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Length – shorter and longer companion task
Gauge students’ understanding of length concepts.
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| Year level(s) | Foundation |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Assessment advice, Assessment task |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Feedback |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Using units of measurement |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9MFM01
Identify and compare attributes of objects and events, including length, capacity, mass and duration, using direct comparisons and communicating reasoning |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P3)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | NSW Government Department of Education |
| Copyright | © State of New South Wales (Department of Education), 2021. Creative Commons BY 4.0 |
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