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Curriculum Alignment

Teacher-only planning companion for Probability Basics: Chance in Everyday Aotearoa. Use this to keep early probability work grounded in equally likely outcomes and everyday mathematical language rather than guesswork.

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Useful alignment lenses
Phase 2
Primary fit
Years 4-6
Most useful teaching range

Teacher-only planning note

Early probability needs concrete events and repeated language. Keep returning to the idea that probability makes the most sense when the possible outcomes are known and equally likely, such as fair coins, fair dice, or clearly structured spinners. In te ao Māori, observation of taiao also matters, so chance talk should stay connected to careful noticing rather than vague guessing.

Strong fit

Phase 2 Statistics practices include the language of chance, uncertainty, chance-based investigation, equally likely outcomes, and events.

How this handout aligns

The worksheet deliberately foregrounds the words impossible, unlikely, even chance, likely, and certain before moving into simple fraction forms. That sequencing helps younger learners connect language with structure.

MATHEMATICS-a56f85ed51 Chance language Equally likely outcomes

This is the clearest primary curriculum row for the resource.

Phase 3 bridge

Later statistics work expects students to compare estimated, experimental, and theoretical probability, including complementary events.

How to extend the resource

Use this handout as the foundation. Once students can describe simple events confidently, move them into the paired extension resource on experimental and theoretical chance.

MATHEMATICS-75cd487559 Bridge to extension

Useful when planning progression across several lessons rather than one isolated worksheet.

How to use this resource well

Start with talk and concrete equipment if possible. Ask students to justify why an event is impossible or likely before asking for fractions. That preserves the conceptual meaning of probability.

Open student resource Open advanced probability follow-through