AC9MFM02 Foundation Mathematics

AC9MFM02 – Foundation Mathematics: null

Strand

Measurement

Substrand

Measurement

This Content Descriptor from Foundation 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.

Content Descriptor

sequence days of the week and times of the day including morning, lunchtime, afternoon and night time, and connect them to familiar events and actions

Elaborations

• ordering images of daily events on a string line across the room, and justifying the placement by referring to morning, lunchtime, afternoon, and night time
• distinguishing between the days of the school week and weekends, and recognising that the days of the week form a sequence that repeats, with Monday always following on from Sunday
• sequencing the events from a story in the order in which they occurred using language like, “This happened first” then “This happened next”
• creating, interpreting and discussing classroom rosters; for example, a roster for watering the classroom garden and asking, “Who watered the garden yesterday?” or “Whose turn is it today?”
• creating a pictorial diary to show the important events that happen on the various days of the week

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Foundation ASMATFY

Foundation Mathematics Achievement Standard

By the end of Foundation Year, students make connections between number names, numerals and position in the sequence of numbers from zero to at least 20. They use subitising and counting strategies to quantify collections. Students compare the size of collections to at least 20. They partition and combine collections up to 10 in different ways, representing these with numbers. Students represent practical situations that involve quantifying, equal sharing, adding to and taking away from collections to at least 10. They copy and continue repeating patterns. Students identify the attributes of mass, capacity, length and duration, and use direct comparison strategies to compare objects and events. They sequence and connect familiar events to the time of day. Students name, create and sort familiar shapes and give their reasoning. They describe the position and the location of themselves and objects in relation to other objects and people within a familiar space. Students collect, sort and compare data in response to questions in familiar contexts.