The New Zealand Curriculum · Phase 1
Year 0 and new entrants Maths Worksheets
For the first six months at school (Year 0 and new entrants), the topics Mathematics and Statistics covers in the New Zealand Curriculum, with the skills we have worksheets for, each described in our own words.
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What students learn in Year 0 and new entrants Mathematics and Statistics
New Zealand Year 0 and new entrants Mathematics and Statistics has 4 topics: Numbers and calculating; Patterns, rules and equations; Measuring, time and money; and Shapes, position and space. Our worksheets cover 16 skills in all 4. The most are in Numbers and calculating, with 9 skills, such as writing numbers 0 to 20, counting objects to 20 and addition facts within 20. The others are in Patterns, rules and equations (2 skills); Measuring, time and money (3 skills); and Shapes, position and space (3 skills). Each skill below says in plain words what your child works on, with links to its worksheets.
Numbers and calculating
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math/first-six-months/number.number-structures.knowledge/02-986614 math/first-six-months/number.number-structures.knowledge/03-d753dd math/first-six-months/number.number-structures.practices/02-49d2d4 math/first-six-months/number.number-structures.practices/03-cc5295 math/first-six-months/number.operations.knowledge/01-55befa math/first-six-months/number.operations.knowledge/02-2df41f math/first-six-months/number.operations.practices/01-5e0077 math/first-six-months/number.operations.practices/02-fbebc1- Writing numbers 0 to 20. Read and write the numbers from 0 to 20, starting each one at the top and making its strokes in the right order and direction. Worksheets: Number Tracing Worksheets 0–20 (set).
- Counting objects to 20. Count a group of up to 20 things one by one, know that the last number said is how many there are, and show a number with dots in a ten frame, and name small amounts in dot patterns at a glance. Worksheets: Count and Write to 5 · Count and Write to 10 · Count and Circle to 5 · Count and Circle to 10 · Ten Frames to 5 · Ten Frames to 10 and 1 more.
- Addition facts within 20. Know the addition facts up to 20 without counting on fingers. Worksheets: Addition Facts to 5.
- Subtraction facts within 20. Know the subtraction facts within 20, using the addition facts they belong to. Worksheets: Subtraction Facts within 5.
- Numbers and jumps on a number line. Count forward and back along a number line, by ones and by skip counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, write the number that belongs at a point or in a gap, and add or subtract by jumping forward or back in ones or tens. Worksheets: Number Line to 10 · Number Line to 20.
- More, fewer and the same. Compare two groups by matching or counting and say which has more, which has fewer, or that they are the same, then compare two numbers to 10. Worksheets: Which Group Has More? · Which Group Has Fewer? · More, Fewer, or the Same · Compare Numbers to 10 · Draw More, Fewer, or the Same · One More Each Time: Ten Frames to 10 and 1 more.
- Number bonds and making 10. Split a number up to 10 into two parts in every way (7 is 5 and 2, 4 and 3), find the number that makes 10 with another, and make 10 with two or more numbers. Worksheets: Number Bonds to 5.
- Counting to 100 by ones and tens, on and back. Say and write the numbers to 100 in order, count by tens to 100, and count on or back by ones from any number, across each new ten. Worksheets: Count On from Any Number to 20 · Counting Back from 20.
- Adding and taking away within 10 with pictures. Join two groups and say how many in all, take some away and say how many are left, find how many more make a number up to 10, and write the number sentence for a picture. Worksheets: Picture Addition to 5 · Picture Addition to 10 · Picture Subtraction to 5 · Picture Subtraction to 10 · Adding and Subtracting Within 5.
Patterns, rules and equations
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- Repeating patterns with shapes. Find the part of a pattern that repeats (AB, ABB, AAB, ABC), say what comes next, fill in a missing part, name the pattern, and make a pattern of their own. Worksheets: What Comes Next? AB Patterns · What Comes Next? ABB, AAB, and ABC Patterns · Find the Missing Shape · Name the Pattern.
- Counting objects to 20. Count a group of up to 20 things one by one, know that the last number said is how many there are, and show a number with dots in a ten frame, and name small amounts in dot patterns at a glance. Worksheets: Ordinal Numbers: First to Tenth.
Measuring, time and money
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- Comparing and measuring length. Put objects in order by length, compare lengths, and measure a length with same-size units, such as cubes or paper clips, laid end to end with no gaps. Tell what can be measured about a thing: its length, mass, capacity or area. Worksheets: Longest and Shortest.
- Comparing length, height, weight and capacity. Compare two objects directly: which is longer or shorter, taller or shorter, heavier or lighter, and which holds more or less; read a balance scale, and order three containers by how much they hold. Worksheets: Longer or Shorter? · Taller or Shorter? · Heavier or Lighter? · Holds More or Holds Less? · Which Has More Water?.
- Reading a calendar. Read the date on a calendar, name the days of the week and the months in order, and find days, weeks, holidays and seasons on a calendar page. Worksheets: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.
Shapes, position and space
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- 2D shapes: names, sides and vertices. Name circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, hexagons and other polygons in any size and turn, count their sides and vertices, and tell what makes a shape that shape, such as three straight sides and a closed outline for a triangle. Draw the matching half of a shape, and tell when two shapes are the same size and shape. Worksheets: Find the Shapes · Name the 2D Shapes · Sides and Corners: Year 1.
- Sorting and classifying shapes. Sort objects and shapes into groups by one attribute, such as shape, size or number of sides, count each group, and say which group has the most or the fewest. Worksheets: Sort and Count Shapes · Sort and Count by Sides.
- Position words. Use words such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, next to, inside and outside to say where objects are, and draw an object in a named place. Worksheets: Above, Below, and Beside.
Topic names and descriptions are written by Stepsies in our own words. For the full text of the New Zealand Curriculum, read the official mathematics and statistics document. Curriculum names are used only to describe the topics a worksheet covers. Stepsies is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or approved by any ministry, agency or school board. Check the official curriculum documents for what is required.