Comparing lengths (8 lessons)

In this sequence of 8 lessons, students compare lengths directly, use informal units to measure, and develop language for describing length accurately.

Additional details

Year level(s) Foundation
Audience Teacher
Purpose Teaching resource
Format Web page
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Explicit teaching, Worked examples, Questioning, Mathematics investigation, Concrete Representational Abstract model
Keywords measurement comparison, informal units, length, summative assessment

Curriculum alignment

Curriculum connections Numeracy
Strand and focus Measurement
Topics Length
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9MFM01
Identify and compare attributes of objects and events, including length, capacity, mass and duration, using direct comparisons and communicating reasoning

Numeracy progression Understanding units of measurement (P2)

Copyright details

Organisation

Victoria State Government Department of Education

Copyright

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