EDTE251 Ideas of Activities for Different Strands

EDTE251 Ideas of Activities for Different Strands

1. Number and Algebra Activities

   • Counting+ Addition + Subtraction
     • one-to-one correspondence
       • e.g. objects on a page
     • ordinal numbers
       • placement in a race
     • Subitising
       • groups of numbers, "friends of ten"
     • Part-part-whole
       • equations, partitioning using number ENL and friends of ten
     • use of blocks- ten frames-> bundles-> unit cubes -> tens -> hundreds -> thousands
     • 100s charts- masked and unmasked
     • Number Lines- Empty, Semi-Structured, Structured
     • Partitioning Numbers
       • Split Strategy
       • Jump and Split- Forwards and Backwards
       • Compensation
   • Place Value Activities
     • hundreds charts
     • plastic cups with hidden zeros
   • Fractions and Decimals Activities
     • HALVES= two equal pieces
       • cutting commonly known objects and groups of items e.g. fruit, cake, line of stars
       • finding out why items aren't cut into halves
     • QUARTERS= dividing something into four equal pieces
       • think about common applications- time, object (cake?), cup of water etc
       • cutting objects or collections into quarters, identifying which ones aren't in quarters
     • 3 Models of Fractions
       • Continuous Model- Linear
       • Continuous Model- Area
       • Discrete Model--> collection?
     • Fraction Wall - determine the relationship of fraction size (equivalence)
     • Clothes Line- Ordering numbers with pegs
     • use diagrams to calculate (adding and subtracting) different fractions

2. Measurement and Geometry Activities

   • (Open activities are better as it promotes exploration)
     • Drawing mirror images
     • Images and descriptions of the 3D images and their nets (e.g. cube, pyramid)
     • research and find the weight/ length of objects or animals. Students can plot the information on table and analyse results
     • REMEMBER: can relate these tasks with with other KLAs

3. Statistics and Probability Activities

   • DATA
     • Data Collection, Putting data in graph, Analysing the Information
       • Need to progressively teach students to label the table, label the axis, and how to plot information
     • e.g. collecting data about who attends childcare and on what days, birthdays of students in the class
     • Sorting out things and working how many of the same types are there
     • teach students act of surveying
   • CHANCE
     • workout the likelihood of events occurring- e.g. unlikely, might happen, likely, very likely