First steps in Mathematics: Space – Diagnostic tasks
A collection of diagnostic tasks designed to use with students to assess their understanding of space-related concepts in mathematics.
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Year level(s) | Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Feedback |
Curriculum alignment |
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Strand and focus | Space |
Topics | Shapes and objects, Angles and geometric reasoning |
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M3SP01
Make, compare and classify objects, identifying key features and explaining why these features make them suited to their uses
AC9M4SP01
Represent and approximate composite shapes and objects in the environment, using combinations of familiar shapes and objects
AC9M5SP01
Connect objects to their nets and build objects from their nets using spatial and geometric reasoning
AC9M6SP01
Compare the parallel cross-sections of objects and recognise their relationships to right prisms |
Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P3, P4, P5)
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Copyright details |
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Organisation | Department of Education, Western Australia |
Copyright | © State of Western Australia. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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