SAMPLE
Count objects to 100 by making 10s
This book aligns with White Rose Maths Year 2 Place value Step 2. Count objects to 100 by making 10s
CLASSROOM LEARNING
Children are learning to count objects to 100 by making 10s. They are counting objects grouped into tens and objects that are not grouped, up to 100. This is to help them see the advantages of making groups of 10 to count.
ATHS LEARNING SAMPLE
SUPPORTING CHILDREN
It is common for children to try to just count up in ones, but grouping objects into tens is more ef f icient as numbers become greater. Encourage children to identif y the groups of ten on each page where objects have been grouped. In this book, you could look at the images of the nuts, bolts and spanners in the garage, the scales on Ember’s body, and the sheep and dragons Nadia counts to help her go to sleep.
Series Editor: MK Connolly
SAMPLE
Written by Lorn Greengr ss
Illustr ted by Lis Hunt
Nadia knelt on her bed and stared out the window. It was dark outside, but the lights of the town twinkled brightly. The moon was also big and bright . It lit up the back yard.
SAMPLE
Nadia looked at her dad’s workshop in the yard. She tried to spot her cat, Zero. He often sneaked into the workshop looking for mice. Zero never found any, but it didn’t stop him trying.
SAMPLE
Why do you think Zero might have been given that name?
Nadia heard her dad coming up the stairs. He gently pushed the bedroom door open.
‘Aren’t you asleep yet?’ he said. ‘You have to get up for school in the morning.’
‘I know. But I can’t sleep,’ Nadia replied. ‘Zero isn’t here.’ The cat always slept on the end of her bed at night.
‘He will come in when he’s ready,’ Dad replied kindly.
Nadia
‘Now lie down,’ said Dad. He tucked the covers round her.
‘When I can’t sleep, I try counting sheep. Why don’t you give it a go?’
SAMPLE
Nadia
Nadia closed her eyes. She imagined groups of sheep in a field and started to count them.
SAMPLE
A group is a collection of people, animals or objects that belong together. How many sheep can you see in each group? How many sheep are there in total?
Nadia was nearly asleep when she heard a crash outside. She sat up and looked out the window. There was another crash. The noise had come from the workshop.
‘Zero!’ she thought.
Nadia got up, put on her dressing gown, and went downstairs. Her dad was asleep in front of the television. Her brother was staying with a friend. Nobody else had heard the crash.
Nadia went to the back door. She put on her shoes and went outside. The night air was cool. She heard another crash.
‘Maybe Zero has found a mouse after all,’ she thought.
Nadia walked down the yard. The workshop door was open.
‘That’s strange,’ Nadia thought. ‘Dad always shuts the door at night.’
Then she heard something else.
‘Help!’ said a growly voice.
Nadia switched on the light in the workshop. There were bicycle parts hanging from hooks on the walls. There were wheels hanging from the ceiling. There were neat racks of boxes on the shelves.
Some
SAMPLE
Nadia spotted Zero. He was hissing at something in the corner. It was a creature.
‘Get this scary thing away from me!’ said the creature.
‘You don’t need to be afraid of Zero,’ Nadia said, stroking her cat.
The creature slowly uncurled.
It had a TAIL … It had WINGS … It had SCALES …
SAMPLE
‘You’re … a DRAGON!’ said Nadia, gasping.
How many spikes are on the dragon’s tail? How many scales are on the dragon’s belly? How did you count them?
The dragon bowed. ‘Nice to meet you,’ she said.
‘My name is Ember.’
‘Nice to meet you too,’ said Nadia.
‘I’m an explorer,’ explained Ember. ‘But I crash landed. Then Zero chased me in here.’
SAMPLE
Ember looked around. ‘What is this place?’ she asked. ‘It’s full of treasure!’
‘It’s my dad’s workshop,’ said Nadia proudly. ‘He sells and repairs bikes.’
SAMPLE
Ember walked round the workshop, looking at everything. She swung her long tail around excitedly. ‘Careful!’ cried Nadia. It was too late.
Ember’s tail knocked against a shelf. Boxes fell on to the f loor. Nuts and bolts and spanners spilled out everywhere.
‘Oh no!’ said Nadia.
‘I am sorry,’ Ember said. ‘Let me help you sort them out.’
SAMPLE
Together, they put all the objects into piles. Then they put the objects back in their boxes.
spanners
nuts
SAMPLE
How many spanners are there? How many nuts are there? How many bolts are there? How did you count them?
bolts
Ember spotted a rusty bell in a bin. ‘Treasure!’ she exclaimed.
‘That old thing?’ said Nadia. ‘You can have it if you want.’
‘Really?’ said Ember.
‘Of course,’ Nadia replied. ‘We were going to recycle it anyway.’
SAMPLE
‘Wait till I tell the other dragons about this place!’ Ember said.
‘There are more of you?’ asked Nadia.
‘There are a lot more dragons on Moon Tail Island,’ said Ember, ‘nearly one hundred of us.’ How many groups of ten dragons are there? How many dragons are there in total? Have you counted Ember?
SAMPLE
‘I wish I could visit Moon Tail Island,’ Nadia said.
‘I will take you some day!’ said Ember. ‘I better go or else the others will worry, but I’ll be back soon!’
Ember took off into the night sky.
SAMPLE
Nadia went back inside and up to bed. She closed her eyes. Now when she went to sleep, she didn’t count sheep … she counted dragons. Nearly one hundred of them!
How has Nadia counted the dragons? How many dragons are there?
Count the dr gons of Moon T il Isl nd
1. How many cave dragons are there?
2. How many fire dragons are there?
3. Count the other types of dragon. Which were the easiest to count?
4. How did you count each type of dragon?
Key
Cave dragons
Cloud dragons
Field dragons
Fire dragons
Forest dragons
Ice dragons
Lake dragons
Mountain dragons
Sand dragons
Sea dragons
Answers
p7. 10, 50; p12. 72; p 14. 10 spikes, 50 scales; p19. 18 spanners, 34 nuts, 43 bolts; p21. 9 groups of 10; p23. in groups of 10, 96; p24. 1. 9, 2. 8
Developing talk and vocabulary
Talking with children about maths concepts can help deepen their understanding and grow their mathematical skills. Children also benef it from hearing and using key maths vocabulary in multiple contexts. Some suggestions to support children in learning through talk have been included in this story.
Key maths words
The following words are highlighted in bold in the book.
group NOUN (pages 7, 21)
A group is a collection of people, animals or objects that belong together.
hundred NOUN (pages 21, 23) the number 100 ▶ hundreds: groups of 100 people, animals or objects of one hundred
one NOUN (pages 21, 23) the smallest whole number; the number one; 1 ▶ ones: groups that contain only 1 person, animal or object
ten NOUN (page 21) the number 10 ▶ tens: groups of 10 people, animals or objects
Other useful words to talk about
bright ADJECTIVE brighter, brightest (page 2) giving out a strong light; shining ▶ brightly ADVERB
gentle ADJECTIVE gentler, gentlest (page 4) kind and quiet; not rough or severe ▶ gently ADVERB
of ten ADVERB (page 3) many times; in many cases spot VERB spots, spot ting, spotted (pages 3, 13, 20) To spot someone or something is to notice them or see them.
SAMPLE
Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Text © Oxford University Press 2025
Illustrations © Lisa Hunt 2025
The moral rights of the author have been asserted First published 2025
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, used for text and data mining, or used for training artificial intelligence, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by licence or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you
Illustrated by Lisa Hunt
The publisher wishes to thank White Rose Maths, MK Connolly, Voice 21, and the MS Society for their help in producing this book.
stare VERB stares, staring, stared (page 2) If you stare at something, you keep looking at it for a long time, without moving your eyes.
Year 2
Count objects to 100 by making 10s
Written by Lorna Greengrass
Illustrated by Lisa Hunt
Series Editor MK Connolly
When Nadia hears a noise coming from outside she goes to investigate. What will she find?
web www.oxfordprimary.com
email primary.enquiries@oup.com
tel +44 (0)1536 452610
ISBN 978-1-382-05812-4
