Mathematics – Multi-age – Year A – Unit 8
This sample multi–age unit explores the big idea 'what needs to be measured determines the unit of measurement'.
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Students are provided with opportunities to:
- explore units of measurement
- describe lengths of objects
- describe fractions
Representing whole numbers – MAO-WM-01, MAE-RWN-01, MAE-RWN-02
- Use the counting sequence of ones flexibly
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
- Recognise and represent division
Geometric measure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-GM-02
- Use direct and indirect comparisons to decide which is longer
- Create half a length
Non-spatial measure – MAO-WM-01, MAE-NSM-01, MAE-NSM-02
- Tell time on the hour on analog and digital clocks
Representing whole numbers – MAO-WM-01, MA1-RWN-01, MA1-RWN-02
- Use counting sequences of ones with two-digit numbers and beyond
- Represent numbers on a line
Combining and separating quantities – MAO-WM-01, MA1-CSQ-01, MA1-CSQ-02
- Uses advanced count-by-ones strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems
- Recognise and recall number bonds up to ten
- Represent and reason about additive relations
Forming groups – MAO-WM-01, MA1-FG-01
- Recognise and represent division
- Model doubling and halving with fractions
Two-dimensional measure – MAO-WM-01, MA1-2DS-01
- 2D shapes identify and describe the orientation of shapes using quarter turns
Geometric measure – MAO-WM-01, MA1-GM-02
- Measure the lengths of objects using uniform informal units
- Compare lengths using uniform informal units
- Subdivide lengths to find halves and quarters
- Compare and order lengths, using appropriate uniform informal units
Non-spatial measure – MAO-WM-01, MA1-NSM-01, MA1-NSM-02
- Tell time to the half-hour
- Tell time to the quarter-hour using the language of ‘past’ and ‘to’
- Describe duration using units of time