3–6 multi-age, Year A – Unit 8

This 2-week, Year A unit develops the big idea that visual representations help us understand aspects of our world (chance and position).

Students are provided opportunities to:

use directional language to interpret and locate positions on a grid map while describing routes between points (Stage 2)
predict and describe possible outcomes from chance experiments (Stage 2)
compare different position systems, including Cartesian coordinates, to define precise points on a coordinate plane (Stage 3)
understand that probability can be represented numerically between zero to one (Stage 3)
present probability outcomes and create random generators (Stage 3)
use visualisation, language and multiple representations of position and chance concepts (Stage 2 and Stage 3).

Syllabus

Syllabus outcomes Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.

Stage 2 – outcomes and content groups

Partitioned fractions A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-PF-01

Create fractional parts of a length using techniques other than repeated halving
Model and represent unit fractions, and their multiples, to a complete whole on a number line

Geometric measure A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-GM-01

Position: Interpret movement on a map
Position: Locate positions on grid maps

Geometric measure B – MAO-WM-01, MA2-GM-01

Position: Create and interpret grid maps
Position: Use directional language and describe routes with grid maps

Chance A – MAO-WM-01, MA2-CHAN-01

Identify possible outcomes from chance experiments

Chance B – MAO-WM-01, MA2-CHAN-01

Describe the likelihood of outcomes of chance events

Stage 3 – outcomes and content groups

Represents quantity fractions A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-RQF-01

Recognise the role of the number 1 as representing the whole
Compare and order common unit fractions
Solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions with the same denominator

Represents quantity fractions B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-RQF-01

Compare common fractions with related denominators
Build up to the whole from a given fractional part

Geometric measure A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-GM-01

Position: Explore the Cartesian coordinate system

Geometric measure B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-GM-01

Position: Use the 4 quadrants of the coordinate plane

Chance A – MAO-WM-01, MA3-CHAN-01

List outcomes of chance experiments involving equally likely outcomes and represent probabilities

Chance B – MAO-WM-01, MA3-CHAN-01

Compare observed frequencies of outcomes with expected results
Create random generators and describe probabilities using fractions
Conduct chance experiments with both small and large numbers of trials

Resource

Mathematics 3–6 multi-age Year A Unit 8 (DOCX 15226 KB)

Stage 2 – Year A – Unit 8

Stage 2 – This 2-week Year A unit is designed for introduction to the big idea that visual representations help understand aspects of our world for chance and position.

Stage 3 – Year A – Unit 8

Stage 3 – This 2-week, Year A unit develops the big idea that visual representations help us understand aspects of our world (chance and position).

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