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Perimeter and area: measuring and calculating
This guide provides a sequence of small steps for learning about perimeter and area, from using centimetres and grid paper through to calculating the missing value of a shape.
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Year level(s) | Year 4, Year 5 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Explicit teaching |
Keywords | compound shapes, irregular shapes, reasoning, problem-solving, explicit teaching |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
Strand and focus | Measurement, Number, Build understanding |
Topics | Addition and subtraction, Area, volume and surface area, Using units of measurement, Length |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMMG290
Compare objects using familiar metric units of area and volume
ACMMG109
Calculate perimeter and area of rectangles using familiar metric units
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National numeracy learning progression |
Understanding units of measurement
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UuM5, UuM6, UuM7
Additive strategies Multiplicative strategies |
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Organisation | White Rose Maths |
Copyright | © 2021 White Rose Maths. Free-for-education material. |
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