"Investigate and describe number patterns formed by skip counting and patterns with objects (ACMNA018)" (ACARA,2014) |
Year 1Students in this target age group are 5-6 years of age. The students have had a prior year of schooling in prep, thus they should feel comfortable in a learning environment and routine where they can achieve success. In regards to the Australian Curriculum, this presentation targets the learning area of Mathematics - Year One - Number and Algebra strand - Patterns and Algebra;
Content Descriptions Investigate and describe number patterns formed by skip counting and patterns with objects (ACMNA018)
There are two parts to this content description. The first is investigating and describing number patterns made by skip counting. This is a new concept to year 1. The second part is just continuing on from prep to copy, continue and create patterns using objects. Therefore pattern can made with objects with varying characteristics. This allows students to identify the characteristic they are making patterns with. |
Year Level Description |
Year 1 Level Description
The proficiency strands Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving and Reasoning are an integral part of mathematics content across the three content strands: Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability. The proficiencies reinforce the significance of working mathematically within the content and describe how the content is explored or developed. They provide the language to build in the developmental aspects of the learning of mathematics. At this year level: Understanding includes connecting names, numerals and quantities, and partitioning numbers in various ways Fluency includes counting number in sequences readily forward and backwards, locating numbers on a line, and naming the days of the week Problem Solving includes using materials to model authentic problems, giving and receiving directions to unfamiliar places, and using familiar counting sequences to solve unfamiliar problems and discusing the reasonableness of the answer Reasoning includes explaining direct and indirect comparisons of length using uniform informal units, justifying representations of data, and explaining patterns that have been created. |
Achievement Standard |
By the end of Year 1, students describe number sequences resulting from skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. They identify representations of one half. They recognise Australian coins according to their value. Students explain time durations. They describe two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects. Students describe data displays.
Students count to and from 100 and locate numbers on a number line. They carry out simple additions and subtractions using counting strategies. They partition numbers using place value. They continue simple patterns involving numbers and objects. Students order objects based on lengths and capacities using informal units. They tell time to the half hour. They use the language of direction to move from place to place. Students classify outcomes of simple familiar events. They collect data by asking questions and draw simple data displays. |