Spot the number
A selection of subitising games and activities where students identify amounts to five within larger collections and show how the numbers may be arranged in different ways.
Additional details |
|
| Year level(s) | Foundation |
|---|---|
| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Targeted teaching, Concrete Representational Abstract model, Culturally responsive pedagogies |
| Keywords | subitise, trust the count, counting, number, RAMR, YuMi Deadly Mathematics |
Curriculum alignment |
|
| Curriculum connections | Numeracy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture |
| Strand and focus | Number, Build understanding |
| Topics | Operating with number |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9MFN02
Recognise and name the number of objects within a collection up to 5 using subitising |
| Numeracy progression |
Number and place value (NPV2)
|
Copyright details |
|
| Organisation | Queensland University of Technology |
| Copyright | © Queensland University of Technology. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
Related resources
-
The Mathscots
The Mathscots animation series is designed to support both teachers and families in engaging children in mathematics. The stand-alone episodes explore a range of maths and numeracy concepts aligned to the Victorian Curriculum Foundation to Level 2.
Resource details -
Additive thinking - Level Foundation
In this sequence of 11 lessons, students find patterns by adding or subtracting numbers. They use number lines, spot patterns and solve real-life problems with addition.
Resource details -
Number: Taking handfuls
A series of inquiry-based lessons where students use subitisable groups and benchmark numbers to quantify and compare collections up to 20.
Resource details -
reSolve: Statistics – shoes
An inquiry-based lesson where students collect, present and analyse data about what shoes are worn to school.
Resource details