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Time: How long does it take?
This unit involves students looking at the length of time various activities take, and calculating how much time is spent on these activities in a week.
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| Year level(s) | Year 4 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Differentiated teaching, Mathematics investigation, Explicit teaching, Classroom talks |
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| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Time |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M4M03
Solve problems involving the duration of time including situations involving "am" and "pm" and conversions between units of time |
| Numeracy progression |
Measuring time (P4)
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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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