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Year level F-2 Design and currency Parents Currency Mathematics English
Students practice identifying and matching Australian coins and notes.
This digiactivity has been designed to be used in the classroom either as stand-alone or for use with the related unit of work or digibook resource.
It is intended primarily as a student-directed activity with students working on computers, tablets or interactive whiteboards.
Curriculum alignment
Foundation Year
Learning area: Mathematics
Content descriptions
Strand: Number and algebra
- Sub-strand: Number and place value
- Connect number names, numerals and quantities, including zero, initially up to 10 and then beyond (ACMNA002)
- Sub-strand: Patterns and algebra
- Sort and classify familiar objects and explain the basis for these classifications. Copy, continue and create patterns with objects and drawings (ACMNA005)
Learning area: English
Content descriptions
Strand: Language
- Sub-strand: Text, structure and organisation
- Understand concepts about print and screen, including how books, film and simple digital texts work, and know some features of print, for example directionality (ACELA1433)
- Sub-strand: Phonics and knowledge
- Know how to read and write some high-frequency words and other familiar words (ACELA1817)
Year 1
Learning area: Mathematics
Content descriptions
Strand: Number and algebra
- Sub-strand: Number and place value
- Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of strategies including counting on, partitioning and rearranging parts (ACMNA015)
- Sub-strand: Money and financial mathematics
- Recognise, describe and order Australian coins according to their value (ACMNA017)
Learning area: English
Content descriptions
Strand: Language
- Sub-strand: Text, structure and organisation
- Understand concepts about print and screen, including how different types of texts are organised using page numbering, tables of content, headings and titles, navigation buttons, bars and links (ACELA1450)
- Sub-strand: Phonics and knowledge
- Use visual memory to read and write high-frequency words (ACELA1821)
Year 2
Learning area: Mathematics
Content descriptions
Strand: Number and algebra
- Sub-strand: Number and place value
- Solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written strategies (ACMNA030)
- Sub-strand: Money and financial mathematics
- Count and order small collections of Australian coins and notes according to their value (ACMNA034)
General capabilities
Level 1: Typically, by the end of Foundation year, students:
- Literacy:
- listen and respond to brief questions and one and two step instructions, listen for information in simple spoken texts and respond to audio texts and texts read aloud
- Numeracy
- connect and order number names, numerals and groups of objects using numbers up to two digits
- recognise the different value of coins and notes in the Australian monetary system
- ICT:
- identify and safely operate ICT systems to complete relevant simple specified tasks and seek help when encountering a problem
Level 2: Typically, by the end of Year 2, students:
- Literacy
- listen to two or more step instructions for undertaking learning tasks, listen for information about topics being learned in spoken and audio texts and respond to texts read aloud
- Numeracy
- estimate the solution to a problem and then calculate the answer
- identify and use combinations of coins and notes for simple purchases
- ICT
- identify and safely operate a selected range of appropriate devices, software, functions and commands when operating an ICT system and attempt to solve a problem before seeking help