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reSolve: Counting – handfuls

This lesson focuses on building students' counting skills, particularly their ability to subitise a collection (recognise the number of items in a group without the need to count them). Students consider ways of structuring a collection so that the total can be quickly identified. They explore different arrangements for numbers and are given opportunities to explore skip counting, addition and partitioning. The lesson is outlined in detail including curriculum links, vocabulary, materials needed, discussion points and student resources. This sequence is part of the reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry program.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Foundation
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Mathematics investigation
Keywords	positive integers, subitising, number patterns, counting
Curriculum alignment
Curriculum connections	Numeracy
Strand and focus	Number, Build understanding, Apply understanding
Topics	Integers, Properties of number
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 AC9MFN02 Recognise and name the number of objects within a collection up to 5 using subitising AC9MFN03 Quantify and compare collections to at least 20 using counting and explain or demonstrate reasoning
Numeracy progression	Counting processes (P4) Number and place value (NPV2, P3)
Copyright details
Organisation	reSolve Maths by Inquiry
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