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Australian Curriculum Year Level
Year 5, Year 4

Numeracy Strategy
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Australian Curriculum: Description

Yr4 – Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least tens of thousands (ACMNA072); Yr5 – Choose appropriate units of measurement for length, area, volume, capacity and mass (ACMMG108);

Teaching ideas

Exploring some of these abstract concepts with concrete materials. Having the students create their own relationships between objects to aid in understanding large numbers, sizes and quantities.

Strand	Number Algebra Measurement Space Statistics and Probability Professional Reading Problem Solving
Year	Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 2 Year 3 Year 8 Year 4 Foundation Year Year 1 Year 9 Year 10 Maths A Maths B
Numeracy Strategy	Multiplication and Division Triangle Act it Out Part-Part-Whole Look for a pattern Additive to Multiplicative Thinking Benchmarking See the Parts to match the whole Number Line Tables and Graphs Draw a diagram Visualisation Find the Pattern Draw what you can't see Mental Strategies Various