AC9M1ST02 Year 1 Mathematics

This Content Descriptor from Year 1 Mathematics provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

represent collected data for a categorical variable using one-to-one displays and digital tools where appropriate; compare the data using frequencies and discuss the findings

Elaborations

• 1 creating a pictograph with objects or drawings; discussing the possible categories for the pictograph, arranging the objects or drawings into the categories, then reflecting on the chosen categories and deciding whether they were helpful
• 2 translating data from a list or pictorial display into a tally chart to make counting easier; describing what the tally chart is showing, by referring to the categories; using skip counting by fives to compare the numbers within each category and explaining how the tally chart answers the question
• 3 recognising that when there is no data for a particular category you may choose whether or not to include it in your data display, and use a zero or blank for that category depending on the purpose of the data collection or presentation; for example, creating a birthday calendar for the class and discussing that there are no students born in May and therefore there are no names listed
• 4 representing data with objects and drawings where one object or drawing represents one data value; describing the displays and explaining patterns that have been created using counting strategies to determine the frequency of responses
• 5 discussing what data frequency means in terms of the total count for a particular category and relating the highest frequency to being the most popular category in the collected data
• 6 exploring First Nations Australian children’s instructive games; for example, Kolap from Mer Island in the Torres Strait region, recording the outcomes, representing and discussing the results

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