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Possible outcomes: Year 3 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 3 is for the topic of Possible outcomes. Students develop their knowledge of the language of chance, which is a subjective, informal estimate. Students learn to describe events as impossible, unlikely, likely, even chance, highly likely and certain.

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Proportional reasoning video

Use this video as a springboard to explore scaling or proportional thinking, and to apply that thinking in a food context, drawing on reasoning and mathematical modelling.

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Area and perimeter video

Use this video to connect area and perimeter to real world applications to set the context for why we are learning about area and perimeter.

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Introduction to trigonometry

These lesson plans guide the teacher on how to introduce trigonometry to students through an investigation of similar triangles.

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Give it your best shot

Students calculate the mean, median and mode for sets of data and select the appropriate measure of centre.

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Put them together

Students rearrange the parts of an addition situation to show commutativity. They use appropriate thinking strategies to solve simple addition problems and record addition problems with numerals and symbols.

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Flying high

Students partition four-digit numbers into place-value parts.

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Cutting it up

Students represent fractions using linear materials and recognise key equivalent fractions. They share collections equally to solve simple problems (halves, quarters and eighths).

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Fill it up

Students establish a mental image of one litre and measure the capacity of everyday containers using litres.

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School challenge

Students represent four-digit numbers to 2,000 using materials. They read, write and compare three-digit and four-digit numbers.

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Skateboard skills

Students identify the components and properties of angles.

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Bright budgeting

Students make calculations with amounts of money and make financial decisions.

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Which has more volume?

Use this diagnostic task to assess what students know about volume and units to measure and compare volumes.

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Which lunchbox holds more?

Use this diagnostic task to assess what students know about volume and units to compare volumes.

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Which tin?

Use this diagnostic task in the style of a one-on-one interview to assess a student's knowledge and understanding of an object's properties, and their use of comparative language.

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First steps in mathematics: Space

This guide supports teachers to develop students’ geometric understandings.

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First steps in mathematics: Measurement – Book 2

A guide to teaching about measurement including indirect measuring, and estimating.

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Skip-counting with Bee-bots

Play a skip counting game where students program the Bee-Bot to stop at multiples of a set number, eg 2, 4, 5, 10 on a number grid.

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Number sense: Foundation – planning tool

This planning resource for Foundation is for the topic of Number sense. Students learn to recognise the order in a sequence of numbers to at least 20.

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Make a measuring jug

Use this diagnostic task to assess a student's understanding of capacity and the calibrated scale on a measuring jug.