The Shopping Basket - Maths Storybook Lesson (KS1)

Want to develop a strong understanding of how to use the bar model effectively for missing number problems? What even IS a bar model?

This book and lesson serves as a wonderful introduction on how to apply the bar model to a word problem, populating the visual strategy with the values that you know, so that you can see what you need to do to find the values that you don’t. This is 1 long or 2 shorter lessons with supporting resources to accompany the Maths picture book favourite ‘The Shopping Basket’ by John Burningham; and includes some creative thinking and acting out of scenarios imagined by the children.

A fun, practical fusion of reading comprehension, drama and Maths, the children will be super engaged with the hands-on nature of the input and plenary, as well as the practical drama-based activity based on the book. A fun way to introduce the bar model using addition and subtraction; this lesson also invites the children to think about what other maths questions could be solved using the bar model - encouraging lots of interesting discussion, reasoning and greater depth understanding.

This pack contains:

• Detailed Maths lesson plan
• Key Comprehension Questions for read-aloud
• Teaching Input Powerpoint (19 slides)
• Animal mask templates for main activity
• Extension worksheet

Additional resources needed:

• The book ‘The Shopping Basket’ by John Burningham (FYI there are YouTube readings if budget is low!)
• Lots of multi-link or interlocking cubes
• Play food (optional)

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Use for your own teaching.
Not for resale in any form.

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