The following maps Paying It Forward, Year 5 and Year 6, Topic 5: Savings and superannuation to the Australian curriculum.
Mapping for topic 5 Year 5
English
Text structure and organisation
- Understand that the starting point of a sentence gives prominence to the message in the text and allows for prediction of how the text will unfold (ACELA1505) – activity 6
Expressing and developing ideas
- Understand the difference between main and subordinate clauses and that a complex sentence involves at least one subordinate clause (ACELA1507) – activity 6
- Understand how noun groups/phrases and adjective groups/ phrases can be expanded in a variety of ways to provide a fuller description of the person, place, thing or idea (ACELA1508) – activity 6
- Understand the use of vocabulary to express greater precision of meaning, and know that words can have different meanings in different contexts (ACELA1512) – activity 6
Interacting with others
- Clarify understanding of content as it unfolds in formal and informal situations, connecting ideas to students’ own experiences and present and justify a point of view (ACELY1699) - activities 1, 5
- Use interaction skills, for example paraphrasing, questioning and interpreting nonverbal cues and choose vocabulary and vocal effects appropriate for different audiences and purposes (ACELY1796) - activities 4, 6
- Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations for defined audiences and purposes incorporating accurate and sequenced content and multimodal elements (ACELY1700) - activities 6, 7
Creating texts
- Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive print and multimodal texts, choosing text structures, language features, images and sound appropriate to purpose and audience (ACELY1704) – activity 6
- Re-read and edit student’s own and others’ work using agreed criteria for text structures and language features (ACELY1705) – activity 6
Mathematics
- Use estimation and rounding to check the reasonableness of answers to calculations (ACMNA099) – activity 3
- Use efficient mental and written strategies and apply appropriate digital technologies to solve problems (ACMNA291) - activities 2, 3, 4
- Solve problems involving multiplication of large numbers by one- or two-digit numbers using efficient mental, written strategies and appropriate digital technologies (ACMNA100) – activity 4
- Create simple financial plans (ACMNA106) – activity 2
HASS
Inquiry and skills
- Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary and secondary sources (ACHASSI095) – activity 5
- Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and phenomena in the past and present (ACHASSI099) - activities 1, 4
- Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges (ACHASSI102) – activity 4
- Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others (ACHASSI103) – activity 4
- Reflect on learning to propose personal and/or collective action in response to an issue or challenge, and predict the probable effects (ACHASSI104) – activity 4
Economics and business
- The difference between needs and wants and why choices need to be made about how limited resources are used (ACHASSK119) - activities 3, 4, 5
- Influences on consumer choices and methods that can be used to help make informed personal consumer and financial choices (ACHASSK121) - activities 1, 2, 4
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Mapping for topic 5 Year 6
English
Text structure and organisation
- Understand that cohesive links can be made in texts by omitting or replacing words (ACELA1520) – activity 6
Expressing and developing ideas
- Investigate how complex sentences can be used in a variety of ways to elaborate, extend and explain ideas (ACELA1522) – activity 6
- Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups/ phrases (ACELA1523) – activity 6
- Investigate how vocabulary choices, including evaluative language can express shades of meaning, feeling and opinion (ACELA1525) – activity 6
Interacting with others
- Participate in and contribute to discussions, clarifying and interrogating ideas, developing and supporting arguments, sharing and evaluating information, experiences and opinions (ACELY1709) - activities 1, 5
- Use interaction skills, varying conventions of spoken interactions such as voice volume, tone, pitch and pace, according to group size, formality of interaction and needs and expertise of the audience (ACELY1816) - activities 4, 6
- Plan, rehearse and deliver presentations, selecting and sequencing appropriate content and multimodal elements for defined audiences and purposes, making appropriate choices for modality and emphasis (ACELY1710) - activities 6, 7
Creating texts
- Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts, choosing and experimenting with text structures, language features, images and digital resources appropriate to purpose and audience (ACELY1714) – activity 6
- Re-read and edit students’ own and others’ work using agreed criteria and explaining editing choices (ACELY1715) – activity 6
Mathematics
- Select and apply efficient mental and written strategies and appropriate digital technologies to solve problems involving all four operations with whole numbers (ACMNA123) - activities 4, 5
- Make connections between equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages (ACMNA131) - activities 4, 5
- Explore the use of brackets and order of operations to write number sentences (ACMNA134) - activities 4, 5
HASS
Inquiry and skills
- Locate and collect relevant information and data from primary and secondary sources (ACHASSI123) – activity 5
- Examine different viewpoints on actions, events, issues and phenomena in the past and present (ACHASSI127) - activities 1, 4
- Work in groups to generate responses to issues and challenges (ACHASSI130) – activity 4
- Use criteria to make decisions and judgements and consider advantages and disadvantages of preferring one decision over others (ACHASSI131) – activity 4
- Reflect on learning to propose personal and/or collective action in response to an issue or challenge, and predict the probable effects (ACHASSI132) – activity 4
Economics and business
- How the concept of opportunity cost involves choices about the alternative use of resources and the need to consider trade-offs (ACHASSK149) - activities 2, 3, 4, 5
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Mapping for topic 5 Year 5 and 6
Health and Physical Education
- Participate positively in groups and teams by encouraging others and negotiating roles and responsibilities (ACPMP067) - activities 4, 6, 7
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General capabilities for mapping topic 5
Literacy
Comprehending texts through listening, reading, and viewing element
- 1.1 Comprehend texts – activity 5
- 1.2 Navigate, read and view learning area texts – activities 5, 6
- 1.3 Listen and respond to learning area texts – activities 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
- 1.4 Interpret and analyse learning area texts – activities 5, 6
Composing texts through listening, reading, and viewing element
- 2.1 Compose texts – activity 6
- 2.2 Compose spoken, written, visual and multimodal learning area texts – activity 6
- 2.3 Use language to interact with others – activities 1, 3, 4, 6
- 2.4 Deliver presentations – activity 7
Text knowledge element
- 3.1 Use knowledge of text structures – activity 6
- 3.2 Use knowledge of text cohesion – activity 6
Grammar knowledge element
- 4.1 Use knowledge of sentence structures – activity 6
- 4.2 Use knowledge of words and word groups – activity 6
- 4.3 Express opinion and point of view – activity 6
Word knowledge element
- 5.1 Understand learning area vocabulary – activity 6
- 5.2 Use spelling knowledge – activity 6
Numeracy
Estimating and calculating with whole numbers element
- 1.1 Understand and use numbers in context – activities 3, 4, 5
- 1.2 Estimate and calculate – activities 3, 4, 5
- 1.3 Use money – activities 3, 5
Using fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios and rates element
- 3.1 Interpret proportional reasoning – activity 4
- 3.2 Apply proportional reasoning – activity 4
Information and Communication Technology Capability (ICT)
Investigating with ICT element
- 2.1 Define and plan information searches – activity 6
- 2.2 Locate, generate and access data and information – activity 6
- 2.3 Select and evaluate data and information – activity 6
Creating with ICT element
- 3.2 Generate solutions to challenges and learning area tasks – activity 7
- 5.1 Select and use hardware and software – activities 6, 7
Critical and creative thinking
Reflecting on thinking and processes element
- 3.1 Think about thinking (metacognition) – activity 3
- 3.2 Reflect on processes – activity 3
Analysing, synthesising and evaluating reasoning and procedures element
- 4.1 Apply logic and reasoning – activity 4
- 4.2 Draw conclusions and design a course of action – activities 3, 4
- 4.3 Evaluate procedures and outcomes – activity 4
Personal and social capability
Self-management element
- 2.2 Develop self-discipline and set goals – activity 2
Social awareness element
- 3.2 Contribute to civil society – activity 6
Social management element
- 4.1 Communicate effectively – activity 6
- 4.2 Work collaboratively – activity 6
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