This Teaching & Learning Program is designed for Grade 3 & 4 students.
It includes 5 days of differentiated lesson plans with:
Learning Intentions & Success Criteria aligned to NSW and Australian curriculum outcomes
Explicit teaching activities (I do)
Guided teaching activities (We do)
Independent teaching activities (You do)
Reflection questions
Support and extension activities to target every student in your class
5 x differentiated rotation activities for consolidation and review at the end of each unit of learning
CURRICULUM OUTCOMES
Australian Curriculum:
Recognise ways of measuring and approximating the perimeter and area of shapes and enclosed spaces, using appropriate formal and informal units (AC9M4M02)
NSW Curriculum:
Outcomes:
Estimates, measures and compares areas using square centimetres and square metres (MA2-2DS-03)
Content:
Use square centimetres to measure and estimate the areas of rectangles
Create the array structure of area using squares (1 cm × 1 cm) in rows and columns
Recognise that area can be measured in square centimetres
Discuss strategies to estimate area in square centimetres
Explain how the grid structure of rows and columns helps to find the area
Estimate and measure the areas of squares and rectangles (within the range of 100 square centimetres)
Record area in square centimetres using numerals and words
Use efficient strategies for counting large numbers of square centimetres