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Day 186 · A numeral must match the objectsFoundation Maths · T4 W37–38 · Day 186 lesson

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Foundation / Mathematics / Term 4 / Weeks 37 38

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Target/codes: recount and represent a fourteen-object collection, compare its count with a separate “15” claim and explain a correction or confirmation; AC9MFN01, AC9MFN03. Prepare: P186 and first/check/now mat.

  1. Notice · 3 min. Show fourteen broad drawn boxes and a separate claim card reading 15. Ask “How could we find out whether the numeral matches this set?”
  2. Model · 4 min. Move the first two boxes into a counted row, touching each once and saying one, two. Stop before the answer.
  3. Guide · 5 min. Child counts all fourteen, then makes a second check by pairing each box with a new mark or grouping as ten and four.
  4. Independent route · 7 min. Day 186 A/B/C represent 14 with objects/marks/numeral, compare it with 15, and explain that the card is one too high. Adult can write the child's chosen numeral.
  5. Evidence check · 4 min. Ask which changed: the objects or the claim? The set stayed fourteen; the claim was revised. If the first child answer was already fourteen, say “confirmed after checking” rather than inventing a mind change.
  6. Exit · 2 min. Child shows one-to-one tracking. If the recount drifts, use a DONE line and check five objects at a time with a new case.