Addition sequence - Level 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

In this sequence of 10 lessons, students learn how to add numbers using a written vertical algorithm. Arithmetic sequences build progressively across year levels.

Additional details

Year level(s) Year 2, Year 3, Year 4
Audience Teacher
Purpose Teaching resource
Format Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Concrete Representational Abstract model, Explicit teaching, Differentiated teaching
Keywords add 3-digit numbers, add 2-digit numbers, base 10 blocks, vertical algorithm, regrouping

Curriculum alignment

Curriculum connections Numeracy
Strand and focus Number
Topics Operating with number, Place value
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9M4N06
Develop efficient strategies and use appropriate digital tools for solving problems involving addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division where there is no remainder

AC9M3N03
Add and subtract two- and three-digit numbers using place value to partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to assist in calculations without a calculator

AC9M2N04
Add and subtract one- and two-digit numbers, representing problems using number sentences and solve using part-part-whole reasoning and a variety of calculation strategies

Numeracy progression Additive strategies (P7, P8)
Number and place value (P5, P6, P7)

Copyright details

Organisation

Victoria State Government Department of Education

Copyright

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