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The following examples of student work illustrate achievement at the mathematics standard for years 3 and 4.
 
 
 

The task used in this illustration was part of a year 3–4 social sciences unit on how people cope in natural disasters. After listening to podcasts of children’s stories about the Christchurch earthquakes, one student asked: “What would happen if we had an earthquake and had to stay at school?”

After class discussion, the teacher set the following task on what supplies would be needed if everyone had to stay at school in an emergency.

The task relates to achievement objectives for Statistics from the mathematics and statistics learning area in The New Zealand Curriculum.

The Task

Are We Ready?

Work in small groups to:

  1. brainstorm what emergency supplies the school should have in case everyone has to stay overnight
  2. check to see if these things are in the school
  3. display the results of your investigation and be ready to explain them to the class.

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Are you a data detective?

Some features of students’ work used to make judgments in relation to the mathematics standard are described below. 

Are We ready?: Illustrating the year 3 standard
Are We Ready?: Illustrating the year 4 standard

PDF of this task and Illustrations of the year 3 and 4 standards (1.35MB)