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Lesson 10: Grobby creates a number story for 7Number stories are a fun way to introduce pupils to a number. Pupils follow a number through a story and that number occurs multiple times in the telling of the story. Through story, children learn to associate numbers with contexts beyond counting e.g. time, position, bus routes, and %u2018how many?%u2019 etc. This broader conceptualisation of number is important, as it provides a deeper understanding of the concept. What better context to experience number, than a story?Learning outcomes%u2022 We are learning to recognise and form number 7%u2022 We are learning to use mathematical language in the correct context%u2022 We are learning that number 7 exists beyond simple countingMaking up number stories is great fun for children aged 4 to 6. Here%u2019s one for 7, but you can replicate this idea for the other numbers 1 to 10.It was the 7th of September. Alice, aged 7 years, went with her mum to visit her granny living at number 7 Main Street. At 7 o%u2019clock, she went down to the Number 7 bus-stop and got on the number 7 bus to granny%u2019s house. She knocked on the door that had a big number 7 sign. Granny Margaret opened the door with a big smile on her face. Alice was very happy to see granny and then she gave each of granny%u2019s dogs a big hug. Guess how many dogs granny had? Yes, 7!ProcedureGather the children into a group on the floor. Place 15 sets of bricks into the centre of the group, in a brick pile.Use the bricks to represent/build each element and stage of the story as you tell it. Take your time, and ask extension questions as you proceed e.g. What was the weather like? What was Alice wearing? What do you think she brought with her to surprise granny? etc. (Use a big pile of bricks to build representations of the following elements/stages: September 7, Alice aged 7, 7 o%u2019clock, number 7 bus-stop, number 7 bus, number 7 door on Main Street, Granny%u2019s 7 dogs.Once you complete the long version of the story and have a representative element of each stage in bricks, retell it again briefly. Then have the children take turns narrating and retelling it.TaskRetell the story using the pictures as cues. Colour the pictures. Extension activitiesRepeat this number story-telling format for other numbers from 8 to 12.22