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Writing one, two and three

Trace 1, 2 and 3 with a finger, pick them out, and match them to amounts.

Paper packet. Every task here also exists on screen, where it is checked automatically; answers written on paper are not assessed by Nydus. When you are back at a device, enter your answers there.

1. What you will learn

Today we follow complete numeral paths for 1, 2 and 3 and connect each mark with an amount.

2. Writing words

3. Follow the whole path

A numeral is a mark for an amount. Our model of 1 starts with a short slant and then goes down. The 2 bends over the top, travels down toward the left, and finishes with a flat base. The 3 has two rounded bumps. Look at the ending as well as the beginning so that you do not confuse two similar marks.

4. Practice gently

Follow one numbered path at a time. These three models each use one connected stroke. Start slowly rather than pressing harder. If a part is missing, find where the path should continue. You can practice the motion in the air or on large paper first. Tracing supports the movement; it does not prove you can write without a model.

5. Basket labels

Count one, two or three pretend books. Make a label and ask an adult to compare it with your intended numeral. Record whether you traced, copied or wrote without a model.

6. Inspect two

1. Look at this model: 2.

   Curved top, flat base.

   Both parts identify the numeral.

2. Follow to the end.

   Complete 2.

   The base must be present.

7. Inspect three

1. Look at this model: 3.

   Upper and lower bumps.

   They share one path.

2. Your turn: work this step out. Its working is at the end of the packet.

   Check the finished mark.

8. Guided practice

Which numeral has a curved top and finishes with a flat line along the bottom?

• 2
• 3
• 1

Audio transcript: None

9. Guided practice

Follow this model of 1: start with its small upward slant, then continue down the tall line.

1

Trace the grey shape with a pencil, then write it again here:

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10. Practice

Make the path of 2: curve over the top, travel down toward the left, then finish along the bottom.

2

Trace the grey shape with a pencil, then write it again here:

Audio transcript: None

11. Practice

Make 3 by following both rounded bumps without stopping at the middle.

3

Trace the grey shape with a pencil, then write it again here:

Audio transcript: None

12. Somewhere new

A toy-library basket holds these three books: ▯ ▯ ▯. Type its quantity label. This checks the label's meaning, not handwriting.

Books in the basket: _label.

Audio transcript: None

13. Lesson test

Lesson test: one question per skill, one attempt each, no hints. Your answers are checked when you submit.

14. Test question

Number-meaning check: a kit contains a toy spoon and a toy fork. What numeral records how many tools are in the kit?

Answer: tools

Audio transcript: None

15. What you can do now

Show where a numeral begins, how its path continues and how you check that no part is missing.

Working for the steps left to you

7. Inspect three, step 2