Mathematics – Multi-age – Year B – Unit 18
This two-week unit develops student understanding of data and chance, and their interconnectedness.
Mathematics K-2 Syllabus © 2021 NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales.
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 group
Representing whole numbers – MAO-WM-01, MAE-RWN-01, MA1-RWN-01, MAE-RWN-02, MA1-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, MA1-NSM-01, MAE-NSM-02, MA1-NSM-02
- Time: Connect days of the week to familiar events and actions
Data – MAO-WM-01, MAE-DATA-01, MA1-DATA-01, MA1-DATA-02
- Respond to questions, collect information and discuss possible outcomes of activities
- Organise objects into simple data displays and interpret the displays
Representing whole numbers A
- Continue and create number patterns
Representing whole numbers B
- Form, regroup and rename three-digit numbers
Non-spatial measure A
- Time: Name and order the cycle of months
Data A
- Ask questions and gather data
- Represent data with objects and drawings and describe the displays
Data B
- Create displays of data and interpret them
Chance A – MAO-WM-01, MA1-CHAN-01
- Identify and describe possible outcomes
- Identify and describe activities that involve chance