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First, then, now
This guide provides guidance and prompts for addition and subtraction. It also introduces properties of shapes using concrete materials including pattern blocks and tangrams.
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| Year level(s) | Foundation |
|---|---|
| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Concrete Representational Abstract model, Explicit teaching |
| Keywords | tangrams, counting, spatial reasoning, reasoning, problem-solving, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Number, Space |
| Topics | Addition and subtraction, Shapes and objects |
| 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
AC9MFSP02
Describe the position and location of themselves and objects in relation to other people and objects within a familiar space |
| Numeracy progression |
Additive strategies (P2)
Counting processes (P2) Number and place value (P3) Positioning and locating (P1) |
Copyright details |
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| Organisation | White Rose Maths |
| Copyright | © 2021 White Rose Maths. Free-for-education material. |
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