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Lesson Plan
Lesson 10: Placing Numbers on a Number Line
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand how numbers are placed on a number line.
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Lesson Plan
Tuning In
- Provide each student with a blank sheet of paper. Without any prompting, ask the students to draw a number line from 0-10. After the students have created their number lines, ask the students:
- Does your number line have arrows?
- Do the numbers on your number line increase to the right?
- Are your numbers an even distance apart?
Teacher Instruction
- Display and discuss slide 14 of the Introduction to Number Lines PowerPoint. Encourage the students to understand that number lines have:
- a straight line with arrows at both ends
- numbers increasing to the right
- numbers an even distance apart.
- Display and discuss slide 15. Complete the activity as a class, then check the answers on slide 16.
- Using a piece of string, pegs and the 1 to 20 Clothesline Number Cards, create a straight number line where the numbers increase to the right and are an even distance apart.
Guided/Independent Learning
- Display slide 17 and explain the activity to the students.
- Place students into small groups. Provide each group with a number line and a recording worksheet from the 2-Digit Number Line Activity Prompt Cards and a handful of counters. Read the prompts out to the class. Encourage the students to place a counter on the number that corresponds to the clues read out on the card, then record the number on the worksheet.
- Once the students have finished, discuss the answers as a class.
Wrapping Up
- Provide each student with another blank sheet of paper. Ask the students to draw a new number line from 0-10. Once the students have finished, invite them to share their number lines with a partner. Encourage the students to compare their new number lines to those from the beginning of the lesson. Discuss any differences.
Differentiation
Extending Students
- Encourage more capable students to create a 0-20 number line.
Supporting Students
- Invite less confident students to complete the independent activity in a small group with the teacher or teacher aide.
Assessment Strategies
Suggested Assessment Strategies
- used strategic whole class or individual questioning
- observed student participation during learning activities
- recorded student progress on a checklist
- annotated student work samples
- collected and reviewed student work samples
- facilitated whole class or peer feedback sessions
- encouraged student self-reflection
- administered formal assessment tasks.
NSW Curriculum alignment
- MA1-4NA
WholeNumbers - applies place value, informally, to count, order, read and represent two- and three-digit numbers
Victorian Curriculum alignment
- VCMNA087
Recognise, model, read, write and order numbers to at least 100. Locate these numbers on a number line
Australian Curriculum alignment
- ACMNA013
Recognise, model, read, write and order numbers to at least 100. Locate these numbers on a number line
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