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Curriculum content descriptions

Compare, order and make correspondences between collections, initially to 20, and explain reasoning (ACMNA289)

Elaborations
  • comparing and ordering items of like and unlike characteristics using the words ‘more’, ‘less’, ‘same as’ and ‘not the same as’ and giving reasons for these answers
  • understanding and using terms such as ‘first’ and ‘second’ to indicate ordinal position in a sequence.
  • using objects which are personally and culturally relevant to students
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
  • Numeracy Numeracy
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and creative thinking
ScOT terms

Positive integers,  Numerical order

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20 direct matches to ACMNA289

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Count Us In, Ep 4: Ordinal number: first through to sixth

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Dodly and Flynn explore counting with ordinal numbers from first through to sixth. Investigate the order of ice-cream on an ice-cream cone, sheep being shorn and playing 'pass the parcel'. Where did the missing birthday cake go? Could it be the prize in pass the parcel?

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Count Us In, Ep 1: Comparing and classifying

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Explore numbers with Flynn and Dodly as they compare their marble collection, dinosaur toys and the noses on Dodly's pictures. Who has more? Who has less? Who has the same? These are questions often asked during an ordinary day. Help Flynn work out how many dinosaurs Dodly has in his bag. Use the clues that Dodly gives Flynn.

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Collections - comparing and ordering

  • TLF-IDM014005

This is a web resource that includes student activities and games focusing on collections to 20, accompanied by a teacher guide. Activities cover comparing collections using one-to-one correspondence, ordinal numbers with associated positional words and a game based on the traditional Japanese game of ohajiki. The resource ...

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Numbers and counting - Foundation

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This is a teacher resource that includes a set of student activities focusing on the numbers to 20, accompanied by copy masters and a detailed teacher guide for each activity. The activities cover the sequence of numbers, number names, 1:1 correspondence and recording and representing numbers, and make a connection to Asian ...

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reSolve: Authentic Problems: Tea Party

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This sequence of four lessons presents a purposeful context for counting using the context of planning a tea party. Students consider items required for a small party, draw and count the items and then extend this to a larger party for the whole class. Each lesson is outlined in detail including curriculum links, vocabulary, ...

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What needs to be measured determines the unit of measurement

  • TLF-IDA006156

This 2-week unit introduces students to the big idea 'What you want to describe decides what unit of measure to use'. Students are provided opportunities to: recognise that the attribute you want to describe informs the unit of measure you use; describe, compare, and order measurable attributes including length, area, volume ...

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New shapes can be made by joining or partitioning existing shapes

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This 2-week unit develops students' understanding of how new shapes can be made from existing shapes by exploring the attributes of shapes, and by using combination and partitioning. Students learn that: two-dimensional shapes can be made by joining and partitioning existing shapes; shapes have attributes that are necessary ...

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Data helps describe and wonder about the world

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This two-week unit introduces students to methods of displaying and interpreting sorted data, measuring the duration of time and reading and representing hour time. Students are provided opportunities to: collect, sort and organise data into displays; interpret data through posing and responding to questions; compare the ...

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Collections of objects can be changed by adding more or taking some away

  • TLF-IDA006150

This two-week unit introduces students to solving problems by comparing, combining and separating quantities. Students are provided opportunities to: combine 2 or more groups to identify the relationship between the parts and the whole; compare 2 or more groups to determine equality or how many more; separate and take away ...

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Patterns have something that repeats over and over and over again

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This two-week unit develops student knowledge, understanding and skills of patterns. Students are provided opportunities to: copy, continue and create patterns in a variety of forms; identify part-whole relationships in numbers up to 10; use visual representation to assist in combing and separating quantities.

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Introduction to comparing length, area, mass and volume

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This two-week unit develops student knowledge, understanding and skills of measurement and units of measurement. Students are provided opportunities to: measure length by direct and indirect comparison; identify and compare area and mass; and compare internal volume by filling and packing.

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Finding halves

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This two-week unit introduces students to a half as two equal parts of a whole and the use of symbols as efficient communication for mathematical ideas. Students are provided opportunities to: recognise two equal parts as halves of a collection, a measure, a shape or an object; find and describe the halfway point in a length; ...

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Data is collected to solve problems

  • TLF-IDA006141

This two-week unit develops student knowledge and skills in displaying and interpreting data, as well as connecting familiar events and actions to days of the week. Students are provided opportunities to: collect, sort and organise data into displays; interpret data through asking and responding to questions; collect and ...

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The Mathscots: Puppy School Obstacle Course

  • TLF-IDA004838

In this animated video, Poly the puppy makes her way through an obstacle course which features 2D shapes and 3D objects. The mathematical focus is on sorting and describing squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, spheres and cubes; recognising 2D shapes within 3D objects; understanding and using terms such as ‘first’ ...

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Pattern & Algebra Foundation - Calculate

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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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Number Walk Rich Task - Calculate

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This downloadable lesson resource introduces the concept of ‘Number Walks’: taking a stroll with the class or group around the school or the local neighbourhood. Guided by the teacher, students note down anything they see that relates back to their understanding of the topic and then conduct a plenary session back in the ...

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How Many? - Calculate

  • TLF-IDA004287

The focus of this activity is for students to count a variety of objects in their home environment and write the number for each.

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Mind Mapping Numbers - Calculate

  • TLF-IDA004284

This activity provides a way for children to show and tell what they know about numbers. It can be modified for different age groups and used every day with a different number.

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Online

Number: Taking handfuls

  • TLF-IDA003938

This sequence of 6 tasks explores relationships between numbers 1 to 20 through subitising, comparison, and using 5 and 10 as benchmarks. Students organise collections and use subitisable patterns to help count the total in their collection. Students also compare their collection with a friend to see who has more and who ...

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Number sequence: Foundation – planning tool

  • TLF-IDA003103

This planning resource for Foundation is for the topic of Number sequence. Students establish foundational ideas and skills in number. There is a focus on subitising – instantly recognising and naming the number of objects in small collections of up to 5 (without counting).

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