Teaching resources

reSolve teaching resources are sequences linked to the Australian curriculum content descriptors and proficiency strands of fluency, understanding, problem solving and reasoning. Sequences vary in length from a single lesson to long term investigations.

Each teaching resource is carefully designed to develop progressive understanding through tasks that encourage a spirit of inquiry.

Each resource download comes packaged with all the materials needed to deliver the sequence, including an overview, lesson plans, slideshows, student worksheets, spreadsheets etc.

Use the search bar below to filter resources by strand and year, or to search for keywords, topics, or curriculum descriptors.

Authentic Problems: Tea Party

Students plan a tea party for a small group. As they prepare, they connect number names, numerals and quantities using one-to-one correspondence.

Australian curriculum number (ACMNA001; ACMNA002; ACMNA289; ACMNA003; )

  • F
Number & Algebra

Counting: Handfuls

Students take a handful of counters, count their handful, then find ways to organise their collection to make the total easier to count.

Australian curriculum number (ACMNA001; ACMNA002; ACMNA003)

  • F
Number & Algebra

Number: One is a Snail

Students use the picture book 'One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab’ to explore how numbers can be represented in multiple ways.

Australian curriculum number (ACMNA001; ACMNA002)

  • F
Number & Algebra

Patterns in a Circle

Students explore colour patterns created with pom-poms in a circle. They look at how these patterns are similar and different.

Australian curriculum number (ACMNA005)

  • F
Number & Algebra

Patterns: Attribute Trains

Students use sets of attribute blocks to create attribute trains. This builds students' ability to recognise similarities and differences between objects.

Australian curriculum number (ACMNA005)

  • F
Statistics & Probability

Statistics: Shoes

Students create a picture graph representing the shoes they wear to school, and use the graph to answer questions and make inferences.

Australian curriculum number (ACMNA005; ACMSP011 )

  • F
Measurement & Geometry

Woolly Worms

Students devise strategies to order collections of 'worms', first using worms made from pieces of wool then using worms drawn in chalk.

Australian curriculum number (ACMMG006)

  • F

Authentic Problems: Grandma's Soup

Students estimate how many macaroni in a handful by various methods of skip counting and grouping strategies to get 100 macaroni for soup.

Australian curriculum number (ACMNA012; ACMNA013; ACMNA014)

  • Y1

Authentic Problems: Target Ball

Students use progressively more sophisticated measurement strategies to find the best ball and where to place the target to play a game.

Australian curriculum number (ACMNA013; ACMNA019; ACMSP263; ACMSP262; )

  • Y1
Number & Algebra

Addition: Partitioning

Students explore all the possible ways to partition numbers into two parts.

Australian curriculum number (ACMNA015)

  • Y1
Number & Algebra

Place Value: Number Sorting

Students sort one-, two- and three-digit numbers based on the place value of the digits in the number.

Australian curriculum number (ACMNA013)

  • Y1
Measurement & Geometry

Shape: Shadows

Students identify the two-dimensional shapes of shadows cast by three-dimensional objects.

Australian curriculum number (ACMMG022)

  • Y1