Geometric measure A
Mathematics K–10 (2022) · Stage 1 · View this focus area on the NESA NSW Curriculum website ↗
Outcomes
MA1-GM-01 represents and describes the positions of objects in familiar locationsMA1-GM-02 measures, records, compares and estimates lengths and distances using uniform informal units, as well as metres and centimetresMA1-GM-03 creates and recognises halves, quarters and eighths as part measures of a whole lengthContent dot points
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Position: Follow directions to familiar locations
- Give and follow directions, including directions involving turns to the left and right, to move between familiar locations
- Give and follow instructions to position objects in models and drawings
- Describe the path from one location to another on drawings and diagrams
Length: Measure the lengths of objects using uniform informal units
- Use uniform informal units to measure lengths and distances by placing the units end to end without gaps or overlaps
- Select appropriate uniform informal units to measure lengths and distances
- Recognise and explain the relationship between the size of a unit and the number of units needed (Reasons about relations)
- Count informal units to measure lengths or distances and describe the part left over
- Record lengths and distances by referring to the number and type of unit used
- Use a single informal unit repeatedly (iteratively) to measure length
Length: Compare lengths using uniform informal units
- Compare the lengths of two or more objects using appropriate uniform informal units and check by placing the objects side by side and aligning the ends
- Explain why the length of an object remains constant when rearranged (Reasons about relations)
- Estimate lengths, indicating the number and type of unit used and check by measuring
Length: Subdivide lengths to find halves and quarters
- Use concrete materials to model both half and quarters of a whole length, highlighting the length
- Identify two equal parts and the relationship of the parts to the whole length, linking words and images
- Recognise when lengths have or have not been divided into halves and quarters
Stage 1 planning resources
Stage- or course-wide documents (scope and sequences, guides) that cover this focus area alongside others.
- Unit/PlanningMaking connections – Stage 1 (parallel content)
- Unit/PlanningSample scope and sequence – Stage 1