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Calendar capers
This learning sequence provides ideas and classroom resources to extend students' familiarity with calendars: their structure, format, inherent patterns and uses. This resource covers elements of the general capability intercultural understanding.
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| Year level(s) | Year 2 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Culturally responsive pedagogies |
| Keywords | Chinese zodiac, intercultural understanding |
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| Curriculum connections | Asia and Australia’s Engagement with Asia |
| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Time |
| AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMMG041
Use a calendar to identify the date and determine the number of days in each month
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| National numeracy learning progression |
Measuring time
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MeT2
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| Organisation | The University of Melbourne |
| Copyright | © The University of Melbourne – Asia Education Foundation, 2014 (unless indicated otherwise). Free-for-education material. |
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