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Teach students to apply decimal addition and subtraction to real measurement problems with this complete teaching bundle. Students use Paris 2024 Olympic results, world records and school records to decide whether to add or subtract, choose a mental, written or calculator strategy and give answers with units.

Combining a lesson plan, a 46-slide editable teacher presentation, three differentiated student activities, an exit ticket with interpretation guide and a hands-on classroom athletics carnival, this curriculum-aligned bundle provides everything you need to teach the lesson from start to finish.

Built around the I Do, We Do, You Do model, students move from explicit teacher modelling to guided practice and independent application. They convert measurements between metres, centimetres and millimetres, decide the operation from the context, solve athletics problems with aligned decimal points, check calculator answers with an estimate and write their own measurement problems.

What's included in this teaching bundle?

Teacher Slides (PowerPoint)

• 46 editable, ready-to-teach slides following the I Do, We Do, You Do structure
• Clear learning intention and success criteria
• Review of decimal measurements in metres, centimetres and millimetres
• Modelled athletics problems in three steps: choose the operation, solve, choose the most efficient strategy
• Your-turn problems with long jump, shot put, discus and javelin results
• A partner challenge and a multi-step problem
• Every question slide followed by an answer slide
• Mini whiteboard check-ins throughout

Lesson Plan and Exit Ticket (PDF)

• Complete I Do, We Do, You Do lesson plan for a 45 to 60 minute lesson
• Diagnostic, formative and summative assessment points
• Key vocabulary, teacher notes and common misconceptions
• Exit ticket (two per page) with an interpretation guide

Differentiated Student Activities (PDF)

• Activity overview to help you match each option to your students
• Three differentiated activities: Record Differences, Athletics Scoreboard and Athletic Performance Investigation
• Aligned column grids for subtracting world records and results on the supported activity
• Scoreboard questions using Olympic results, world records and school records
• Investigation tasks: test a claim, compare improvements and work backwards to an unknown result
• Answer key and marking guide for every activity

Class Recording Sheet (Excel)

• Type T, A or B and the cell colours itself: Working towards, Achieving, Working beyond
• Exit ticket results and activity evidence tabs, with numbered next teaching steps

Hands-On Activity: Decimal Record Breakers (PDF)

• Classroom athletics carnival: four station cards (standing long jump, paper-plane throw, paper-ball blow and counter flick) where students measure their own results in metres
• Personal record sheet, a class record board and Record Breaker certificates
• What you need: metre rulers, masking tape, scrap paper and counters
• Indoor option: three crack-the-code levels (hundredths, thousandths and a calculator challenge) with athletics measurement problems
• Teacher page with set-up, a model round, differentiation and misconceptions
• Answer page for every level

Ideal for upper primary classrooms, this bundle provides a structured approach to applying decimal addition and subtraction in measurement, combining explicit instruction, real athletics data, differentiated independent practice and an engaging hands-on classroom carnival.

Formats: PowerPoint, PDF and Excel

Aligned to Australian Curriculum: Apply knowledge of place value to add and subtract decimals, using digital tools where appropriate; use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers (AC9M6N04)

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