This two-week unit introduces students to solving problems by comparing, combining and separating quantities. Students are provided opportunities to:
combine 2 or more groups to identify the relationship between the parts and the whole
compare 2 or more groups to determine equality or how many more
separate and take away part of a group to determine how many.
Before engaging in these teaching and learning activities, students would benefit from prior experience with:
counting with one-to-one correspondence to 10, recognising that the last number name represents the total in the collection
identifying the parts within a whole under 5
instantly recognising (subitising) quantities up to 4.