STAGE 3 - MATHEMATICS – Number & Algebra
Whole Number 2
Captain Ball
Suggested Outcomes
MA3-6NA
Selects and applies appropriate strategies for multiplication and division, and
applies the order of operations to calculations involving more than one
operation.
Resources
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Ball (4 or 5)
Cones (4 or 5)
Instructions
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Teams of 2 or 3 (10 or 15 students)
Team leaders call out problem (multiplication, division, addition, counting patterns etc)
Team members answer question when they receive ball, throw ball back to captain
and sit down
Next person has a turn
Last person comes to the front and becomes captain. Previous captain goes to front of
the line.
Extension
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Leader starts with number and they do repeated addition, number patterns, counting
on or back e.g. count by 3’s
Courtesy of Tregear and Orchard Hills PS
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