Multi-age K–2, mathematics, Year B – Unit 08

This sample multi-age unit explores the big idea that 'what needs to be measured determines the unit of measurement'.

Syllabus

Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from the 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.

Students are provided with opportunities to:

  • explore transformation
  • explore measurement
  • use uniform units.

Syllabus focus and content groups

Representing whole numbers – 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

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-01

Copy, continue and create patterns

Geometric measure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-GM-01

  • Length: Use direct and indirect comparisons to decide which is longer
  • Length: Create half a length

Two-dimensional spatial structure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-2DS-01, MAE-2DS-02

  • 2D shapes: Represent shapes
  • Area: Identify and compare area

Three-dimensional spatial structure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-3DS-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, MAE-NSM-02

  • Time: Compare and order the duration of events using the language of time
  • Time: Tell time on the hour on analog and digital clocks

Representing whole numbers – MAO-WM-01, MA1-RWN-01, MA1-RWN-02

  • Part A – Use counting sequences of ones with two-digit numbers and beyond
  • Part A – Continue and create number patterns
  • Part A – Represent numbers on a line
  • Part A – Represent the structure of groups of ten in whole numbers
  • Part B – Use counting sequences of ones and tens flexibly
  • Part B – Form, regroup, and rename three-digit numbers

Combining and separating quantities – MAO-WM-01, MA1-CSQ-01

  • Part A – Use advanced count-by-one strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems
  • Part A – Recognise and recall number bonds up to 10

Forming groups – MAO-WM-01, MA1-FG-01

  • Part A – Count in multiples using rhythmic and skip counting
  • Part A – Recognise and represent division
  • Part B – Represent and explain multiplication as the combining of equal groups
  • Part B – Model doubling and halving with fractions

Geometric measure – MAO-WM-01, MA1-GM-01, MA1-GM-02, MA1-GM-03

  • Part A – Length: Measure the lengths of objects using uniform informal units
  • Part A – Length: Compare lengths using uniform informal units
  • Part A – Length: Subdivide lengths to find halves and quarters
  • Part B – Length: Compare and order lengths, using appropriate uniform informal units

Two-dimensional spatial structure – MAO-WM-01, MA1-2DS-01, MA1-2DS-02

  • Part A – 2D shapes: Transform shapes with slides and reflections
  • Part A – Area: Measure areas using uniform informal units
  • Part B – 2D shapes: Identify and describe the orientation of shapes using quarter turns
  • Part B – Area: Compare rectangular areas using uniform square units of an appropriate size in rows and columns

Three-dimensional spatial structure – MAO-WM-01, MA1-3DS-01, MA1-3DS-02

  • Part A – Volume: Measure and compare the internal volumes (capacities) of containers by filling
  • Part A – Volume: Measure the internal volume (capacity) of containers by packing
  • Part A – Volume: Construct volumes using cubes
  • Part B – Volume: Compare containers based on internal volume (capacity) by filling and packing
  • Part B – Volume: Compare volumes using uniform informal units

Non-spatial measure – MAO-WM-01, MA1-NSM-01, MA1-NSM-02

  • Part A – Time: Tell time to the half-hour
  • Part B – Time: Describe duration using units of time
  • Part B – Time: Tell time to the quarter-hour using the language of ‘past’ and ‘to’

Category:

  • Combining and separating quantities
  • Forming groups
  • Geometric measure
  • K-2
  • Mathematics (2022)
  • Non-spatial measure
  • Representing whole numbers
  • Three-dimensional spatial structure
  • Two-dimensional spatial structure
  • Unit

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  • Curriculum and Reform
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