B3 Mathematics · Term 1, Week 6

Counting, Representation, Cardinality & Ordinality

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Curriculum details

Strand
Number (Strand 1)
Sub-strand
Counting, Representation, Cardinality & Ordinality (1.1)
Content standard
B3.1.1.3 - Identify negative numbers up to -10
Indicator
B3.1.1.3.1 - Describe situations using positive and negative values
Suggested placement
Term 1, Week 6 (Week 6 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference
Mathematics Curriculum for Primary Schools (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 47

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

E.g. 1. Draw a number line on the floor or any convenient place. Ask a pair to stand on the cross (centre) with their back facing. The learners then move in the opposite direction a straight line on the number line.
Have learners move on the opposite direction on the number line and name the numbers as shown:
Figure from the b3 mathematics curriculum, printed page 47
Learners also build their own number line to include -10
Figure from the b3 mathematics curriculum, printed page 47
A blank number line