Unit 1

Unit description and duration

This two-week unit introduces students to sorting objects using attributes. Students are provided with opportunities to:

• combine and separate quantities

• recognise and explain how a group of shapes has been sorted

• describe two-dimensional spatial structures

• organise objects into simple data displays and interpret these displays.

Student prior learning

Before engaging in these teaching and learning activities, students would benefit from prior experience with:

• contributing constructively to mathematical discussions and arguments

• applying a wide variety of thinking strategies to engage with situations and solve problems

• sorting, categorising, ordering and comparing collections and attributes of objects and materials.