Categorisation

Use this task to assess students’ knowledge and understanding of properties of shapes, and language they use when describing common features.

Additional details
Year level(s)	Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Assessment advice, Assessment task
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Feedback
Curriculum alignment
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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Organisation	Department of Education WA
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