Year 1 One more, One less intervention
**Can they tell you what comes after 39… but not what one more than 39 is?
A targeted Year 1 intervention for children who can often count in sequence but don’t yet fully understand the one-more/one-less relationship — particularly across tens boundaries. Start with the baseline, identify the gap, then go straight to the appropriate 10-minute session.
No planning required — designed to be picked up and used by a teacher or TA
One More & One Less is part of the Piece Together 10-Minute Maths Catch-Up series. It is designed for short, focused intervention with a teacher or TA, using a baseline assessment to identify the precise gap and route the child to the right starting point.
The six sessions develop:
finding one more within 10
finding one less within 10
finding one more and one less for teen numbers
crossing 9 ↔ 10 and 19 ↔ 20
finding one more and one less to 100, including across a tens boundary
flexible reasoning with neighbouring numbers and explanation
The pack keeps the focus on the fact that the quantity changes by exactly one, even when the numeral changes noticeably at a tens boundary. Children connect counters, ten-frames, number tracks, hundred squares and tens-and-ones structure to the numerical relationship.
Included in the pack
Starting Point Assessment with I / R / P / N recording
clear diagnostic routing to the correct session
6 structured 10-minute intervention sessions
adult prompts and key mathematical vocabulary
CORE and IF TIME tasks
quick checks and progress recording
Exit Check to measure progress
large printable 0–20 number track
full-size 1–100 hundred square
optional 0–99 hundred square
One Less | Number | One More reasoning mat
large printable double ten-frame
focused numeral cards
Designed for Year 1 / KS1, small-group or 1:1 catch-up, intervention sessions and targeted TA support.
Print-friendly greyscale design.
Part of the Piece Together intervention range: Simple. Targeted. Teacher-ready.
Looking for more Year 1 number catch-up?
This resource is also available as part of the Year 1 Number & Place Value Intervention Bundle, together with Counting to 100 and Numbers to 20: Represent & Compare.
Save with the 3-pack bundle:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13584373





