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TERM/WEEKS: YEAR LEVEL: LEARNING AREA/TOPIC:

AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM MATHEMATICS

General Capabilities:
Literacy Numeracy x ICT x Critical and creative thinking Ethical Behaviour Personal and social Intercultural Understanding
x x Competence x

Cross-curriculum priorities:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and Cultures Asia and Australias engagement with Asia Sustainability

WEEK/ AUSTRALIAN SPECIFIC LESSON ASSESSMENT TEACHING & LEARNING KEY RESOURCES
LESSON CURRICULUM (what & how) EXPERIENCES QUESTIONS
OBJECTIVE (include learner diversity)
LINKS
Prof
N&A M&G S&P
Week 6 ACMM
Interpret and uses timetables. Observe Read 15 mins of Are We There Yet? by Why is a budget Are We There
Monday ACNM G139 important? Yet? by
Book week A123
student Alison Lester Alison Lester
progress and Tell students they will be planning a trip in How can you keep track of Travel
Keep track of their spending
group work, Western Australia. They are to assume the your research? brochures.
using appropriate recording Will it be roles of a travel agent.
formats What kind of trip do you Weebly with
possible to They are organising a 2 week trip for a family.
want to have? different airline
complete this The family has a budget of $5000. and car hire
Work collaboratively in a group task in 2 Students are to design a trip and provide Are you going to one providers as
by demonstrating active weeks? costings, timetables and itinerates. The trip is location and stay there the well as links to
listening and teamwork skills to be mapped and distances recorded. whole two weeks? Or will maps.
within a group setting. you road trip and see a
Is more Focus of lesson one is to choose a part of few places? Laptops
scaffolding Australia of interest and research the distance
needed? to travel there and decide the best means of
transport there.
Teacher to model the use of booking websites.
Students to be in groups of 4 using the 4 roles
of math inquiry.
Students to be shown the marking criteria they
will be marked against for this project.
Week 6 ACNM ACMM
Interpret and uses timetables. Observe Read 15 mins of Are We There Yet? by Based on the kind of trip Are We There
Wednesday A123 G139 you are planning, what is Yet? by
ACMM
student Alison Lester the best kind of Alison Lester
137 progress and accommodation? Travel
Keep track of their spending
group work, Teacher to model creating a timetable. brochures
using appropriate recording Will it be How many places do you
formats want to stay in? Weebly
possible to Today students are to work out how much of
complete this the budget is going into transport. Once they Laptops
Work collaboratively in a group task in 2 have done this they are to decide on how
by demonstrating active weeks? much will be spent on accommodation. Weebly
 listening and teamwork skills will have links to Air BnB, Trivago as well as to
within a group setting. Is more national parks campsite guides.
scaffolding Students are to record all data in their trip
needed? planner.

Week 6 ACNM ACMM

Interpret and use and create Do students Read 15 mins of Are We There Yet? by What is the purpose of a Are We There
Thursday A123 G139 timetable? Yet? by
need more Alison Lester
timetables. Alison Lester
ACMM time to How can you make a Weebly
137 complete the Teacher to model creation of a timetable. timetable easy to read?
Use problem solving skills to project? Brochures
calculate distances travelled Have you stuck to your
Students to review their spending so far and
budget? Laptops
and the cost of traveling decide on activities that will be done in the
location of choice. Have you accurately
Work collaboratively in a group All activities are to be costed. Students to look calculated the costs
involved in travel?
by demonstrating active at travel brochures and research online.
listening and teamwork skills
within a group setting.

Week 6 Friday ACNM ACMM Explain orally the timeline that Mark students Students to create a power point presentation What skills are needed for Power point.
A123 G139 has been created for the a good presentation?
against rubric with a timetable of activities and a breakdown
journey. that they were of costs. Who is your audience?
shown at the Students may find as they collate everything
provide relevant information to
support key ideas
beginning of that there is more information they need to
the week. collect.
Use oral language skills to If more time is needed this lesson is to be a
present the planned trip to the continuation of previous lessons.
class
Week 7 ACMN ACMM Anecdotal. Introduce the lesson by asking students what What problem solving Fixit cubes
Monday A133 G137
Demonstrate their ability to strategies can help you
Can students the prefix "penta" means 5. Explain that they
work mathematically by work this out? Grid paper
complete the are going to use fixit cubes to create figures
exploring pentominos summative called "pentominoes". Demonstrate on the Are reflections and
assessment board how fixit cubes must be connected in rotations new shapes?
Perform calculations, on Friday? order to be a pentomino.
choosing appropriate units Students to complete the I see, I think, I
of measurement for the wonder. Direct them towards questions of area
and perimeter.
context Hand out grid paper and fixit cubes. Students
draw the figures on the grid paper to record
their findings. Have students create as many
pentominos as they can.
Discuss as needed that rotation and
reflectiondo not create new pentominos.
Discuss the terms area and perimeter. Using
the figures on the board, as a class, calculate
the area and perimeter of a few figures.
Students to add to the I see, I think, I wonder.
Last 20 minutes of lesson. Students to go into
their groups from previous weeks (if needed)
and continue with research into trip and
creating powerpoint.

Week 7
Wednesday
ACM
SP14
Interpret and compare Checklist of On the mat, brainstorm what the average What is a census?
What do you think the
Census data

data displays student Australian family looks like (in number)

7 average Australian family
participation in Students to review the census data regarding looks like?
ACM group the average Australian Family. If we are building a house
SP14 conversation. Work with students through the following for the average family how
8 many bedrooms will it
Review data statistical representations. need?
interpretations https://aifs.gov.au/publications/modern- What facilities will it need?
for possible australian-family
misconception Link to pentominos. Students will be turning
s, one of the 12 pentominos into a house.
misunderstand Students in pairs to be given one of the data
ings. representations to interpret. Students to write
their interpretations.
Last 20 minutes of lesson. Students to go into
their groups from previous weeks (if needed)
and continue with research into trip and
creating powerpoint.
Week 7
Thursday
ACMN
A123
ACMM
137
Solve problems involving Review floor Students to choose one of their pentomino How can you represent a
two story house?
Example
floorplans
length and area plans. designs and design a house floorplan.
Checklist for Perimiter and area to be calculated for each How many bedrooms do Pentomino
Accurately draw plans that
neatness, room in the house (each cube is to be one you need? drawings from
accuracy and room). Each room is to be 5x5m. Students previous
reflect the instructions given What other rooms are lesson
working of need to be able to represent this in their needed in a house?
perimeter and drawings.
area Students can make the house one or two
Will students stories tall.
be able to Last 20 minutes of lesson. Students to go into
complete their groups from previous weeks (if needed)
tomorrows and continue with research into trip and
test? creating powerpoint.
Week 7 Friday ACMN
A123
ACMM
137
Solve problems involving Summative Students to complete the Puzzling Pentominos NA Test paper
Fixit cubes
length and area assessment. assessment individually as a summative test of
Grid paper
Students are their mathematical thinking. Students can use
Demonstrate ability to think
to complete the fixit cubes as well as the graph paper to
mathematically the test continue the project. The area and perimeter is
individually to to be measured on the grid paper not the 3D
assess their models.
ability to
problem solve
and work
mathematicall
y.
Week 8 ACMM Present project to the class Audience Students to be taught about peer review. What makes a good Rubric
Monday 139 audience member?
using appropriate language, checklist Students to be given peer review sheets
tone and intonation Interactive
similar to the rubric that the class will be What makes a good whiteboard
Rubric for marked against. presentation?
Explain how their timetable Powerpoint
works
presentation Students present their powerpoint about their
trip around Australia. Peer
Demonstrate audience skills Peer Presentations to be recorded for assessment assessment
by showing whole body assessment purposes. Presentation skills will form part of sheets
listening sheets assessment criteria.
Week 9 ACMN Create visual representations Checklist for Concrete- Students to complete game where What are factors? Counters
Monday A123 of factors students who they are to dance around an area (preferably
What are prime numbers? Grid paper
ACMN are working outside) until the music stops and a number is
Use arrays to explore how appropriately called. Students to group in that number.
A122 What are composite Whiteboard
many factors there are in numbers?
various numbers
with the Teacher to record how many groups and how
ACMN
A133
counters to many remainders. Repeat several times. Pose Why are arrays useful?
Attempt to identify rules and create arrays. a problem, which involves working backwards
patterns in the arrays created from groups/remainder data to find the original
Anecdotal on number in the class. Kinaesthetic learning and
students very concrete way of looking at division for
observations remediation. Still fun for more able students.
about 15 mins
patterns. Move back to desks.
Complete similar activity where students are
given 26 counters and asked to divide them
into different sized groups. Change the number
of counters to include, composite, square and
prime numbers.
Before they start working with counters pose I
see, I think, I wonder. 20 mins
Representational- teacher and students to
work through the following website
http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L2060/in
dex.html 10 mins

Talk about multiplication facts. Draw a simple

fact like 3 x 5 on the board create an array.
Explain arrays. Ask for volunteers to repeat the
same thing with different numbers like 8 to
show that it is composed or made up of several
facts (8 x 1, 1 x 8, 2 x 4, 4 x 2). Show how
these can be drawn using arrays.
Small groups to be given different numbers
(prime and composite). Tell students there is
often more than one way to draw the array and
they need to find as many as possible. 25
mins
Once students have finished their arrays, have
them cut them out and arrange them on a table
or on the board in order from 1 to 25. Go
through each number pointing out its
 dimensions. Have the students look for
patterns. In the end, make sure that students
recognize the characteristics of prime numbers
(arrays with only one row or column width),
composites, and squares (arrays with the
same number of rows and columns). 20 mins

Week 9 ACMN Explore factors by creating Checklist for Students in teams of 3 to research the history Where do square and Laptops
Wednesday A122 triangular numbers get
factorgrams groups that and importance of prime, composite, square their name from? Grid paper
ACMN are working and triangular numbers.
Research the history, meaning appropriately Students to report their findings to the class.
A123 What does composite Maths books
and use of prime, composite mean? to create
and triangular numbers
on the Students to be given grid paper and create as
ACMN factorgrams
computers many arrays as possible for numbers written
A133 Why are arrays useful?
on the board. Which numbers are prime,
Collect math composite, square.
books to mark Factorgrams- representational moving
factorgrams. towards abstract
Assess Model the creation of factorgrams on the board
whether more for the number 15 and 21.
work needs to Students working in pairs create one for the
be done on number 33. Teacher to observe and question
them. students. Students share answer.
Introduce I see, I think, I wonder.
How many ways can you create a 2D
factorgram?
2D factorgrams= number which has two prime
factors that only divide into the number once
each. Eg 10 (2x5), 35 (5x7), 39(3x13),
24(2x17), 187(11x17)

Week 9 ACM Create appropriate visual Anecdotal Collating school census data. Students in Is there anything you still Results from
Thursday SP14 need to know? Wilson
representations of collected notes to be teams of 4 are to create tables, and various
7 data Census
kept on graphs to best show the statistics that they Is your data reliable?
groups that have collected.
Work collaboratively to present
findings in a powerpoint
are/arent Students to begin creating a power point How can you best present
it?
working well presentation about the information they have
collected and the conclusions they have Will it be easy for others to
drawn. understand?
Week 9 Friday ACMN ACMM Convert units of measurement Floorplans to Finish off floor plans for pentomino house. What are the patterns Grid paper
A123 G136 to the most appropriate unit for involved in converting
be marked Students to be given a sheet with dimensions
the context units of measurement? Handout with
ACMM against of various pieces of furniture. Various units of furniture
G137 criteria. Points measurement used so that students need to do dimensions
will be given conversions to include them in the floorplan for
for the house.
appearance, Early finishers to create a brochure for their
accuracy, key, house. Who is this house suitable for? What
units of features does it have?
measurement
chosen
Week 10 ACMN ACMN Demonstrate their current Worksheets to Revision on BIMDAS, square, composite, How can you find the Various
Monday A122 G136 factors of a number? worksheets
ability of solving problems be collected prime and triangular and patterns, and
using the BIMDAS procedure and
ACMN and results to converting units of measurement. Model on What is the pattern for manipulatives
A123 be recorded. board. Tell students they will be assessed converting units of
Demonstrate their measurement?
understanding of identifying
Wednesday- 10 mins
ACMN
factors of a given number Assessments 4 stations to be set up.
A133 What strategies can you
to be made 1. Worksheet with BIMDAS problems. use to solve maths
ACMN Demonstrate their ability to during lesson 2. Identify prime, composite and problems?
A134 solve and continue patterns about which triangular. There will be a sheet with
students need instructions for creating factorgrams
Demonstrate ability to convert extra help and arrays. There will also be counters
units of measurement and graph paper. Students can choose
Will students the strategy they are most comfortable
be able to with.
complete the 3. Worksheet with various visual
test next algebraic problems eg- heads and
lesson? Will legs, hidden triangles. Manipulatives to
some students be provided.
need a 4. Worksheet with pictorial
modified representations of converting units of
assessment? measurement and accompanying
problems.
Each rotation 20 mins.
Week 10 ACMN ACMN Demonstrate their current Assessment to Assessment on BIMDAS, algebraic reasoning, NA Test
Wednesday A122 G136 ability of solving problems be marked unit conversion and prime, composite and
using the BIMDAS procedure and scores triangular numbers.
ACMN
A123 collated.
Demonstrate their
understanding of identifying
Conclusions to
ACMN
factors of a given number be made
A133
about what will
 ACMN Demonstrate their ability to need to be
A134 solve and continue patterns retaught next
semester.
Demonstrate ability to convert
units of measurement
Week 10 ACM Present findings about Wilson Students to be Students in groups to present their findings What makes a good Powerpoints
Thursday SP14 audience?
Census orally marked from the Wilson Primary Census. Presentation
7 Interactive
against a can be a poster or powerpoint. Students What makes a good whiteboard
Demonstrate ability to explain rubric marked against a rubric which will have been presentation?
data displays in presentation Rubric
shared with them in an earlier lesson. Will run
through rubric again before presentation.
Week 10 ACMN Use problem solving skills to Anecdotals Rotations of maths games. Can you increase your Dice
Friday A123 chance of winning? Cards
participate in games Dice games, domino games, card games etc. 4
Dominos etc
20 minute stations. Cards with rules of games
Demonstrate strategic thinking at each station.