Year 2 – Lesson 1 – Counting and comparing

Curriculum KS1 Unit Lesson

During this lesson learners will begin to understand the importance of organising data effectively for counting and comparing. They will create their own tally charts to organise data, and represent the tally count as a total. Finally, they will answer questions comparing totals in tally charts using vocabulary such as ‘more than’ and ‘less than’.

Learning objectives

To recognise that we can count and compare objects using tally charts

  • I can record data in a tally chart
  • I can represent a tally count as a total
  • I can compare totals in a tally chart

Package contents

  • Lesson plans
  • Slide decks
  • Learner resources
  • Homework