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Caps for Sale

Esphyr Slobodkina

Australian Curriculum:  Description

Recognise, describe and order Australian coins according to their value (ACMNA017); Investigate and describe number patterns formed by skip-counting and patterns with objects (ACMNA018)

Teaching ideas
Explore a more reasonable price for a cap in todays times. Explore cap patterns

Window

Jeannie Baker

Australian Curriculum:  Description

Year 2 – Describe patterns with numbers and identify missing elements (ACMNA035); Investigate number sequences, initially those increasing and decreasing by twos, threes, fives and tens from any starting point, then moving to other sequences (ACMNA026)

Teaching ideas
Explore other mediums with patterns e.g. wrapping paper and fabric. Show students how patterns can help to predict --> expect --> plan.