Mathematics – Early Stage 1 – Unit 10
This sample unit explores the big idea that sometimes things move and change location.
Mathematics K-2 Syllabus © 2021 NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales.
Students are provided with opportunities to:
- represent numbers in a variety of ways
- reason about the way numbers can be combined and separated
- share objects equally and put shared objects back together to form one collection
- use positional language both in a physical world context and in more abstract contexts
Syllabus focus and content group
Representing whole number – MAO-WM-01, MAE-RWN-01, MAE-RWN-02
- Instantly name the number of objects within small collections
- Recognise number patterns
- Use the counting sequence of ones flexibly
- Connect counting and numerals to quantities
Combining and separating quantities – MAO-WM-01, MAE-CSQ-01, MAE-CSQ-02
- Model additive relations and compare quantities
- Identify part–whole relationships in numbers up to 10
Forming groups – MAO-WM-01, MAE-FG-02
- Record grouping and sharing
Geometric measure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-GM-01, MAE-GM-02
- Position: Describe position and movement of oneself
- Length: Use direct and indirect comparisons to decide which is longer