Categorisation
Use this task to assess students’ knowledge and understanding of properties of shapes, and language they use when describing common features.
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| Year level(s) | Year 1, Year 2, Year 3 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Assessment advice, Assessment task |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Feedback |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Space |
| Topics | Shapes and objects |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M1SP01
Make, compare and classify familiar shapes; recognise familiar shapes and objects in the environment, identifying the similarities and differences between them
AC9M2SP01
Recognise, compare and classify shapes, referencing the number of sides and using spatial terms such as "opposite", "parallel", "curved" and "straight"
AC9M3SP01
Make, compare and classify objects, identifying key features and explaining why these features make them suited to their uses |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P2, P3)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Department of Education WA |
| Copyright | © Department of Education WA 2013. Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 |
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