Numerac
Numeracy Checklist – Milestone 8
You can use this checklist to identify your learner’s strengths and which skills they might like
to develop.
Work through the list gradually rather than all in one go. Alternatively, you could turn them
into cards and ask your learner to put them into confident/would like more practice piles.
The checklist can give goals to work towards, which can be very helpful in seeing progress
made. The process can help to build confidence.
If you are stuck for ideas, ask the Coach Coordinator or trainer for activities that relate to
each learning point. Or you can look at the online adult core curriculum for ideas.
http://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/sflcurriculum
Topic
Whole numbers
Join in rote counting up to 10
Continue counting onwards from a
small given number
Count reliably up to 5 unaided
Count with some inconsistencies up
to 10
Compare two given numbers of
objects in groups up to 5
communicating which is more and
which is less
Relate numbers to a collection of
objects, reliably up to 5 and with
support to 10
When working with numerals from
0 to 10 – a) know their value; b)
recognise them; c) use them; with
some inconsistencies – record
them.
Add single digit numbers reliably to
5 and with support to 10
Use ordinal numbers from first to
fifth when describing the position
of a) objects; b) people and c)
events
Recognise and apply a) +; b) - ; c) =
Such as when working with a
calculator to input numerals from 0
to 10
Confident with this
Would like more practice
Topic
Confident with this
Common measures
Relate familiar events to: a) the
names and days of the week; b) the
names of significant times in the
day
Describe and compare the lengths
and heights of 2 items, where the
difference is marked, using a simple
comparative vocabulary, including
a) long, short, tall; b) longer,
shorter, taller
Describe and compare the weight of
2 items where the difference is
marked, using a simple comparative
vocabulary including: a) heavy,
light; b) heavier and lighter
Describe and compare differences
in a) capacities; b) quantities
Of 2 items where the difference is
marked, using a simple comparative
vocabulary including: a) full, empty;
b) holds more than, holds less than;
c) has more, has less
Recognise and select: a: coins up to
£2.00 b) notes up to £10.00
Shape and space
Recognise some common 2-D
shapes using a familiar and simple
vocabulary to describe their shape,
size and attributes, including:
straight; curved; flat; larger;
smaller; circle; square; rectangle;
triangle
Recognise some common 3D shapes
as above, including: straight,
curved, flat, larger, smaller, ball,
box
Identify and select a variety of
shapes to make simple: a) models;
b) pictures; c) patterns
Understand and apply simple
positional vocabulary, including: in,
out, inside, outside, above, below,
under, over, front, back, in front,
behind
Understand and apply direction of
movement in simple statements,
including: forwards, backwards, up,
Would like more practice
down, left, right
Topic
Data
Recognise, describe and create lists
of up to 5 items that are ordered: a)
numerically; b) alphabetically; c) by
pattern or sequence
Sort objects by a single criterion,
including: a) size; b) weight; c)
quantity; d) colour; e) colour; f)
function from collections of up to 5
objects or up to 10 objects with
support.
Use simple representations or
diagrams for counting numbers up
to 10 such as a number line
Solve given problems with numbers
up to 5 and, with support, up to 10
Estimate and check by counting
numbers up to 5 and, with support,
up to 10 such as when estimating
the number of people in a group.
Confident with this
Would like more practice