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Move, Move, Move!

This persuasive digital text is for teachers to read aloud to students. This digital book uses persuasive language and images to highlight the benefits of being active. The resource includes a teaching sequence related to the Big Six components of literacy development (oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, ...

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Little history: Toys and games

This unit of work uses toys and games to provide opportunities for students to explore concepts of change and continuity by making comparisons of the toys children have played with over time. Structured around a series of inquiry questions students can use images from the museum collection to create a timeline of toys. ...

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Spot the number

Students recognise amounts to five without counting.

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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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Desk through the doorway

Use this diagnostic task in the style of a one-on-one interview to assess a student's understanding and skills in comparing length.

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Statistics and probability: Foundation to Year 9

This comprehensive resource describes the progression of ideas that cover statistics and probability. The resource demonstrates examples of relevant teaching strategies, investigations, activity plans and connected concepts in chance and data including teaching and cultural implications.

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First steps in mathematics: Space

This guide supports teachers to develop students’ geometric understandings.

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My drink bottle

Students compare the spaces within containers.

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Guess where

Students describe the location of objects by indicating positions.

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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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Algebra: Foundation to Year 9

This comprehensive resource describes the progression of algebra-related ideas and algebraic thinking. The resource demonstrates examples of relevant teaching strategies, investigations, activity plans and connected concepts in algebra including teaching and cultural implications.

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Addition Foundation - Calculate

The focus of this activity is to discover if students can represent numbers, without the need to count from 1. If students ‘trust the count’ from here they will be able to use strategies to combine collections. If students do not ‘trust the count’ they may be able to combine two collections by counting by ones, but this ...

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Bead Strings - Calculate

Bead strings are a great tool to make with children to model numbers in a variety of ways.

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Yuendumu leaf games: create a poster

In this final of these three lessons, students work in groups to reflect on and record their learning about representing number stories using Yuendumu leaf games and stories. They represent their leaf stories using pictures and numerals.

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Pattern & Algebra Foundation - Calculate

The focus of this activity is to discover if students can make, copy, continue and explain repeating patterns. Often students will only be asked to continue patterns to the right, but ensure you ask students to continue patterns to the left. Like the number sequence a pattern can extend in both directions.

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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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Stand up, sit down - Calculate

This game focuses on listening and matching shape properties to the correct shape, and using mathematical vocabulary to describe shapes.

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Shapes: Which One Doesn't Belong? - Calculate

The focus of this activity is to discover what students know shapes, including their features and properties. What language are students using to describe and sort shapes? How can we as teachers help students increase their shape vocabulary?

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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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Sensational shape hunt

Students compare shapes. In small groups, students are taken on a 'Sensational shape hunt' outside in the school grounds. They look around, observe and describe the shapes they see in the environment. They may stop to feel the straight or curved edges, the flat or rounded sides or surfaces. They compare shapes and find ...