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Year 1 Mathematics skills

Year 1 Mathematic Skills

A. Numbers and counting up to 3

  • Identify numbers – up to 3

  • Choose the number that you hear – up to 3

  • Learn to count to 3

  • Count to 3

  • Count using stickers – up to 3

  • Count on ten frames – up to 3

  • Show numbers on ten frames – up to 3

  • Represent numbers – up to 3


B. Numbers and counting up to 5

  • Identify numbers – up to 5

  • Choose the number that you hear – up to 5

  • Learn to count to 5

  • Count to 5

  • Count using stickers – up to 5

  • Count cubes – up to 5

  • Show numbers with cubes – up to 5

  • Count on ten frames – up to 5

  • Show numbers on ten frames – up to 5

  • Represent numbers – up to 5

  • One more with pictures – up to 5

  • One more on frames – up to 5

  • One more – up to 5

  • One less with pictures – up to 5

  • One less on frames – up to 5

  • One less – up to 5

  • What number comes next? – up to 5

  • Ordinal numbers – up to fifth


C. Numbers and counting up to 10

  • Identify numbers – up to 10

  • Choose the number that you hear – up to 10

  • Learn to count to 10

  • Count to 10

  • Count using stickers – up to 10

  • Count cubes – up to 10

  • Show numbers with cubes – up to 10

  • Count on ten frames – up to 10

  • Show numbers on ten frames – up to 10

  • Represent numbers – up to 10

  • One more with pictures – up to 10

  • One more on frames – up to 10

  • One more – up to 10

  • One less with pictures – up to 10

  • One less on frames – up to 10

  • One less – up to 10

  • One more and one less with pictures – up to 10

  • One more and one less on frames – up to 10

  • One more and one less – up to 10

  • What number comes next? – up to 10

  • Count up and down to find the next number – up to 10

  • Count to fill a ten frame

  • Tally marks – up to 10

  • Number lines – up to 10

  • Before, after and between – up to 10

  • Count forward and backward – up to 10

  • Convert from words to digits – up to 10

  • Convert from digits to words – up to 10

  • Write digits given words – up to 10

  • Write words given digits – up to 10

  • Complete a sequence – up to 10

  • Ordinal numbers – up to tenth


D. Numbers and counting up to 20

  • Identify numbers – up to 20

  • Count to 20

  • Count on ten frames – up to 20

  • Show numbers on ten frames – up to 20

  • Represent numbers – up to 20

  • One more – up to 20

  • One less – up to 20

  • One more and one less – up to 20

  • Count up and down to find the next number – up to 20

  • Tally marks – up to 20

  • Number lines – up to 20

  • Before, after and between – up to 20

  • Count forward and backward – up to 20

  • Convert from words to digits – up to 20

  • Convert from digits to words – up to 20

  • Write digits given words – up to 20

  • Write words given digits – up to 20

  • Complete a sequence – up to 20

  • Count tens and ones – up to 20

  • Write tens and ones – up to 20

  • Make teen numbers

  • Partition teen numbers


E. Numbers and counting beyond 20

  • Count on ten frames – up to 30

  • Number lines – up to 30

  • Count tens and ones – up to 30

  • Count groups of ten

  • Count to 100

  • Count on the hundred chart

  • Count up and down to find the next number – up to 100

  • Complete a sequence – up to 100

  • Count forward and backward – up to 100

  • Estimate to the nearest ten – up to 100


F. Skip-counting

  • Learn to skip-count by twos

  • Skip-count by twos

  • Skip-count by twos on ten frames

  • Learn to skip-count by fives

  • Skip-count by fives

  • Learn to skip-count by tens

  • Skip-count by tens

  • Learn to skip-count by twos, fives and tens

  • Skip-count by twos, fives and tens


G. Comparing

  • Are there enough?

  • Fewer and more – compare by matching

  • Fewer and more – compare by counting

  • Fewer and more – compare in a mixed group

  • Fewer, more and same

  • Compare two numbers – up to 10

  • Compare three numbers – up to 10

  • Compare two numbers – up to 20


H. Sorting, ordering and classifying

  • Different

  • Same

  • Same and different

  • Classify shapes by colour

  • Classify and sort by colour

  • Classify and sort by shape

  • Classify and sort

  • Count shapes in a Venn diagram

  • Sort shapes into a Venn diagram

  • Put numbers up to 10 in order

  • Put numbers up to 20 in order


I. Patterns

  • Colour patterns

  • Size patterns

  • Shape patterns

  • Find the next shape in a pattern

  • Complete a pattern

  • Make a pattern

  • Growing patterns

  • Find the next shape in a growing pattern

  • Find the next row in a growing pattern


J. Positions

  • In front of and behind

  • Inside and outside

  • Top, middle and bottom

  • Above and below

  • Above and below – find solid figures

  • Left, middle and right

  • Beside and next to

  • Beside and next to – find solid figures

  • Location in a grid


K. Addition skill builders

  • Adding 1

  • Adding 2

  • Adding 3

  • Adding 4

  • Adding 5

  • Adding 6

  • Adding 7

  • Adding 8

  • Adding 9

  • Adding 10

  • Adding 0


L. Addition up to 5

  • Put together cubes – sums up to 5

  • Partition numbers up to 5: words

  • Add with cubes – sums up to 5

  • Add with pictures – sums up to 5

  • Addition sentences up to 5: which model matches?

  • Addition sentences up to 5: what does the model show?

  • Partition numbers up to 5: addition sentences

  • Add two numbers – sums up to 5

  • Make a number using addition – sums up to 5

  • Complete the addition sentence – sums up to 5

  • Addition word problems with pictures – sums up to 5

  • Addition sentences for word problems with pictures – sums up to 5

  • Addition word problems – sums up to 5


M. Addition up to 10

  • Put together cubes – sums up to 10

  • Partition numbers up to 10: words

  • Decompose a number up to 10

  • Add with cubes – sums up to 10

  • Add with pictures – sums up to 10

  • Addition sentences up to 10: which model matches?

  • Addition sentences up to 10: what does the model show?

  • Partition numbers up to 10: addition sentences

  • Add two numbers – sums up to 10

  • Make a number using addition – sums up to 10

  • Complete the addition sentence – sums up to 10

  • Complete the addition sentence to make 10 – with models

  • Complete the addition sentence to make 10

  • Write addition sentences – sums up to 10

  • Addition word problems with pictures – sums up to 10

  • Addition sentences for word problems with pictures – sums up to 10

  • Addition word problems – sums up to 10

  • Add doubles with models

  • Add doubles

  • Add doubles: complete the sentence

  • Add using doubles plus one

  • Add using doubles minus one

  • Add three numbers


N. Addition up to 20

  • Add with pictures – sums up to 20

  • Add one-digit numbers – sums up to 20

  • Add any two numbers – sums up to 20

  • Make a number using addition – sums up to 20

  • Complete the addition sentence – sums up to 20

  • Addition word problems – sums up to 20

  • Related addition facts


O. Subtraction skill builders

  • Subtracting 1

  • Subtracting 2

  • Subtracting 3

  • Subtracting 4

  • Subtracting 5

  • Subtracting 6

  • Subtracting 7

  • Subtracting 8

  • Subtracting 9

  • Subtracting 10

  • Subtracting 0


P. Subtraction up to 5

  • Take away cubes – numbers up to 5

  • Subtract with cubes – numbers up to 5

  • Subtract with pictures – numbers up to 5

  • Subtraction sentences up to 5: which model matches?

  • Subtraction sentences up to 5: what does the model show?

  • Subtract – numbers up to 5

  • Complete the subtraction sentence – numbers up to 5

  • Subtraction word problems with pictures – numbers up to 5

  • Subtraction sentences for word problems with pictures – numbers up to 5

  • Subtraction word problems – numbers up to 5


Q. Subtraction up to 10

  • Take away cubes – numbers up to 10

  • Subtract with cubes – numbers up to 10

  • Subtract with pictures – numbers up to 10

  • Subtraction sentences up to 10: which model matches?

  • Subtraction sentences up to 10: what does the model show?

  • Subtract – numbers up to 10

  • Make a number using subtraction – numbers up to 10

  • Complete the subtraction sentence – numbers up to 10

  • Write subtraction sentences – numbers up to 10

  • Subtraction word problems with pictures – numbers up to 10

  • Subtraction sentences for word problems with pictures – numbers up to 10

  • Subtraction word problems – numbers up to 10


R. Subtraction up to 20

  • Subtract with pictures – numbers up to 20

  • Subtract – numbers up to 20

  • Make a number using subtraction – numbers up to 20

  • Complete the subtraction sentence – numbers up to 20

  • Subtraction word problems – numbers up to 20

  • Related subtraction facts


S. Fractions

  • Equal parts

  • Identify halves

  • Identify quarters

  • Identify halves and quarters

  • Make halves

  • Make quarters

  • Make halves and quarters


T. Time

  • Match digital clocks and times I

  • Match digital clocks and times II

  • Match analogue clocks and times I

  • Match analogue clocks and times II

  • Match analogue and digital clocks I

  • Match analogue and digital clocks II

  • Read clocks and write times I

  • Read clocks and write times II

  • A.M. or P.M.

  • Times of everyday events

  • Compare clocks

  • Seasons

  • Days of the week

  • Months of the year

  • Read a calendar


U. Data and graphs

  • Which pictograph is correct?

  • Interpret pictographs

  • Which tally chart is correct?

  • Interpret tally charts

  • Which table is correct?

  • Interpret data in tables


V. Probability

  • More or less likely


W. Measurement

  • Long and short

  • Tall and short

  • Wide and narrow

  • Light and heavy

  • Holds more or less

  • Compare size, weight and capacity

  • Measure using objects

  • Measure length with cubes

  • Build cube trains to measure length

  • Measure height with cubes

  • Build cube trains to measure height


X. Money

  • Coin values – 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p

  • Coin values – 20p, 50p, £1 and £2

  • Coin values (mixed)

  • Count money – 1p coins

  • Count money – 1p and 2p coins

  • Count money – 1p, 2p and 5p coins

  • Count money – 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p coins

  • Equivalent groups of coins

  • Exchanging groups of coins

  • Exchanging coins

  • Compare two groups of coins


Y. Two-dimensional shapes

  • Name the two-dimensional shape

  • Circles

  • Triangles

  • Squares and rectangles

  • Hexagons

  • Select two-dimensional shapes

  • Two-dimensional shapes in the real world

  • Curved parts

  • Count sides and corners

  • Compare sides and corners

  • Introduction to symmetry

  • Identify pictures with symmetry

  • Compose two-dimensional shapes


Z. Three-dimensional shapes

  • Two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes

  • Describe three-dimensional shapes

  • Name the three-dimensional shape

  • Spheres

  • Cubes and cuboids

  • Cones

  • Cylinders

  • Pyramids

  • Select three-dimensional shapes

  • Identify shapes traced from solids

  • Three-dimensional shapes in the real world I

  • Three-dimensional shapes in the real world II


AA. Vocabulary

  • Sum and difference


BB. Understand multiplication

  • Count equal groups

  • Identify multiplication expressions for equal groups

  • Write multiplication sentences for equal groups

  • Identify multiplication expressions for arrays

  • Write multiplication sentences for arrays


CC. Understand division

  • Divide by counting equal groups

  • Write division sentences for equal groups

  • Write division sentences for arrays

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