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Responding to forwards and backwards

Numeracy

﻿Hello everybody, my name is Simon, and I'm going to be your teacher today. And it's really lovely to be back, for Unit 5, Lesson 3. Today, we are going to be thinking about directions. What are we going to learn today? We're going to know what the words "forwards" and "backwards" mean. And we're going to learn to respond to the words "forwards" and "backwards." So here is the key vocabulary we're going to use. We're talking about direction. So we're going to talk about forwards and backwards. For this lesson, you will need some toy vehicles, forwards and backwards cards. These could be drawn, or you could print them. Snakes and ladders board, which is in the resources, but you could also draw your own and a dice and some counters. Pause the video, while you fetch these things and then you'll resume, when you're ready to start. Here is the structure of the lesson. You've got your resources, we're going to start with some adult led modelling of the vocabulary, forwards and backwards. Then there's an activity, and then we're going to finish with a game involving forwards and backwards. So let's learn what forwards and backwards mean. Well, to show you, I've got this, and it is a piece of train track. And what goes on a train track? Well, a train, and trains are really interesting because they can only go forwards or backwards. They can't turn to the sides. So they have to stick to the track and go forwards or backwards. Let's have a look. So there's my train, and we can see him going forwards. There he's going forwards. Now he's run out of track. So what's he going to do? He's going to have to go backwards. Let's see him going backwards. This is backwards, he's going backwards. Should we see forwards again? That's forwards and now he's going to go backwards. Let's see another vehicle. What's this one? It's a coach. So this one can go forwards and he can go backwards. Let's go backwards. There is him going backwards. And now he's going to go forwards, three, two, one, go. He went forwards. Let's have a look again. Start by going backwards, backwards, and we're going to let go, in three, two, one, forwards. Great. Let's have a look at those again from a different angle. So this time he's going to go forwards towards you and backwards towards me. Let's have a look at forwards, he's going forwards and backwards, forwards and backwards. Let's have a look at the coach. So he can go backwards and forwards, backwards and forwards. We can move our whole bodies forwards or backwards. So let's have a go. I can move backwards, like this. And I can also move forwards, like this. Let's try backwards again and forwards, forwards. Why don't you have a go? Pause the video while you get ready, try moving forwards and then backwards. Now it's time for an activity. So I've printed off some symbol cards for forwards and backwards, and I'm going to take this toy car. And what I'm going to do, is I'm going to turn over a card and do exactly what it says. So, let's put my car in the middle. This one says "backwards." So I'm going to move the car backwards. Let's try another one. This one says backwards as well. So I can go a little bit further backwards before I fall off the end of the table. What about this one? This one says "forwards, forwards". Let's try one more. This one says "forwards." I'm going to move the car, forwards. This is your task, to show that you can respond to forwards and backwards. So pick up a card, which will say "forwards" or "backwards" and use your toys to move forwards or backwards. You could move your whole body forwards or backwards. What are you looking for? Can you follow the instruction on the cards correctly? Can you add a number of steps to apply your counting skills? For example, can you go three steps forward? Pause the video now while you do the activity and then resume, when you're ready to start again. Welcome back and well done. You've been responding to forwards and backwards and you've been showing that you know what they mean? Now there are other things that go forwards or backwards. Let's have a look at a couple. Things like a swing. A swing goes forwards and backwards, forwards and backwards, forwards and backwards. We can use forwards and backwards when we're doing jobs as well, like hoovering and vacuum cleaning. So we go forwards and backwards, forwards and backwards. Can you think of any other activities you already do that involve forwards or backwards? Pause the video now, while you tell a parent or carer and then press resume. Now we're going to get ready to play a game of snakes and ladders. So here's your game board, and know you can see the start in green and the finish in yellow. Now to play the game, you're going to move forwards from the start to the finish, moving up all those spaces in between. But sometimes you might need to go backward, away from the finish line, back towards the start. Now, there are some ladders on the board and if you land on a space with the bottom of a ladder on it, then you can go forwards up the ladder. However, if you land on a space with a head of a snake on it, then you need to go backwards, down the snake towards the start. So let's have a go. There's the start, there's the ladders, I know I can go forwards towards you, if I go up a ladder. And here are the snakes and if I land on the head of a snake, I need to go backwards. I've got a dice, so I know how many spaces to move. And I've got my counter. I'm going to use a little pig. So I'm going to put him on the start and then I'm going to roll the dice. And ooh, look at that. How many have I got? You count with me? One, two, three, four, five, six, six. So I can move six spaces. One, two, three, four, five, six. Oh, no. Look, the space I'm on has got the head of a snake. Do you remember what that means? It means that I need to go backwards. So let's go backwards down the snake, down to his tail. Let's have another go. I'll roll the dice. I'm just going to count, one, two, three, three spaces. Count with me. One, two, three. Aha, on this space, I can see that there's the bottom of a ladder. That means I need to move forwards up the ladder, forwards up the ladder. And there we go. And I'm going to keep playing until I reach the finish. Now it's your turn to play the game. So you'll need your game board, I've printed mine, but you could draw yours and draw some snakes and ladders of your own. You'll need your dice and whatever you're going to use as a counter. Roll the dice and count the number of dots and move forward, this amount. If you land on the head of a snake, move backwards along the snake. If you land on the bottom of a ladder, move forwards towards the finish. Can you respond to the words forwards and backwards? Pause the video to play the game, and then press resume when you're ready? Welcome back. I hope you had fun playing the game. Were you able to recognise the words "forwards" and "backwards" and move in the right direction, when you were playing the game? Well done. This is Unit 5, Lesson 3. Responding to forwards and backwards. If you need to make it a bit easier, why don't you follow an instruction with an adult, moving backwards and forwards with them? You could also do jobs such as hoovering or sweeping, saying "forwards" and "backwards" as you perform the actions. To make it harder, use counting and number lines to incorporate numbers. You could count on, going forwards on the number line and count backwards, so the number gets smaller. For other ideas. You could try making a giant number line or snakes and ladders and jump forwards and backwards as you follow the instructions. And that's the end of our lesson. All that's left to say, is thank you very much for working so hard and for all your help with the lesson today. Now in Unit 5, Lesson 4, you'll be applying your knowledge of forwards and backwards. That means you're going to be using it. You're going to use your knowledge of propositional language as well, such as on, under an In, from lessons one and two. Don't forget, you can share your work with Oak National. If you'd like to, please ask your parent or carer to share your work on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, tagging @OakNational and hashtag #LearnwithOak.

Responding to forwards and backwards

Responding to forwards and backwards

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