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Factors and multiples: Year 4 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 4 is for the topic of Factors and multiples. Students solve problems involving multiplying or dividing natural numbers by multiples and powers of 10 without a calculator, using the multiplicative relationship between the place value of digits.

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Efficient strategies: Year 4 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 4 is for the topic of Efficient strategies. Students develop efficient strategies and use appropriate digital tools for solving problems involving addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division where there is no remainder. They choose and use estimation and rounding to check and ...

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Time and duration: Year 4 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 4 is for the topic of Time and duration. Students convert between units of time and apply their knowledge, skills and processes to solving simple time-related problems. They develop fluency in telling time to the nearest minute.

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Find unknown values: Year 4 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 4 is for the topic of Find unknown values. Students further develop their algebraic thinking and strategies to find missing or unknown numbers in addition and subtraction related problems.

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Metric units and using instruments: Year 4 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 4 is for the topic of Metric units and using instruments. Students develop understanding and use of metric units to measure, order and compare objects according to length, mass and capacity. Introduce students to measuring temperature.

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Shapes and objects: Year 4 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 4 is for the topic of Shapes and objects. Students build on their knowledge of shape by combining and cutting 2D shapes.

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Transformation: Symmetry: Year 4 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 4 is for the topic of Transformation: Symmetry. Students investigate reflection symmetry and develop their understanding of how the line of symmetry defines the two aspects of a ‘mirror’ image of the figure into two congruent halves. They explore rotational symmetry using familiar 2D shapes, ...

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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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Tiling problem

Use this diagnostic task to assess if students use an array structure when working out how many tiles fit in a rectangle.

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First steps in mathematics: Number – Book 2

The content of this book is organised into topics including understanding operations, calculating, and reasoning about number patterns.

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Tuckshop orders

Students make calculations with money.

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Act it out

Students revise and extend the recall of 10x. They describe and continue patterns created from multiplication, and solve multiplication and division problems.

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Broken ruler

This task can be used to reveal whether students can use markings on a ruler to measure in centimetres and whether they understand how the number on the scale relates to the units.

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Measures of turn (angles): Year 4 – planning tool

This planning resource for Year 4 is for the topic of Measures of turn (angles). Students develop their understanding that an angle is a figure formed by two rays sharing a common end point, called the vertex of the angle.

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Line of symmetry

Students identify and draw the lines of symmetry by folding 2D shapes.

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First steps in mathematics: Space

This guide supports teachers to develop students’ geometric understandings.

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Leaf task

Use this diagnostic task to assess understanding of area and measuring the area of an irregular shape.

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Left overs

Students investigate the relative position of numbers by modelling fractional numbers between whole numbers. They represent linear models of fractions along number lines and use these models to count and solve simple fraction addition problems.

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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.

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Walking the rope

Students develop an understanding of the proportion and relationships between fractions. They represent fractions using linear models and symbols and form a generalisation about fractions equivalent to one whole.