Mathematics – Stage 1 – Year B – Unit 32
This sample Stage 1 unit develops student knowledge, skills and understanding about repeating patterns, arrays and different ways to present and communicate about data.
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Students are provided with opportunities to:
- recognise, name, create and extend various patterns
- identify that repeating patterns have a core that repeats over and over and over again
- identify, describe, organise and compare a variety of arrays
- communicate their understanding and thinking as they create and explore various patterns and arrays
- select appropriate methods to display and interpret data.
Syllabus focus and content group
Representing whole numbers A – MAO-WM-01, MA1-RWN-01, MA1-RWN-02
- Use counting sequences of ones with two-digit numbers and beyond
- Continue and create number patterns
- Represent the structure of groups of ten in whole numbers
Representing whole numbers B– MAO-WM-01, MA1-RWN-01, MA1-RWN-02
- Use counting sequences of ones and tens flexibly
- Form, regroup, and rename three-digit numbers
Forming groups A – MAO-WM-01, MA1-FG-01
- Count in multiples using rhythmic and skip counting
- Use skip counting patterns
- Model and use equal groups of objects to represent multiplication
Forming groups B – MAO-WM-01, MA1-FG-01
- Represent and explain multiplication as the combining of equal groups
Data A – MAO-WM-01, MA1-DATA-01, MA1-DATA-02
- Ask questions and gather data
- Represent data with objects and drawings and describe the displays
Data B – MAO-WM-01, MA1-DATA-02
- Create displays of data and interpret them