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

Category:

  • Early Stage 1
  • Geometric measure
  • Mathematics (2022)
  • Non-spatial measure
  • Representing whole numbers
  • Three-dimensional spatial structure
  • Two-dimensional spatial structure
  • Unit

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