Stage 1, Year A – Unit 6
This sample unit explores the big idea 'equal means equivalent', when working in Stage 1.
Syllabus outcomes and content groups from the 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, 2023.
Students are provided with opportunities to:
- use balance to explore equivalence
- combine numbers that bond to form 20
- identify the equal sign and its purpose.
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 the structure of groups of ten in whole numbers
- Represent numbers on a line
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
Combining and separating quantities B – MAO-WM-01, MA1-CSQ-01
- Represent and reason about additive relations
- Use knowledge of equality to solve related problems
Non-spatial measure A– MAO-WM-01, MA1-NSM-01
- Mass: Investigate mass using an equal-arm balance