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Position and direction: position, movement and turns
This guide provides a sequence of small steps for exploring and becoming confident in describing position before moving on to look at movements and turns. Note students are not expected to know 3/4 turns until Year 3. Also suggest use of Australian coins in the activities which use coins in this resource.
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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 |
| Keywords | describing position, describing turns, reasoning, problem-solving, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Measurement, Space, Build understanding |
| Topics | Position and location, Shapes and objects, Transformation |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9MFSP02
Describe the position and location of themselves and objects in relation to other people and objects within a familiar space
AC9M1SP02
Give and follow directions to move people and objects to different locations within a space
AC9M2SP02
Locate positions in two-dimensional representations of a familiar space; move positions by following directions and pathways
AC9M2M05
Identify, describe and demonstrate quarter, half, three-quarter and full measures of turn in everyday situations |
| Numeracy progression |
Positioning and locating (P1, P2, P3)
Understanding units of measurement (P4) Interpreting fractions (P3) |
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| Organisation | White Rose Maths |
| Copyright | © 2021 White Rose Maths. Free-for-education material. |
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