Mathematics – Stage 1 – Year A – Unit 17
This two-week unit introduces students to formal units of measurement and further develops student knowledge, understanding and skills of uniform informal units of measurement.
Mathematics K-2 Syllabus © 2022 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:
- compare, order and match using direct and indirect comparison with length, area, volume, and mass
- consider how choice of measuring unit affects accuracy
- learn why centimetres and metres are useful and how to measure with them.
Syllabus focus and content group
Representing whole numbers – MAO-WM-01, MA1-RWN-01, MA1-RWN-02
- Represent the structure of ten in whole numbers
- Represent the structure 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
- Use flexible strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems
- Represent equality
Forming groups – MAO-WM-01, MA1-FG-01
- Represent and explain multiplication as the combining of equal groups
Geometric measure A – MAO-WM-01, MA1-GM-02
- Measure the lengths of objects using uniform informal units
Geometric measure B – MAO-WM-01, MA1-GM-01, MA1-GM-02, MA1-GM-03
- Recognise and use formal units to measure the length of objects
Two-dimensional spatial structure B – MAO-WM-01, MA1-2DS-02
- Compare rectangular areas using uniform square units of an appropriate size in rows and columns
Three-dimensional spatial structure A – MAO-WM-01, MA1-3DS-01, MA1-3DS-02
- Recognise familiar three-dimensional objects
- Measure and compare the internal volumes (capacities) of containers by filling
- Measure the internal volume (capacity) of containers by packing
Three-dimensional spatial structure B – MAO-WM-01, MA1-3DS-02
- Compare containers based on internal volume (capacity) by filling and packing
- Compare volumes using uniform informal units
Non-spatial measure A – MAO-WM-01, MA1-NSM-01
- Investigate mass using an equal-arm balance
Non-spatial measure B – MAO-WM-01, MA1-NSM-01
- Compare the masses of objects using an equal-arm balance