Early Stage 1, mathematics – Unit 17
Develop students' skills in determining what needs to be measured and the unit of measurement needed, in this two-week unit aimed at Kindergarten students.
Syllabus
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from 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.
In this unit – 'What needs to be measured determines the unit of measurement', students are provided opportunities to:
- use comparative language to describe length
- identify and compare the area of similar shapes using comparative language
- compare internal volume by filling and packing
- predict, identify and compare mass by hefting
- communicating their thinking to others.
Representing whole number – MAO-WM-01, MAE-RWN-01, MAE-RWN-02
- Instantly name the number of objects within small collections
- Use the counting sequence of ones flexibly
- Recognise number patterns
- Connect counting and numerals to quantities
Geometric measure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-GM-02
Length: Use direct and indirect comparisons to decide which is longer
Two-dimensional spatial structure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-2DS-02
Area: Identify and compare area
Three-dimensional spatial structure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-3DS-02
- Volume: Compare internal volume by filling and packing
- Volume: Compare volume by building
Non-spatial measure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-NSM-01
Mass: Identify and compare mass using weight