Ray's New Primary Arithmetic · Lesson VI · Unit 1: Counting and writing numbers
6. Writing numbers from dictation
Goal: Your child writes any number up to 100 when you say it.
You'll need
- A slate, small whiteboard or paper and pencil
What's in the book
Writing exercises: the teacher reads number words and the pupil writes the figures, from naught up to one hundred, at the blackboard or on a slate.
The lesson, step by step
Naught
Show 0 and call it "naught", as the book does (we usually say zero). Ask: How many beans are in an empty cup?
Pairs that sound alike
Dictate pairs from the book: one, ten; two, twenty; three, thirty; and so on to nine, ninety. Talk about how they differ.
Dictation
Read about ten numbers from the book's lists. Your child writes each one. Check them together.
Fix mistakes kindly
If your child writes 41 for "fourteen", build it with bundles: one ten and four ones.
Afterwards
Write five dictated numbers each day this week. Unit 1 is done when reading and writing to 100 are easy.