Foundation Year
The proficiency strands understanding, fluency, problem-solving and reasoning are an integral part of mathematics content across the three content strands: number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability. The proficiencies reinforce the significance of working mathematically within the content and describe how the content is explored or developed. They provide the language to build in the developmental aspects of the learning of mathematics. The achievement standards reflect the content and encompass the proficiencies.
At this year level:
- understanding includes connecting names, numerals and quantities
- fluency includes readily counting numbers in sequences, continuing patterns and comparing the lengths of objects
- problem-solving includes using materials to model authentic problems, sorting objects, using familiar counting sequences to solve unfamiliar problems and discussing the reasonableness of the answer
- reasoning includes explaining comparisons of quantities, creating patterns and explaining processes for indirect comparison of length.
(source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)
Achievement Standard
By the end of the Foundation year, students make connections between number names, numerals and quantities up to 10. They compare objects using mass, length and capacity. Students connect events and the days of the week. They explain the order and duration of events. They use appropriate language to describe location.
Students count to and from 20 and order small collections. They group objects based on common characteristics and sort shapes and objects. Students answer simple questions to collect information and make simple inferences.
(source: www.australiancurriculum.edu.au)
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Times of Day
A 30-minute lesson in which students will know and identify the days of the week and link specific events to when they occur – morning, afternoon, and evening.
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Informal Times of Day
A 30-minute lesson in which students will know and identify the days of the week and link events to specific informal times of the day, i.e., morning, afternoon, and evening.
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Connecting Numbers
A 60 minute lesson in which students will connect numbers by their name, numeral and quantity.
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Number Stories and Rhymes
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand how number stories and rhymes can help with counting.
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Number Patterns
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify number patterns to 20.
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Identifying Missing Numbers
A 60 minute lesson in which students will sequence the numbers from 1 to 20 and identify missing numbers.
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Sequencing Numbers
A 60 minute lesson in which students will sequence the numbers from 1 to 10.
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It's About Time!
An assessment task in which students will cut and paste familiar events under the headings, Morning, Afternoon and Evening.
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Exploring Numbers Unit Plan
This Mathematics unit addresses a range of number concepts involving identifying, sequencing and representing.
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Learning Time! Unit Plan
This Mathematics unit addresses the concept of time for young learners. It focuses on the days of the week, connecting familiar events to particular days and sequencing events in time order.
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Representing Numbers - Assessment
Use these resources and more to asses your students' progress in this unit.
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Practising Subitising
A 60 minute lesson in which students will quickly identify a small collection of objects with the use of subitising.
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Subitising Small Collections
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use subitising to count small collections.
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Counting Collections
A 60 minute lesson in which students will count small collections to identify 'how many'.
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Surrounded by Numbers
A 45 minute lesson in which students will identify numbers in their environment.