NA1-4: Communicate and explain counting, grouping, and equal-sharing strategies, using words, numbers, and pictures.
Elaboration on this Achievement Objective
This means students will explain to others the number strategies they use, by using a combination of words, numbers and pictures. This implies that students will learn to write equations to express their findings (for example 5 + 9 = 14), to express their ideas using their own language in conjunction with mathematical language (for example, add, subtract, times, fraction), and to develop diagrams to represent their strategies (for example, set diagrams or number lines).
Teaching resources for this Achievement Objective
The purpose of this activity is to engage students in problem solving to find an unknown addend.
Rich learning activities
Number and Algebra
Level One
This counting collections activity engages students in finding how many cars/wheels there are in a collection of toy cars.
Number and Algebra
Level One
This counting collections activity engages students in counting a collection of objects.
Number and Algebra
Level One
The purpose of this unit of five lessons is to develop the algebraic understanding that the equals symbol, = , indicates a relationship of equivalence between two amounts.
Review number expressions involving the operations of addition and subtraction. Make and recognise combined amounts that have the same value. Write statements of equivalence in words. Read and write addition and subtraction equations. Solve addition and subtraction balance problems and explain the...
Units of Work
Number and Algebra
Level One
This is an activity based on the picture book Equal Shmequal
Students will be able to explain their understanding of fair and equal. Students will be able to record the results of tug of war contests and see-saw balancing in diagrams and symbolic forms.
Picture book activities
Number and Algebra
Level One
The purpose of this activity is to engage students in using counting strategies, images and/or materials to solve a problem.
Rich learning activities
Number and Algebra
Level One
The purpose of this unit of three lessons is to develop understanding of how to recognise and record relationships of (equality and) inequality in mathematical situations.
Understand the equals symbol as an expression of a relationship of equivalence, and explain this. Recognise situations of inequality and use the inequality (‘is not equal to’) symbol, ≠. Understand that < and > symbols can make equivalent statements. Use relationship symbols =, <, > in equations and...
Units of Work
Number and Algebra
Level One
This counting collections activity engages students in predicting and then identifying the number of lollies dispensed by a vending machine.
Number and Algebra
Level One
The purpose of this unit is to lay the foundation for an understanding of grouping and to make connections between the different grouping arrangements for five and the symbolic recording associated with these.
Quickly recognise patterns within and for five. Record an expression, using ‘and’, the symbol +, and 0. Use the equals = symbol and understand that is means ‘is the same as’. Record word stories and equations that describe a situation. Record an unknown using ☐ in addition equations. Record word...
Units of Work
Number and Algebra
Level One
The purpose of this unit of sequenced lessons is to develop knowledge and understanding of combinations to ten. The purpose is also to develop a recognition of the importance of knowing facts to ten and being able to generalise by seeing and applying these patterns with numbers to 100.
Explore the numerals to ten. Instantly recognise patterns within and for ten. Make and record groupings within and for ten. Recall and apply groupings to ten using te reo Māori. Recognise the usefulness of just knowing combinations to ten. Use an ‘if I know ___, then I know___’ approach to solving...
Units of Work
Number and Algebra
Level One
This unit builds the learning of mathematics around celebrations of Matariki, the Māori New Year. The sessions provide meaningful contexts that highlight Māori culture and provide powerful learning opportunities that connect different strands of mathematics.
Assemble parts of a shape to form the whole. Create symmetrical figures (reflection and rotation). Calculate the number of direct ancestors they have. Use fractions to create rhythmic percussion patterns. Order events. Describe the likelihood of outcomes using the language of chance. Measures...
Units of Work
Geometry and Measurement
Level One
The purpose of this unit is to develop understanding of a numeral as a symbol to represent an amount or number, and of the symbols for the operations of addition and subtraction.
Understand that an amount or number of items can be represented with a single unique symbol. To correctly write numerals. Understand that written words and oral words can also be represented with numeral symbols. Recognise numbers within story contexts. Understand and use the addition and...
Units of Work
Number and Algebra
Level One
The purpose of this activity is to engage students in problem solving to find an unknown addend.
Rich learning activities
Number and Algebra
Level One
The purpose of this unit of sequenced lessons is to develop knowledge and understanding of the place value structure of the numbers from ten to twenty.
Instantly recognise patterns for teen numbers. Make groups of ten and represent teen numbers with materials. Recognise and record words and symbols for teen numbers. Understand that in a teen number the 1 represents one group of ten. Expand teen number notation and understand simple place value....
Units of Work
Number and Algebra
Level One
This unit supports students to equally partition objects and sets into fractional parts.
Partition a length, area or volume into equal parts. Partition a set into equal parts and anticipate the result. Recognise that the numerator of a fraction is a count. Recognise that the bottom number of a fraction gives the size of the parts being counted.
Units of Work
Number and Algebra
Level One
The purpose of this unit is to build upon the knowledge students have of combining and separating groupings to five and to use this as a building block to knowing combinations within and up to ten.
Instantly recognise and describe a group of five in multiple representations of numbers within and to ten. Apply and record the operation of addition for groupings within ten. Understand the language of subtraction and apply the operation of subtraction to groupings within ten. Make connections...
Units of Work
Number and Algebra
Level One
In this unit students explore different ways to communicate and explain adding numbers within ten. The representations included are number lines, set diagrams, animal strips and tens frames.
Draw representations to show a simple addition equations. Write an equation/number sentence to match their diagram.
Units of Work
Number and Algebra
Level One
The purpose of this activity is to engage students in using methods such as skip-counting and counting on to solve a problem.
Rich learning activities
Number and Algebra
Level One