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Place Value: Lolly Shop

This sequence of 6 tasks explores the mathematical idea of '10 of these is equal to one of those'. Students explore through the context of a Lolly Shop as Ms Fizz counts and packs the lollies that she sells. They work with their own lollies and explore different ways that they might pack them to make it easy to count. The ...

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Understanding Australian coins

This lesson is about Australian coins, their features, and their value. During the lesson, students explore what Australian coins look like, their value and their purpose. They identify and describe the features and value of Australian coins and make simple calculations using coins.

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Out and about

Students interpret simple maps and identify the relative positions of key features.

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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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First steps in mathematics: Number – Book 1

The content of this book is organised into topics including understanding whole and decimal numbers, and understanding fractional numbers.

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Today’s traffic tale

Students collect simple data from opportunities to observe events and display it in a picture graph.

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First steps in mathematics: Space

This guide supports teachers to develop students’ geometric understandings.

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The Array Game - Calculate

The purpose of this game is for students to construct arrays and to describe them in words and numbers.

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Fractions: Design your own Flag - Calculate

This activity allows students to explore the concept of fractions with a focus on quarters. Adaptions can be made by changing the fraction. We want students to discover that the same fraction can look different but still have the same quantity/ amount.

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Patterns Year 2 - Calculate

The focus of this activity is on patterns and algorithmic thinking. The lesson aims to encourage students to explore problems with limited assistance from the teacher. Although the teacher asks questions and can prompt learning, the students will investigate the problem using their own strategies.

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Addition & Subtraction Year 2 - Calculate

The focus of this activity is to find out what students know about different addition strategies.

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Odd & Even Year 1 & 2 - Calculate

In this lesson students investigate odd and even numbers.

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Space Race Game (Introducing Algorithmic Thinking) - Calculate

Space Race is a simple board game that teachers can use to introduce the concept of algorithmic sequencing to students. The teaching points provided with the game assist teachers to introduce the use of an algorithm (a simple set of mathematical instructions) to describe the trajectory of an object across a grid plane from ...

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'Dog In, Cat Out' - Time Unit - Calculate

Using the Australian children's book 'Dog In, Cat Out' (written by Gillian Rubinstein and illustrated by Ann James) the lesson sequences and activities in this unit are a way to help children from Foundation to Grade 2 level gain an understanding of the concept of time, its measurement and its numeration.

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Whisper Whisper Loud - Calculate

This game explores number sequences and practises skip counting.

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Pattern & Algebra Year 2 - Calculate

The focus of this activity is to discover if students can use numbers to describe a pattern that it written as a description. From here we are interested in finding out if students can interpret the pattern, discover the rule and apply this rule to find missing or future terms.

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Duck in a Bucket - Calculate

In this game for pairs or teams, students practise addition and subtraction of small numbers, using multiple strategies.

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Pass The Count - Calculate

This game allows students to practice their skip counting skills in small groups.

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Salute - Calculate

This game gives students opportunities to practise addition and subtraction strategies and develop algebraic thinking by finding unknown values in additive equations.

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Next Ten - Calculate

This activity challenges students to continue a number sequence from any starting point. Using counters or other physical materials to create the number sequence prior to recording may help students, as they will be able to see what the number pattern looks like.