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Peter Sullivan

Learning Sequences and Planning Prompts

We have released the first series on Place Value to help you decide if these videos meet your schools needs. These videos aim to improve teacher knowledge of:

the mathematics curriculum

how children learn mathematics

the key growth points in mathematics

We are releasing 60 videos from Peter Sullivan in Term 4, 2025. With 20 more coming each term in 2026. Thats a total of 140 new mathematics videos from Peter over the next 18 months.

The next two topics topics to be released in early term 4 are:

  1. The four stages of learning length

  2. Intuitive approaches to teaching addition and subtraction

Each series will include ten videos covering the key learning stages of each topic from F to 6 with lots of ideas and planning prompts for teachers. These videos provide teachers the skills and knowledge they need to be a confident mathematics teacher.

1. Learning Place Values Representing Numbers (levels 1 and 2)

There are many ways of representing numbers and it is the way they convey the same concept that is the focus.

2. Patterns in the hundreds chart (levels 1 and 2)

There are vertical patterns and horizontal patterns in the hundreds chart that help students with the power of place value.

3. Partitioning and regrouping (levels 2 and 3)

One effective strategy for adding and subtracting is to partition one of the numbers so that it can be bridged to the decade.

4. Scaled number lines (levels 2, 3 and 4)

Scaled number lines are powerful ways of representing patterns and relationships.

5. Ordering numbers (levels 2, 3 and 4)

Recognising, comparing and ordering numbers are important, especially when there are zeros.

6. Representing decimals (levels 4, 5 and 6)

There are many ways of representing decimal numbers and it is the ways they convey the same concept that is the focus.

7. Partitioning and regrouping decimals (levels 4, 5 and 6)

The focus is on partitioning units into tenths, tenths into hundredths.

8. Ordering decimals (levels 4, 5 and 6)

A key aspect of decimal place value is that comparing and ordering numbers is different from whole numbers.

9. Rounding decimals (levels 4, 5 and 6)

Especially when using electronic devices, the result has many decimal places and converting those to meaningful numbers is important.

10. Decimal sequences (levels 4, 5 and 6)

Number sequences involving decimals help students see patterns and relationships.

TEaching Maths

Rob Vingerhoets

  1. Watch the Video

  2. Click the image below to download the activity sheet

  3. Teach the lesson

Place Value Activity

Text outlining a math activity titled "Four Move Wipe Out" where students use four moves to reduce a starting number selected by the teacher to zero, with bonus points for effective strategies.

Subtraction Activity

Math activity worksheet featuring addition and subtraction tasks with sections for estimating and calculating actual totals, alongside a "Key Words" box.

CHANCE Activity

Math activity titled 'Design Your Own Dice' describing probabilities for Dice One: 1 appears 50% of the time, 3 appears 1/3 of the time, 5 appears 0.17 of the time.

Multiplication Activity

Text titled "The Chocolate Bar" with a challenge about arranging 48 square pieces of a chocolate bar in different ways.

Capacity Activity

Math activity worksheet titled 'The Big Four' with sections for 'Topic:', 'Key Words', and 'What is it?'.

Rob has over 250 of these Maths Activities and downloadables on T2L TV.