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reSolve: Authentic Problems: Grandma's Soup

This sequence of four lessons focuses on counting large collections of objects and developing efficient counting strategies. Students explore the ambiguous nature of a 'handful' and investigate how different-sized hands and different grabbing techniques will result in different quantities of macaroni. Each lesson is outlined in detail including curriculum links, vocabulary, materials needed, sample answers, discussion points and student resources. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry special topic 'Authentic Problems'.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 1
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Mathematics investigation
Keywords	counting, number lines, place value, skip counting, numerical order
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding
Topics	Operating with number
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions	AC9M1N01 Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least 120 using physical and virtual materials, numerals, number lines and charts AC9M1N03 Quantify sets of objects, to at least 120, by partitioning collections into equal groups using number knowledge and skip counting
Numeracy progression	Number and place value (P4) Counting processes (P6)
Copyright details
Organisation	reSolve Maths by Inquiry
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