Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2
For each topic we follow a similar three-lesson format within the student Thinking Journals:
- Novel problem – this is an experiment to introduce unfamiliar mathematics.
- Application question – this applies the new learning to a real-life situation.
- Extension problems – manipulation and backwards problems extend the concept to new areas and push high-achievers to think hard.
You are expected to:
- Do some of your own explicit teaching following lesson 1, including practice questions
- Make sure that you regularly revise other curriculum areas.
To help out, we provide:
- A suggested work program, with around 50% of your maths lessons for the year, developmentally sequenced to have the best chance of retention.
- Fluency tasks to help build your students’ skills.
- Extension tasks to build problem-solving and reasoning.
- Assessment criteria for each semester.
- Moderation tasks to help calibrate your grading for the Proficiency Strands.
- Differentiation suggestions for at least 3 year levels for each problem.
Years 3-7
For years 3-7 a developmental sequence is provided for each topic within the Australian Curriculum. Each sequence contains:
- Journal Problems – experimental lessons to introduce new topics or significantly extend student thinking.
- Blast Activities – connection lessons to help formalise mathematics.
We provide:
- Lesson plans, assessment criteria, moderation tasks and investigations.
- A suggested work program for each year level using around 50% of your teaching time.
- Additional fluency tasks to help build skills.
- Additional extension tasks that should take students a couple of weeks of independent work.
- Differentiation suggestions across at least 4 year levels for each journal problem.
You are expected to:
- Do some of your own explicit teaching following lesson 1, including practice questions
- Make sure that you regularly revise other curriculum areas.
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