NAPLAN Test Preparation: Numeracy – Year 3

Direct Instruction

Teaching Resources

Overview

The NAPLAN Year 3 Numeracy program is a program for Year 3 students. It aligns to the Australian Curriculum Mathematics Strand:

  • Recognise, model, represent and order numbers to at least 10,000. (ACMNA052)
  • Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least tens of thousands. (ACMNA072)
  • Model and represent unit fractions including 1/2, 1/4, 1/3, 1/5 and their multiples to a complete whole. (ACMNA058)
  • Apply place value to partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to at least 10,000 to assist calculations and solve problems. (ACMNA053)
  • Represent and solve problems involving multiplication using efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies. (ACMNA057)
  • Represent and solve problems involving multiplication using efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies. (ACMNA057)
  • Explore the connection between addition and subtraction. (ACMNA029)
  • Recognise and explain the connection between addition and subtraction. (ACMNA054)
  • Recall addition facts for single-digit numbers and related subtraction facts to develop increasingly efficient mental strategies for computation. (ACMNA055)
  • Recall multiplication facts of two, three, five and ten and related division facts. (ACMNA056)
  • Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity. (ACMMG061)
  • Represent money values in multiple ways and count the change required for simple transactions to the nearest five cents. (ACMNA059)
  • Make models of three-dimensional objects and describe key features. (ACMMG063)
  • Describe the features of three-dimensional objects. (ACMMG043)
  • Create and interpret simple grid maps to show position and pathways. (ACMMG065)
  • Collect data, organise into categories and create displays using lists, tables, picture graphs and simple column graphs, with and without the use of digital technologies. (ACMSP069)
  • Interpret and compare data displays. (ACMSP070)
  • Identify questions or issues for categorical variables. Identify data sources and plan methods of data collection and recording. (ACMSP068)
  • Conduct chance experiments, identify and describe possible outcomes and recognise variation in result. (ACMSP067)
Learning Objectives

In Lessons 1 to 40, students learn about:

  • Place Value: 5 and 6-Digit Numbers 1–14
  • Money: Value of Groups/Bills and Coins 1–2
  • Place Value: Number Comparisons 1–3
  • Fraction Analysis 1–7, 25–26
  • Number Patterns/Lines 5–16, 20–21
  • Division Sign and Word Problems 7–9
  • Vocabulary: Product, Sum, Difference 10–14
  • Tables 11–20
  • Bar Graphs 15–23
  • Polygons 15–18
  • Comparison of Perimeters 17–20
  • Probability 19–23
  • Faces, Vertices, Edges 21–31
  • Multi-Step Word Problems 22–25, 29–31, 36–38
  • Place Value Grids 24–29
  • Picture Graphs 24–32
  • Circular Thermometer 27–28
  • Fraction Number Lines 30–38
  • Area: Full Unit/Half Unit 31–37
  • Congruence 32–35
  • Pattern of Shapes 37–40
  • Symmetry 38–40
  • Measuring to the Nearest Centimetre.
Success Criteria
  • Understand Place Value of numbers up to six digits.
  • Calculate with money.
  • Understand fractions.
  • Interpret, create and analyse graphs.
  • Solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems.
  • Identify polygons, patterns and symmetry of shapes.
  • Measure to the nearest centimetre.
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