This comprehensive unit plan helps Year 4 students develop essential decimal skills, including recognising, representing, comparing, ordering, and renaming decimals to tenths and hundredths. Aligned with the Australian Curriculum, this Maths unit incorporates engaging lessons, practical activities, and a targeted assessment. Through hands-on learning and structured practice, students will improve their understanding of decimals and their application in real-world contexts such as money and measurements.

Included Resources:

1. Detailed Lesson Plans: Five lesson plans and one assessment lesson, each structured with introductions, development activities, conclusions and focus questions to guide effective teaching.
2. Worksheets: A set of 3 sequential worksheets for each of the five lessons, designed to reinforce key concepts and provide opportunities for practice.
3. Hands-On Activities: One engaging activity per lesson to make learning interactive and collaborative.
4. Exit Tickets: Quick assessments for each lesson to check understanding and identify areas for revision.
5. Summative Assessment: A final assessment task with a detailed rubric to evaluate student performance and identify progress in understanding and applying decimal knowledge.

Additional Tips:

1. Reinforce Place Value: Emphasise the importance of place value when comparing or ordering decimals by regularly referring to the tenths and hundredths columns during lessons.
2. Encourage Mathematical Language: Prompt students to explain their reasoning using appropriate decimal terminology, such as tenths and hundredths.
3. Provide Visual Support: Use visual aids, such as place value charts, number lines, bar models and hundreds grids, to help students better grasp the concept of tenths and hundredths.

Extension Ideas:

1. Decimal Context Challenge: Have students find examples of decimals in real life, such as prices in a supermarket, distances, or measurements. Ask them to compare these decimals and explain their findings using correct terminology.
2. Create Decimal Problems: Encourage students to create their own decimal problems, such as matching decimals with how they are said aloud or writing real-world word problems involving money and measurements. Let students swap and solve each other's problems.

This unit plan equips teachers with all the tools they need to deliver engaging, curriculum-aligned decimal lessons, helping students confidently understand and apply decimals in a range of contexts!