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Counting and place value
This comprehensive guide describes the stages involved as children learn to count. Each developmental stage is described in detail and illustrated with classroom activities.
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| Year level(s) | Foundation, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Content knowledge, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Worked examples, Metacognitive strategies, Concrete Representational Abstract model |
| Keywords | counting, place value, subitising, cardinality, order |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding |
| Topics | Place value, Addition and subtraction |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9MFN01
Name, represent and order numbers including zero to at least 20, using physical and virtual materials and numerals
AC9M1N01
Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least 120 using physical and virtual materials, numerals, number lines and charts
AC9M2N01
Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least 1000 using physical and virtual materials, numerals and number lines
AC9M3N01
Recognise, represent and order natural numbers using naming and writing conventions for numerals beyond 10,000
AC9M4N01
Recognise and extend the application of place value to tenths and hundredths and use the conventions of decimal notation to name and represent decimals |
| Numeracy progression |
Number and place value (NPV2, P4, P5, P6, P7)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | International Centre of Excellence for Education in Mathematics |
| Copyright | © University of Melbourne. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 |
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