Information: Teachers
Familiar 2D Shapes
The NSW and Australian Curriculum outcomes are as follows:
| New South Wales Syllabus | Australian Curriculum | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | Kindergarten (ES1) | Preparatory (Foundation) |
| Content Strand | Measurement and Geometry | |
| Sub-Strand | Two-Dimensional Space | Shape |
| Content | Outcome | Content Description |
|---|---|---|
| MAe-15MG | ACMMG009 | |
| A student manipulates, sorts and describes representations of two-dimensional shapes, including circles, triangles, squares and rectangles, using everyday language | Sort, describe and name familiar two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects in the environment |
| Skills | Working Mathematically | Proficiency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communicating | MAe-1WM | Understanding | |
| A student describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions, materials and informal recordings | includes connecting names, numerals and quantities | ||
| Problem Solving | MAe-2WM | Fluency | |
| A student uses objects, actions, technology and/or trial and error to explore mathematical problems | includes readily counting numbers in sequences, continuing patterns and comparing the lengths of objects | ||
| Reasoning | MAe-3WM | Problem Solving | |
| A student uses concrete materials and/or pictorial representations to support conclusions | includes using materials to model authentic problems, sorting objects, using familiar counting sequences to solve unfamiliar problems and discussing the reasonableness of the answer | ||
| Reasoning | |||
| includes explaining comparisons of quantities, creating patterns and explaining processes for indirect comparison of length | |||
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