Shape search
Students identify a variety of four-sided shapes and describe the features of squares, rectangles, rhombuses and kites.
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| Year level(s) | Year 2 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model, Culturally responsive pedagogies |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture |
| Strand and focus | Space, Build understanding, Apply understanding |
| Topics | Shapes and objects |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M2SP01
Recognise, compare and classify shapes, referencing the number of sides and using spatial terms such as "opposite", "parallel", "curved" and "straight" |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P2)
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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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