Multi-age K–2, mathematics, Year B – Unit 18
This two-week unit develops student understanding of data and chance, and their interconnectedness.
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 opportunities to:
- investigate topics of interest by choosing suitable questions to collect, display and interpret relevant data
- identify misleading data (Stage 1 students)
- learn the names and order of days of the week (Early Stage 1 students)
- learn the order of seasons and months of the year and how to use a Gregorian calendar (Stage 1 students)
- use data with language to reason about possible outcomes in familiar activities (Stage 1 students).
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
Non-spatial measure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-NSM-01, MAE-NSM-02
Time: Connect days of the week to familiar events and actions
Data – MAO-WM-01, MAE-DATA-01
- Respond to questions, collect information and discuss possible outcomes of activities
- Organise objects into simple data displays and interpret the displays
Representing whole numbers – MAO-WM-01, MA1-RWN-01, MA1-RWN-02
- Part A – Continue and create number patterns
- Part B – Form, regroup and rename three-digit numbers
Non-spatial measure – MAO-WM-01, MA1-NSM-01, MA1-NSM-02
Time: Name and order the cycle of months
Data – MAO-WM-01, MA1-DATA-01, MA1-DATA-02
- Part A – Ask questions and gather data
- Part A – Represent data with objects and drawings and describe the displays
- Part B – Create displays of data and interpret them
Chance – MAO-WM-01, MA1-CHAN-01
- Part A – Identify and describe possible outcomes
- Part A – Identify and describe activities that involve chance