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’