1. Semester Two Lecture Seven – Topic Planning Lecturer – Peter Sellings
EDFGC5714 – Mathematics, Numeracy and Learner Engagement B
Semester Two
Lecture Seven – Topic Planning
Lecturer – Peter Sellings

2. Technology Evaluation Task
Tell us about your progress in the last week.
What maths software, app or website are you intending to review?

3. Learning Intent: Explore how topics in mathematics could be planned.
Examine the important information that needs to considered when topic planning.

4. Success Criteria:
Suggest ways that topic planning can be implemented in mathematics.
Discuss the important information that must be considered when topic planning.

5. Topic Planning.
There are many considerations when planning a topic in maths. These could include:
Topic or Theme
Key concepts
Prior knowledge
Victorian Curriculum F-10 levels
Learning styles
Assessment

6. Topic Planning.
Topic or Theme: Ideally this would link in with other work that you are doing in your classroom. For example:
Maths & the Olympics
Gold
Australian Animals
Mini-beasts
Dinosaurs
Australia’s past
Space
Healthy foods

7. Topic Planning.
Key concepts: Ideally, for the chosen theme, you are able to identify 3-4 key concepts or ideas. For example for the theme Maths & the Olympics, we might decide that the key concepts we wish to choose are:
Addition & Subtraction of decimals
Multiplication of decimals
The calculation of an average
Diving as an Olympic sport could be used as one activity to study these key concepts.

8. Topic Planning.
Prior knowledge: How are we going to determine what prior knowledge students have. This could be through a brief piece of work or it could be determined through recent testing.
Victorian Curriculum levels & statements: What Victorian Curriculum standards will be covered through the topic of work. These should be both in the discipline area of Mathematics and through general capabilities. It is important that these Victorian Curriculum standards are covered through some type of assessment.

9. Topic Planning.
Look at the example of topic planning. Note how it is organised so that any teacher could use it as the basis of a topic. This document contains examples of activities as well as leaving some skill development lessons that could be used in different ways depending on the skills that the students have demonstrated in activity one.

10. Topic Planning.
Learning Styles: As teachers, we should all know our students and how they learn best. This does not mean that we always give them work in their preferred learning style, but it does mean that we should give them some choices about how they learn and expose them to a wide variety of activities in various learning styles.

11. Topic Planning.
Assessment: As teachers, we must assess students appropriately and accurately so that we know where they are at and what the next appropriate level of learning is for these students.

12. Topic Planning.
Let’s consider the theme of Australian coins for a 1&2 composite class. In pairs, develop information on the following:
Key concepts
Prior knowledge
Learning styles
Assessment
Victorian Curriculum F-10 statements:
Recognise, describe and order Australian coins according to their value.
Count and order small collections of Australian coins and notes according to
their value.

13. Topic Planning.
Currently you are studying the theme of space in your Grade 3 & 4 class. In pairs, Develop a plan that includes:
Key concepts
Victorian Curriculum F-10 statements
Context
Ideas for activities.

14. Success Criteria: Can You?
Suggest ways that topic planning can be implemented in mathematics?
Explain the important features of a mathematics topic plan.