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Numeracy Block (100 mins)

Activity
Line them up 1st-5th
Point to the.... Thing that is curved.
The object I am think of.... an object
that is not at the beginning of the
line....etc
Students ask...is the object wooden etc?

Activity
How quickly can you mark the number 1
How quickly can you find the number
that comes between 4 and 6
How quickly can you find the number
that is 10 and 3 more. Etc


Middle primary (open questions)
Number between 5 and 10
Number that is less than 23
Mark a single digit number
I am thinking of a number in the
30s what might it be?
I added two numbers together to
make 50 what might they have
been?
What might?
What could?

Upper primary
First prime number
First composite number
First number divisible by 3 and 5
First multiple of 2 and 5
Upper open questions
I am thinking of a number that is odd
and a multiple of 3 what might it be?
Game
Guess my number
Odd/even, grater than/less than etc


Using the language
More than/less than/ grater than.
Multiple/ divisible.
Cube/square.
Prime.
Composite.
Quarters.

Empty number lines





Odd/even
Between
After/ before
Product/ equals
Add
Open ended


Can you show me where 8 would be on the number line?
I would like you to mark a number that is close to 5 what might it be?
I am thinking of an even number that is between 2 and 8 what might it be?
Positional language
Immediately after
Closer to / close to
Even between/ half way
Equally spaced
Referent/benchmark
Ascending
Negative numbers







Where would 60 go on the number line?
Mark 5 on the number line.


Fractions

Fold and mark half/ quarters
Show me 3 quarters
Fold again
Mark eighths
Show me five eighths 5/8
Etc
Using your number line mark 5/8
Check your answer using your paper
fractions






Game guess my fraction
Is it less than one?
Is it grater than one and a quarter?




Something you learnt or persevered through

Reflection

Have you tried something new



Questions you have


Secret code
1. Subitise
2. Count all (c a)
3. Count on (c o)
4. Double (d)
5. Turn around (t a)
6. Rainbow facts (r f)
7. Friendly numbers (f n)
8. Near doubles (n d)
9. Bridge through 10 (btt)

6+2+3












Game
Write the numbers from 1-9
Roll three dice
Use + or - or a combination to get your answer (cross out the numbers)

123456789


4 add 5 is a near double (9) count back 1 (8)
Cross off 8

36 + 27


Near doubles in the 10s 30 and 20 nd 50
Near double in the 1s
6 and 7 nd 13
Friendly number
50 and 13
63








Balancing and compensating

36 + 27

3456
+ 4353

43 - 26



7700
109
7809

Activity count on
Get someone to walk to a specific location and back.
Start on a number (example 19)
Count on by 10s
Estimate what number you will be on when that person comes back
19 29
39 49 etc

Unitising

Beginning of multiplication

I counted 6 times (6 lots of 5 = 30)


I counted 3 groups (3 lots of 10= 30)

3x13 would look like
6x13





36 X 2






36 x 12


36 X 4


36

2
Split 36 into 20, 10 and 2

Divide 20, 10 and 6 by 2



Friendly numbers 10 and 5 count on 3 =18




I went to an Easter party.
My friend made Easter baskets.
She put 14 mini Easter eggs into each basket.
Someone bought their 3 year old. He was support to take a nap but he
didn't. He went around and took one egg from each basket, then went
around again and took another and then do you know what he took one
more from each basket.
How many did he take from each basket? 3
How many eggs are left?

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