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Teaching measurement: early stage 1 – stage 1
Use page 12 of this guide to conduct assessments on measurement topics through individual questioning of a small group of students.
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| Year level(s) | Year 2 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Assessment advice |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Feedback |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Using units of measurement |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M2M01
Measure and compare objects based on length, capacity and mass using appropriate uniform informal units and smaller units for accuracy when necessary |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P3)
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| Organisation | NSW Department of Education |
| Copyright | © State of New South Wales (Department of Education), 2021. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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Mass – balance it
Students investigate mass using a pan balance and compare the masses of objects using balance scales.
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Snail trails
Refer to the diagnostic task for a guide on how to conduct a one-on-one interview where the student is asked to measure length by choosing an informal unit.
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Pour to decide
Use this diagnostic task to assess if students know about capacity and comparing containers based on how much they hold.
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How close, how far?
This lesson provides an authentic context to develop skills of estimation and measuring length.
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