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Visual, interactive mathematics teaching resources that combine concept unpacking and ready-to-teach instruction in one powerful teaching tool.

Maths Lesson Launchers are part of the Lesson Launchers collection within Teach Screen.

Designed for use on interactive whiteboards, projectors and classroom displays, Maths Lesson Launchers help teachers teach mathematical concepts through modelling, discussion, reasoning and guided practice.

More than a lesson plan and more than a set of teaching slides, Maths Lesson Launchers combine both. Each resource unpacks a mathematical concept into the key understandings, vocabulary, learning steps and teaching points required for deep understanding, while also providing the visual teaching slides needed to deliver the learning.

The result is a practical, ready-to-teach resource that saves teachers time, supports high-quality instruction and helps students build meaningful mathematical understanding.

Why We Created Maths Lesson Launchers

Teachers do not need more activities.

They need resources that help them understand what to teach, how concepts develop and how to guide students towards deep understanding.

Many curriculum outcomes contain multiple concepts, skills and understandings hidden within a single statement. Identifying those teaching points, sequencing them logically and designing lessons around them can be one of the most time-consuming parts of planning.

Maths Lesson Launchers were created to do that work for teachers.

Each Lesson Launcher carefully unpacks a concept into the smaller learning steps students need to master before they can demonstrate full understanding. Teachers are provided with both the conceptual progression and the visual teaching resource needed to deliver it.

This means less time planning, more confidence when teaching and greater clarity about where students are succeeding or experiencing difficulty.

What’s Included?

While each Maths Lesson Launcher focuses on a different mathematical concept, many resources include:

• Teacher Information and Learning Progression Overview
• Curriculum-aligned concept unpacking
• Structured teaching sequence
• Explicit teaching slides
• Focus concepts broken into manageable learning steps
• Student-friendly learning intentions
• Success criteria and “I Can” statements
• Guided discussion and reasoning opportunities
• Whole-class questioning prompts
• Visual representations that support understanding
• Opportunities to check for understanding
• Planning support for lessons, centres and follow-up activities

Each Lesson Launcher is designed to provide both the teaching roadmap and the teaching resource, helping teachers move confidently from planning to instruction.

Why Maths Lesson Launchers Are Different

Maths Lesson Launchers are more than a collection of teaching slides.

Each resource unpacks a mathematical concept into the key understandings, skills and learning steps students need to develop deep conceptual understanding.

Rather than simply providing activities, Maths Lesson Launchers break learning into manageable teaching points, helping teachers understand what needs to be taught, why it matters and how concepts develop over time.

Each Lesson Launcher is designed to:

• Unpack curriculum outcomes into teachable concepts
• Break learning into logical teaching steps
• Build conceptual understanding before procedural practice
• Highlight important mathematical language and vocabulary
• Support discussion, reasoning and mathematical thinking
• Make learning visible through modelling and visual representations
• Guide students from early understandings towards deeper conceptual understanding

The structured progression also helps teachers identify exactly where students may be experiencing difficulty. Because concepts are broken into smaller learning steps, teachers can easily revisit a specific stage of the learning with individual students, small groups or intervention groups without reteaching the entire concept.

This depth provides valuable insight into student understanding and helps teachers respond to learning needs with greater precision and confidence.

The result is a clear teaching pathway that moves beyond surface-level coverage and supports meaningful mathematical learning for all students.

How Maths Lesson Launchers Work

Maths Lesson Launchers are designed to support explicit teaching through a clear, discussion-rich sequence that develops understanding over time.

Across the slides, teachers are supported to:

• Introduce key mathematical concepts and vocabulary
• Connect learning to familiar experiences and prior knowledge
• Model mathematical thinking and reasoning
• Guide students to notice, discuss and explain ideas
• Use visual representations to support understanding
• Encourage mathematical language and discussion
• Check understanding through questioning and prompts
• Transition into independent practice, centres or follow-up learning

Rather than rushing students into completing activities, Maths Lesson Launchers prioritise understanding first. Students are encouraged to explain their thinking, discuss mathematical ideas and develop confidence before working independently.

The flexible structure allows teachers to teach concepts in a single lesson, revisit sections as needed or spread the learning across multiple sessions.

Curriculum Alignment

Maths Lesson Launchers are designed to align with the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics v9 and support the development of key mathematical concepts through explicit instruction, discussion and guided practice.

Each resource focuses on helping students develop conceptual understanding, mathematical language and confidence while progressing towards curriculum expectations.

Perfect For

• Explicit mathematics teaching
• Whole-class instruction
• Interactive whiteboard lessons
• Small-group teaching
• Intervention groups
• Guided practice
• Concept development
• Revisiting misconceptions
• Differentiation and targeted support
• Building mathematical reasoning

Explore Maths Lesson Launchers

Whether you’re introducing a new concept, revisiting prior learning, supporting intervention groups or building deeper understanding, Maths Lesson Launchers provide both the conceptual roadmap and the teaching resource needed to teach with confidence.

Browse the growing collection of visual, interactive mathematics teaching resources designed to make mathematical learning visible, engaging and meaningful.

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Part of the Teach Screen Collection

Maths Lesson Launchers are part of the Lesson Launchers collection within Teach Screen.

Explore Lesson Launchers, Daily 5 Lift Off Maths and Teach Screen Resources for more ready-to-use digital teaching tools designed to save time and support meaningful classroom learning.