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Street maps
In this unit, students use street maps as the context to learn about coordinates and grid references.
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| Year level(s) | Year 3 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model, Differentiated teaching, Explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Position and location |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M3SP02
Interpret and create two-dimensional representations of familiar environments, locating key landmarks and objects relative to each other |
| Numeracy progression |
Positioning and locating (P3)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | New Zealand Ministry of Education |
| Copyright | © New Zealand Ministry of Education. Creative Commons BY 3.0 NZ. |
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