Curriculum Content v Learning Sequences

In schools across the world, we all have a given curriculum to follow.

In Australia, we have a national curriculum that prescribes our Mathematics, English, Science and History content. All states then provide their own remaining curriculum areas, for example in Victoria we include: ICT, Personal Learning and Health & Physical Education - to name a few!

 

Even though our curriculum is prescribed, the way we choose to teach it is not. There are many interesting teaching and learning models, along with suggested sequences for achieving learning objectives.

 

In Mathematics, our school has been exploring the work of George Booker. A mathematician, researcher, university lecturer and maths guru!

 

We like Booker's work because it assists us to understand the sequence of learning that students need to proceed through in order to achieve the curriculum standards. It is clear and sequential - allowing us to teach students at their true 'point of need' as well as look ahead to see what comes next.

 

Booker conducts professional development sessions for teachers and has an extensive collection of published materials... well worth a look if you get a chance!

 

Happy teaching everyone and best wishes with matching your curriculum content with great teaching resources. If you have a favourite - please don't hesitate to share!!! Let us know via email or leave a comment on our blog.

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Mathematics Yearly Planners Bundle

iSURF Mathematics Yearly Planners

Foundation to Year Seven

This product is designed for the Australian Curriculum

 

To compliment the Yearly Mathematics Planners we recently published, we have bundled these together to cater for primary schools planning for students  from Foundation to Year Seven.

 

 

This item is designed for classroom teachers, teaching and learning teams and curriculum leaders to assist with the yearly planning of the Mathematics Curriculum. This bundle includes planners and Mathematical content from Foundation to Year Seven.

 

Teachers can divide all of the Mathematical content (Australian Curriculum content descriptors), over four terms, into manageable and easy to monitor sections. These Yearly Planners allow for repetition of high need areas (such as number and place value) as well as connecting assessment tasks to specific terms and topics.

 

Included in this document are the relevant proficiencies (Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving and Reasoning) as well as the relevant Mathematics standards – all in one easy to use document.

 

Teachers/leaders can simply cut and paste the content descriptors directly into the relevant term – laying out the entire Australian Curriculum for the year. Teachers working across more than one year level, and catering for individual needs, can coordinate topics so they are taught together, providing a scope and sequence for learning.

 

This item is designed in Microsoft Word and is able to be edited and modified.

 

As always, we welcome your feedback, requests or sharing of success!

kpisurf@gmail.com

 

Yearly Planners

iSURF Mathematics Yearly Planners

This week we have added yearly planners (in bundles) to our store. They are designed for classroom teachers, teaching and learning teams and curriculum leaders to assist with the yearly planning of the Mathematics Curriculum. These products are based on the Australian Curriculum.

 

      

 

 Teachers can divide all of the Mathematical content (Australian Curriculum content descriptors), over four terms, into manageable and easy to monitor sections. These Yearly Planners allow for repetition of high need areas (such as number and place value) as well as connecting assessment tasks to specific terms and topics.

 

Included in these documents are the relevant proficiencies (Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving and Reasoning) as well as the relevant Mathematics standards – all in one easy to use document.

 

Teachers/leaders can simply cut and paste the content descriptors directly into the relevant term – laying out the entire Australian Curriculum for the year. Teachers working across more than one year level, and catering for individual needs, can coordinate topics so they are taught together, providing a scope and sequence for learning.

 

For curriculum leaders who may be looking to support school wide planning - a bundle with all levels from Foundation to Year Seven will be added to our store soon.

 

This item is designed in Microsoft Word and is able to be edited and modified.

We hope you find these documents helpful when exploring and planning your class/school  Mathematics curriculum.

As always... all feedback, comments, suggestions or requests welcome!

 

Mathematics Yearly Planner - Foundation Freebie!

 This week we have added a FREE Mathematics Yearly Planner for Foundation (Australian Curriculum) to our TpT store.

 

This item is designed for classroom teachers, teaching and learning teams and curriculum leaders to assist with the yearly planning of the Mathematics Curriculum.

 

Teachers can divide all of the Mathematical content (Australian Curriculum content descriptors), over four terms, into manageable and easy to monitor sections. This Yearly Planner allows for repetition of high need areas (such as place value and number) as well as connecting assessment tasks to specific terms and topics.

 

Included in this document are the relevant proficiencies (Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving and Reasoning) as well as the Foundation Mathematics standards...

all in one document that we hope you find useful and easy to use.

 

 

This item is designed in Microsoft Word and is able to be edited and modified.

Keep your eye out for further yearly planners coming to our store soon!