Fencing the yard
Students review and calculate perimeters and areas of rectangles.
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| Year level(s) | Year 6 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model, Culturally responsive pedagogies |
| Keywords | RAMR, YuMi Deadly Mathematics |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Measurement, Build understanding |
| Topics | Using units of measurement |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M6M02
Establish the formula for the area of a rectangle and use it to solve practical problems |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P8)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Queensland University of Technology |
| Copyright | © Queensland University of Technology. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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