Addition and subtraction: Foundation – planning tool
This planning resource for Foundation is for the topic of Addition and subtraction. Students begin to appreciate patterns that occur around them. They learn to recognise, copy and continue different repeating patterns and observe natural patterns in the world around them.
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| Year level(s) | Foundation |
|---|---|
| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Planning support, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies, Student task, Home practice tasks |
| Format | Web page |
| Keywords | lesson plans, assessment task, teaching strategies, pedagogies, Australian Curriculum, learning from home, misconceptions |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Number |
| Topics | Addition and subtraction |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9MFN05
Represent practical situations involving addition, subtraction and quantification with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies |
| Numeracy progression |
Counting processes (CP2)
Additive strategies (P2) Number and place value (P3) |
Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Copyright | © 2023 Commonwealth of Australia, unless otherwise indicated. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated |
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