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| Activity Outcome | Read, write and say numbers in context. (Statistics) Demonstrating understanding of the relative magnitude of numbers. | | MTS Set | MTS2
| | NATIONAL Curriculum | The Number System | | Topics | Understand Whole Numbers
| | Keywords | Count | | Grouping | Independent | | Resources | Calculators available if required in student's plans. | | Lesson Notes | - Briefly discuss with students by asking: Will there be more than 30 children? 50 children? Do you think there is as many as 100 children? About how many children are in a class?...
- Instruct students to use pictures and/or words to show how they would solve the problem.
- After all students have completed a plan share ideas and seat students in common groups according to their planning.
- Reflection - Ask: Are all our plans good plans? Is any plan better than the other plans?
- Vote on a plan that can be used to solve the problem. If the opportunity is available ask this group to find the number of students in year 2.
- After finding the number of students discuss variations in numbers of year 2 students that could exist between schools (relative magnitude). Ask: About how many children would be in year 2 in a large school? In a medium size school? In a small school?
| | Reflections | See Lesson Notes above | | Internet Links | | | Answers | Not applicable |
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