it today?

Place a on this day.

What day will be tomorrow?

Place a on that day.

What day was it yesterday?

Place a on that day.

What day was it two days ago?

Place a on that day.

Write the days.

Today is . Yesterday was . Tomorrow will be ______________________ .

My favourite day is: .

D Trace the seasons. Colour the pictures. autumn winter summer spring Trace Colour

90 Unit 16: Time 2. Day 5, Lesson 5

PCM 5

Write Draw

Trace Write

Telling the Time

Write the missing numerals. Draw the hour hand pointing to 3 o’clock.

I remember that the clock is a special number path. I

Trace over the hands on the clock. Write the time.

It is o’clock

It is o’clock.

Let’s play!

● In pairs, take turns throwing .

● Find the total and show that time on a clock.

● Example: I throw 3 and 4. 3 + 4 = 7, so I show 7 o’clock.

● The winner is the player who makes I 2 o’clock first.

91 Unit 16: Time 2. Day 6, Lesson 6

It is o’clock

It is o’clock.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I0 II I2

Don’t forget, a clock has a short hour hand and a long minute hand.

Draw the hour hand to show these times.

Write the missing numerals. Draw the hour and minute hands.

Try this! For each of the times above, use a clock to show (a) I hour later, (b) 2 hours later and (c) I hour earlier.

92 Unit 16: Time 2. Day 8, Lesson 8

o’clock o’clock

The Clock What time is it?

7 o’clock II o’clock

3 o’clock 4 o’clock 9 o’clock I 0 o’clock 7 o’clock 2 o’clock

Write abc Draw

Draw Write

Special Times

Draw a picture of yourself at each of these times.

Draw

at night in the morning

Let’s play!

● In pairs, take turns throwing .

● Find the total and colour a matching clock.

● The winner is the first player to colour all of their clocks.

Try this!

I will play football 3 hours from now.

At what time will Jay play football?

Draw the hands on the clock.

93 Unit 16: Time 2. Day 9, Lesson 9

Write

Count and write.

Sorting

The children saw these summer flowers in their hoop.

Flower How many?

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daisy buttercup dandelion purple clover white clover

Write

Write a title for the chart below.

Draw Colour

Draw or colour the correct amount.

94 Unit 17: Data. Day 1, Lesson 1 Unit 17 Digital Resources

7 6 5 4 3 2 I

daisy buttercup dandelion purple clover white clover

Favourites

Title: Our favourite places to go for a picnic

Write

beach woods park garden lake

Write.

1. How many children chose the…

(a) woods?

(b) park?

2. Which place was most chosen? ________________________________

3. Which place was least chosen?

4. How many children altogether chose a place near water?

5. How many more children chose the beach than the garden?

Try this! How many children were asked to choose?

95 Unit 17: Data. Day 4, Lesson 4

6 5 4 3 2 I

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