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Length and height: an introduction to measuring and comparing
This guide provides a sequence of steps using contrete materials to explore length and height using non-standard units and then centimetres on a ruler.
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Year level(s) | Foundation, Year 1, Year 2 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Explicit teaching |
Keywords | length, height, units, centimetres, reasoning, problem-solving, explicit teaching |
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 |
AC9MFM01
Identify and compare attributes of objects and events, including length, capacity, mass and duration, using direct comparisons and communicating reasoning
AC9M1M03
Describe the duration and sequence of events using years, months, weeks, days and hours
AC9M2M01
Measure and compare objects based on length, capacity and mass using appropriate uniform informal units and smaller units for accuracy when necessary |
Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P2, P3)
Measuring time (P2) |
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Organisation | White Rose Maths |
Copyright | © 2021 White Rose Maths. Free-for-education material. |
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