Problem-solving – Background information and resources – Foundation digital unit

Description

This is a 26-page digital unit from the Problem-solving in mathematics series that aims to develop problem-solving and mathematical thinking in primary students.

Key features include the following:

extensive background information about problem-solving skills
teachers pages to accompany each student page
a problem-solving objective for each group of student pages
a list of possible difficulties that students may encounter
extension activities

Australian Curriculum Links:

Sort and classify familiar objects and explain the basis for these classifications. Copy, continue and create patterns with objects and drawings (ACMNA005)
Compare, order and make correspondences between collections, initially to 20, and explain reasoning (ACMNA289)
Establish understanding of the language and processes of counting by naming numbers in sequences, initially to and from 20, moving from any starting point (ACMNA001)
Represent practical situations to model addition and sharing (ACMNA004)
Connect number names, numerals and quantities, including zero, initially up to 10 and then beyond (ACMNA002)
Sort, describe and name familiar two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects in the environment (ACMMG009)
Use direct and indirect comparisons to decide which is longer, heavier or holds more, and explain reasoning in everyday language (ACMMG006)

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