Stage 1, mathematics, Year A – Unit 08

This sample Stage 1 unit explores the big idea 'what needs to be measured determines the unit of measurement'.

Syllabus

Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022)External link © 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 units of measurement
  • describe lengths of objects
  • describe fractions.

Representing whole numbers A – 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
  • Represent the structure of groups of ten in whole numbers

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

  • Use advanced count-by-one strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems
  • Recognise and recall number bonds up to ten

Forming groups – MAO-WM-01, MA1-FG-01

  • Recognise and represent division
  • Model doubling and halving with fractions

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

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

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

2D shapes: Identify and describe the orientation of shapes using quarter turns

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

  • Time: Tell time to the half-hour
  • Time: Describe duration using units of time

Category:

  • Chance
  • Combining and separating quantities
  • Forming groups
  • Geometric measure
  • Mathematics (2022)
  • Non-spatial measure
  • Representing whole numbers
  • Stage 1
  • Two-dimensional spatial structure
  • Unit

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  • Curriculum
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