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Mathematics

TableofContents
CurriculumF10
FoundationLevel

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Mathematics

FoundationLevel
TheproficiencystrandsUnderstanding,Fluency,ProblemSolvingandReasoningareanintegralpartofmathematics
contentacrossthethreecontentstrands:NumberandAlgebra,MeasurementandGeometry,andStatisticsand
Probability.Theproficienciesreinforcethesignificanceofworkingmathematicallywithinthecontentanddescribehow
thecontentisexploredordeveloped.Theyprovidethelanguagetobuildinthedevelopmentalaspectsofthelearningof
mathematics.

Atthislevel:

Understandingincludesconnectingnames,numeralsandquantities
Fluencyincludesreadilycountingnumbersinsequences,continuingpatterns,andcomparingthelengthsofobjects
ProblemSolvingincludesusingmaterialstomodelauthenticproblems,sortingobjects,usingfamiliarcounting
sequencestosolveunfamiliarproblems,anddiscussingthereasonablenessoftheanswer
Reasoningincludesexplainingcomparisonsofquantities,creatingpatterns,andexplainingprocessesforindirect
comparisonoflength
NumberandAlgebra
Numberandplacevalue
Establishunderstandingofthelanguageand

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readingstoriesfromotherculturesfeaturingcountingin
sequencetoassiststudentstorecognisewaysof
countinginlocallanguagesandacrosscultures

identifyingthenumberwordsinsequence,backwards
andforwards,andreasoningwiththenumber
sequences,establishingthelanguageonwhich
subsequentcountingexperiencescanbebuilt

developingfluencywithforwardsandbackwards
countinginmeaningfulcontexts,includingstoriesand
rhymes

understandingthatnumbersaresaidinaparticular
orderandtherearepatternsinthewaywesaythem

understandingthateachobjectmustbecountedonly
once,thatthearrangementofobjectsdoesnotaffecthow
manythereare,andthatthelastnumbercounted
answersthehowmanyquestion

usingscenariostohelpstudentsrecognisethatother
culturescountinavarietyofways,suchasbyplacing
onepebbleinabagtorepresentoneobject(forexample
tocountthenumberofcattle).

processesofcountingbynamingnumbersin
sequences,initiallytoandfrom20,movingfromany
startingpoint(ACMNA001)

Connectnumbernames,numeralsandquantities,
includingzero,initiallyupto10andthenbeyond
(ACMNA002)

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Subitisesmallcollectionsofobjects(ACMNA003)

usingsubitisingasthebasisfororderingandcomparing
collectionsofnumbers

Compare,orderandmakecorrespondences

comparingandorderingitemsoflikeandunlike
characteristicsusingthewordsmore,less,sameas
andnotthesameasandgivingreasonsforthese
answers

understandingandusingtermssuchasfirstand
secondtoindicateordinalpositioninasequence.

usingobjectswhicharepersonallyandculturallyrelevant
tostudents

usingarangeofpracticalstrategiesforaddingsmall
groupsofnumbers,suchasvisualdisplaysorconcrete
materials

usingAboriginalandTorresStraitIslandermethodsof
adding,includingspatialpatternsandreasoning

betweencollections,initiallyto20,andexplain
reasoning(ACMNA289)

Representpracticalsituationstomodeladditionand
sharing(ACMNA004)

Patternsandalgebra

Elaborations

Sortandclassifyfamiliarobjectsandexplainthe

observingnaturalpatternsintheworldaroundus

basisfortheseclassifications.Copy,continueand

creatinganddescribingpatternsusingmaterials,
sounds,movementsordrawings

createpatternswithobjectsanddrawings
(ACMNA005)
MeasurementandGeometry
Usingunitsofmeasurement
Usedirectandindirectcomparisonstodecidewhich

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comparingobjectsdirectly,byplacingoneobjectagainst
anothertodeterminewhichislongerorbypouringfrom
onecontainerintotheothertoseewhichoneholdsmore

usingsuitablelanguageassociatedwithmeasurement
attributes,suchastallandtaller,heavyandheavier,
holdsmoreandholdsless

knowingandidentifyingthedaysoftheweekandlinking
specificdaystofamiliarevents

sequencingfamiliareventsintimeorder

choosingeventsandactionsthatmakeconnectionswith
studentseverydayfamilyroutines

islonger,heavierorholdsmore,andexplain
reasoningineverydaylanguage(ACMMG006)

Compareandorderthedurationofeventsusingthe
everydaylanguageoftime(ACMMG007)

Connectdaysoftheweektofamiliareventsand
actions(ACMMG008)
Shape
Sort,describeandnamefamiliartwodimensional
shapesandthreedimensionalobjectsinthe

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sortinganddescribingsquares,circles,triangles,
rectangles,spheresandcubes

environment(ACMMG009)
Locationandtransformation

Elaborations

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Describepositionandmovement(ACMMG010)

interpretingtheeverydaylanguageoflocationand
direction,suchasbetween,near,nextto,forwards,
towards

followingandgivingsimpledirectionstoguideafriend
aroundanobstaclepathandviceversa

StatisticsandProbability
Datarepresentationandinterpretation
Answeryes/noquestionstocollectinformation

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posingquestionsaboutthemselvesandfamiliarobjects
andevents

representingresponsestoquestionsusingsimple
displays,includinggroupingstudentsaccordingtotheir
answers

usingdatadisplaystoanswersimplequestionssuchas
howmanystudentsansweredyestohavingbrown
hair?

(ACMSP011)

FoundationLevelachievementstandard
NumberandAlgebra
Studentsconnectnumbernamesandnumeralswithsetsofupto20elements,estimatethesizeofthesesets,anduse
countingstrategiestosolveproblemsthatinvolvecomparing,combiningandseparatingthesesets.Theymatchindividual
objectswithcountingsequencesuptoandbackfrom20.Studentsorderthefirst10elementsofaset.
MeasurementandGeometry
Studentsidentifymeasurementattributesinpracticalsituationsandcomparelengths,massesandcapacitiesoffamiliar
objects.Theyorderevents,explaintheirduration,andmatchdaysoftheweektofamiliarevents.Studentsidentifysimple
shapesintheirenvironmentandsortshapesbytheircommonanddistinctivefeatures.Theyusesimplestatementsand
gesturestodescribelocation.
StatisticsandProbability
Studentssortfamiliarcategoricaldataintosetsandusethesetoansweryes/noquestionsandmakesimpletrue/false
statementsaboutthedata.

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