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reSolve: Authentic Problems: Tea Party

This sequence of four lessons presents a purposeful context for counting using the context of planning a tea party. Students consider items required for a small party, draw and count the items and then extend this to a larger party for the whole class. 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'.

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Year level(s) Foundation
Audience Teacher
Purpose Teaching resource
Format Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Mathematics investigation
Keywords positive integers, numerical order, number patterns, maths investigations, subitising

Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections Numeracy
Strand and focus Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding
Topics Integers, Properties of number
AC: Mathematics content descriptions
ACMNA001

Establish understanding of the language and processes of counting by naming numbers in sequences, initially to and from 20, moving from  any starting point

ACMNA002

Connect number names, numerals and quantities, including zero, initially up to 10 and then beyond

ACMNA003

Subitise small collections of objects

ACMNA289

Compare, order and make correspondences between collections, initially to 20, and explain reasoning
National numeracy learning progression Quantifying numbers

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