Number: Time for tea

In this sequence of four tasks, students count and connect number names, numerals, and quantities, as they make plans for a class tea party.

Additional details

Year level(s) Foundation
Audience Teacher
Purpose Teaching resource
Format Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Concrete Representational Abstract model, Differentiated teaching
Keywords grouping, counting, subitising, classification

Curriculum alignment

Curriculum connections Numeracy
Strand and focus Number
Topics Properties of number
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9MFN06
Represent practical situations involving equal sharing and grouping with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies

AC9MFN05
Represent practical situations involving addition, subtraction and quantification with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies

AC9MFN04
Partition and combine collections up to 10 using part-part-whole relationships and subitising to recognise and name the parts

AC9MFN03
Quantify and compare collections to at least 20 using counting and explain or demonstrate reasoning

AC9MFN02
Recognise and name the number of objects within a collection up to 5 using subitising

AC9MFN01

Name, represent and order numbers including zero to at least 20, using physical and virtual materials and numerals


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