Direct and indirect comparisons: Foundation – planning tool
This planning resource for Foundation is for the topic of Direct and indirect comparisons. Students are introduced to measurement through direct comparison.
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| Year level(s) | Foundation |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Planning support, Teaching resource, Teaching strategies, Student task, Home practice tasks |
| Format | Web page |
| Keywords | lesson plans, assessment task, teaching strategies, pedagogies, Australian Curriculum, learning from home, misconceptions |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| 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)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Commonwealth of Australia |
| Copyright | © 2023 Commonwealth of Australia, unless otherwise indicated. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated |
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