Place Value & Skip Counting by Tens – Stage 1 Maths | EAST Aligned

Make place value click for your students!

This Stage 1 Place Value unit is fully aligned with the EAST Mathematics Program and is perfect for Year 1 & Year 2 / Stage 1 classrooms. Designed using an explicit teaching approach, this resource supports students to develop a strong understanding of tens, ones, hundreds, and skip counting by tens.

This is a done-for-you teaching pack that includes PowerPoint lessons, printable worksheets, and hands-on activities — everything you need for all 3 Lessons.

What’s Included:

✔️ 3 Explicit Teaching PowerPoint Lessons (EAST lesson structure)

✔️ Student Worksheets for each lesson

✔️ Place Value House templates

✔️ Reflection & self-assessment pages (traffic light check-ins)

✔️ Hands-on activities using bundling sticks & Base 10 blocks

✔️ Check for Understanding tasks (CFU)

Skills Covered:

Students will learn to:

• Understand that 10 ones = 1 ten
• Skip count by tens (on and off the decade)
• Build, read, and record two- and three-digit numbers
• Identify hundreds, tens, and ones
• Represent numbers using bundling sticks and Base 10 blocks
• Use a place value house to organise digits
• Understand zero as a placeholder

Curriculum Alignment:

✔️ EAST Mathematics Program

✔️ NSW Mathematics – Stage 1

✔️ Aligned to MA1-GM-01

✔️ Suitable for whole-class teaching, small groups, or intervention

Why Teachers Love This Resource:

⭐ Explicit, step-by-step instruction

⭐ Visual and hands-on learning for all abilities

⭐ Perfect for mixed-ability classrooms

⭐ Minimal prep – print and teach!

⭐ Ideal for relief teachers and new teachers

File Types:

• PowerPoint (digital lessons)
• PDF version of PowerPoint lessons
• PDF (printable worksheets)