Mathematics - Unit 4: The Playful Marketplace - Kindergarten/ Foundation Year/ Prep

Looking for the perfect way to consolidate a year of maths learning in a fun and authentic context? Open for business with our culminating, project-based unit, "Unit 4: The Playful Marketplace"!

This 9-week unit is the ultimate capstone for the Foundation Year, providing a rich and playful context for students to apply their skills in addition, subtraction, sharing, and more. Fully aligned with the Australian Curriculum, this resource transforms your classroom into a bustling marketplace where students take on the roles of shopkeepers and shoppers, making maths tangible, purposeful, and unforgettable.

What's Inside?

• 9 Weeks of Integrated Lesson Plans: A full term of project-based learning is ready to go! The unit covers Sorting and Counting Collections, Addition, Subtraction, Equal Sharing, Grouping, Comparing Mass, and Part-Part-Whole relationships.
• Authentic, Role-Play Activities: Your students will dive deep into their learning as they set up their own shops, conduct a "stocktake," act as shoppers adding up the total cost of items, use "money" to work out change, and pack "fair shares" of goods for customers.
• Built-In Differentiation: Easily cater to the diverse needs of your students with specific support strategies and extension tasks in every lesson, such as challenging them to buy three items or solving grouping problems with remainders.
• Seamless Summative Assessment: Effortlessly assess a year's worth of learning with formative opportunities built into every lesson. The unit culminates in the "Grand Marketplace Day," a celebratory event that serves as a powerful summative assessment of students applying their skills in a real-world context, complete with a detailed marking rubric.
• Strong Cross-Curricular & Career Links: Each lesson is rich with links to HASS (Economics), Literacy, and The Arts. It also features powerful "Early Career Education" connections, allowing students to experience being a Cashier, a Retail Manager, or a Small Business Owner.

A Complete Foundation Year Maths Solution

This resource is the culminating Unit 4 of a comprehensive 4-Unit series designed to cover the entire Foundation Year of the Australian Mathematics Curriculum. By using all four units, you can be confident that you have covered every mandatory Content Descriptor for the whole year, with no gaps in student learning.

Download "Unit 4: The Playful Marketplace" today and end your year with the most memorable maths unit your students will ever experience!