| Activity Outcome | Using small numbers in a context familiar to young students. Collecting and using numerical data to describe families. |
| MTS Set | MTS1
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| NATIONAL Curriculum | The Number System |
| Topics | Understand Whole Numbers
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| Keywords | Represents Numbers, Personal Context, Number Sense, Count |
| Grouping | Groups of 4 |
| Resources | Return personal copies of Activity 002 to students. Provide 2 copies of Activity 003 per student. |
| Lesson Notes | - In groups students share (from Activity 002) and record (on Activity 003) information about their families.
- Encourage students to ask the questions in turn: How many adults are in your family? How many children are in your family?...
- Meet as a whole class and ask general questions such as: How are families the same? How are they different? Is there a 'best' number of people in a family?
- Ask the students to think of new questions we could ask about our families: How many cars are in a family? How many males and females are in a family? How many ...
- Students could create a new family questionnaire using the term 'how many...' for each question. See also Internet Links below.
- Collect student Activity sheets. Go to Activity 004.
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| Reflections | Do you have all the information for 4 families? What are some of the things you have learned about other families?
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| Answers | Not applicable |
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