Counting & Writing Skills Review – Basic 1 Mathematics Lesson Note (First Term)

Subject: Mathematics
Class: Primary 1
Topic: Counting & Writing Skills Review
Duration: 35 minutes

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson, pupils should be able to:

• Identify and count numbers correctly
• Count backwards from any given number
• Write numbers 21-50 and 1-50 properly
• Write numbers 1-20 in words

1. COUNTING SKILL: Identification & Counting

Number Identification: Can you identify these numbers? 15, 23, 7, 41, 18, 36, 9, 28, 44, 12

Exercise 1: Say these numbers aloud:

1. 27 2. 13 3. 35 4. 8 5. 42 6. 19

Exercise 2: What number comes next?

1. 24, 25, ___
2. 37, 38, ___
3. 16, 17, ___
4. 49, 50, ___

Exercise 3: What number comes before?

1. ___, 31
2. ___, 15
3. ___, 28
4. ___, 43

Exercise 4: Count from these numbers to 50:

1. 45: ___, ___, ___, ___, ___
2. 38: ___, ___, ___, … ___
3. 26: ___, ___, ___, … ___

2. Reverse counting

Counting Backwards:

Exercise 5: Count backwards from 30: 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20

Exercise 6: Count backwards from these numbers:

1. 25: ___, ___, ___, ___, ___
2. 18: ___, ___, ___, ___, ___
3. 35: ___, ___, ___, ___, ___
4. 42: ___, ___, ___, ___, ___

Exercise 7: Fill in backwards counting:

1. 40, 39, ___, 37, ___
2. 33, 32, ___, 30, ___
3. 27, 26, ___, 24, ___
4. 16, 15, ___, 13, ___

Exercise 8: Complete backwards sequences:

1. 50, 49, ___, ___, ___, 45
2. 29, 28, ___, ___, ___, 24
3. 38, 37, ___, ___, ___, 33

3. WRITING SKILL: Numbers 21-50 and 1-50

Writing Numbers 21-50:

Exercise 9: Trace and write numbers 21-30: 21 ___ 22 ___ 23 ___ 24 ___ 25 ___ 26 ___ 27 ___ 28 ___ 29 ___ 30 ___

Exercise 10: Trace and write numbers 31-40: 31 ___ 32 ___ 33 ___ 34 ___ 35 ___ 36 ___ 37 ___ 38 ___ 39 ___ 40 ___

Exercise 11: Trace and write numbers 41-50: 41 ___ 42 ___ 43 ___ 44 ___ 45 ___ 46 ___ 47 ___ 48 ___ 49 ___ 50 ___

Exercise 12: Write numbers 1-50 in order: 1-10: ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___ 11-20: ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___ 21-30: ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___ 31-40: ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___ 41-50: ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___

Exercise 13: Write the missing numbers:

1. 23, 24, ___, 26, ___
2. 34, ___, 36, ___, 38
3. 47, 48, ___, ___

4. Numbers 1-20 in words

Number Words 1-20: 

1 = ONE 

11 = ELEVEN 

2 = TWO 

12 = TWELVE 

3 = THREE 

13 = THIRTEEN 

4 = FOUR 

14 = FOURTEEN 

5 = FIVE 

15 = FIFTEEN 

6 = SIX 

16 = SIXTEEN 

7 = SEVEN 

17 = SEVENTEEN 

8 = EIGHT 

18 = EIGHTEEN 

9 = NINE 

19 = NINETEEN 

10 = TEN 

20 = TWENTY

Exercise 14: Match numbers to words:

• 7 → TWELVE
• 15 → SEVEN
• 12 → NINETEEN
• 19 → FIFTEEN

Exercise 15: Write these numbers in words:

1. 3 = _____
2. 8 = _____
3. 14 = _____
4. 17 = _____
5. 20 = _____

Exercise 16: Write the numbers for these words:

1. ELEVEN = ___
2. SIXTEEN = ___
3. FOUR = ___
4. EIGHTEEN = ___
5. TEN = ___

Exercise 17: Complete the number words:

1. TH_RT_EN (13)
2. F_FT__N (15)
3. S_V_NT__N (17)
4. TW_NTY (20)
5. N_N_T__N (19)

Exercise 18: Circle the correct word:

1. 6 = (SIX/SEVEN)
2. 12 = (ELEVEN/TWELVE)
3. 18 = (SEVENTEEN/EIGHTEEN)
4. 5 = (FOUR/FIVE)

Exercise 19: Write in words and numbers:

1. 9 = _____ = NINE
2. 16 = _____ = SIXTEEN
3. 11 = _____ = ELEVEN
4. 20 = _____ = TWENTY

Homework

1. Practice counting forward and backward from any number 1-50
2. Write numbers 21-50 three times each
3. Write numbers 1-20 in words twice each
4. Find 10 numbers around your house and write them in words
5. Practice identifying and saying numbers 1-50

Teacher: Use number charts, flashcards, and real examples to reinforce number recognition and word writing