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Day 5 — Explain a place-value choiceYear 2 Maths · T1 W1–2 · Day 5 lesson

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Year 2 / Term 1 / Weeks 01 02 / Mathematics

Part of the full two-week lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

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Codes: AC9M2N01, AC9M2N02, AC9M2A01. Goal: show and justify a three-digit number and choose a next practice step. Prepare: check A, mat, cards.

  1. Set purpose · 2 min. Say: “Show how you know, not just your answer. I will use your example to choose our next lesson.”
  2. Warm model · 5 min. Build 241 together and name 2 hundreds, 4 tens, 1 one. Make clear this is rehearsal; the check numbers below are new.
  3. Station A · 6 min. Everyone represents 306 with objects, sketch or digits on the mat. Ask: “What does zero mean here?” Observe 2–3 focus learners privately while others compare their model with a partner.
  4. Station B · 7 min. Learners order 317, 371, 307 and complete 317, 327, __, 347. Ask partners to justify; independently sample focus learners at a quiet station or later in the day. Avoid scoring a child from a partner's explanation.
  5. Feedback · 3 min. Offer task-based feedback: “Your hundreds matched. Let's check the tens column in 307.” Invite one correction and record the prompt used.
  6. Close · 2 min. Children choose the model that helped. Record secure today / after prompt / not yet observed per prompt, then use next moves.

Access routes: oral explanation, AAC, tactile/place cards, a private check or adult scribe. Keep a learner's own reasoning separate from a group display.