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Unit Overview
Grade/year level:
Grade 4
AusVELS level 4
Reasoning- Justify and explain how the decimal fraction/s was/were interpreted, in
order to represent.
Rationale:
It is important for students to learn about decimals, as this concept is one which is
evidently applied and used in everyday life (Michaelidou, Gagatsis, & Pitta-Pantazi,
2004). Students need conceptual understanding of this topic, to be able to
competently interpret decimals in a variety of everyday contexts (Stacey & Steinle,
1999).
Overview of assessment:
Most of the assessment which will be undertaken is formative assessment. This
includes; photographs of students work to analyse and evaluate their learning
process. Furthermore, the teacher will also assess by listening to discussions and
carefully observe how students work, recording responses to some key probing
questions, particularly those that require justification and explanation.
Work samples will also be collected, particularly to assess whether students can
convert fractions to decimals. Furthermore, a work sample of conjectures that
students make in session four, will be collected, to observe whether students hold
any misconceptions.