Stage 2 plan NSW Syllabus for the Australian curriculum: Mathematics

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Objectives
Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
Students:
Working Mathematically
develop understanding and fluency in mathematics through inquiry, exploring and connecting mathematical concepts, choosing and applying
problem-solving skills and mathematical techniques, communication and reasoning
Number and Algebra
develop efficient strategies for numerical calculation, recognise patterns, describe relationships and apply algebraic techniques and generalisation
Measurement and Geometry
identify, visualise and quantify measures and the attributes of shapes and objects, and explore measurement concepts and geometric
relationships, applying formulas, strategies and geometric reasoning in the solution of problems
Statistics and Probability
collect, represent, analyse, interpret and evaluate data, assign and use probabilities, and make sound judgements.
Values and Attitudes
Students:
appreciate mathematics as an essential and relevant part of life, recognising that its cross-cultural development has been largely in response to
human needs
demonstrate interest, enjoyment and confidence in the pursuit and application of mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding to solve
everyday problems
develop and demonstrate perseverance in undertaking mathematical challenges.

Stage Statement
By the end of Stage 2, students ask questions and use efficient mental and written strategies with increasing fluency to solve problems. They use
technology to investigate mathematical concepts and check their solutions. Students use appropriate terminology to describe and link mathematical
ideas, check statements for accuracy and explain their reasoning.
Students count, order, read and record numbers of up to five digits. They use informal and formal mental and written strategies to solve addition
and subtraction problems. Students use mental strategies to recall multiplication facts up to 10 10 and related division facts. They use informal
written strategies for multiplication and division of two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers. Students represent, model and compare commonly
used fractions, and model, compare and represent decimals of up to two decimal places. Students perform simple calculations with money and
solve simple purchasing problems. They record, describe and complete number patterns and determine missing numbers in number sentences.
Students recognise the properties of odd and even numbers.
Students estimate, measure, compare, convert and record length, area, volume, capacity and mass using formal units. They read and record time in
hours and minutes, convert between units of time, and solve simple problems involving the duration of time. Students name, describe and sketch
particular three-dimensional objects and two-dimensional shapes. They combine and split two-dimensional shapes to create other shapes. They
compare angles using informal means and classify angles according to their size. Students use a grid-reference system to describe position, and
compass points to give and follow directions. They make simple calculations using scales on maps and plans.
Students collect and organise data, and create and interpret tables and picture and column graphs. They list all possible outcomes of everyday
events, and describe and compare chance events in social and experimental contexts.

Source: NSW Syllabuses for the Australian curriculum Mathematics http://syllabus.bos.nsw.edu.au/mathematics/mathematics-k10/stage-statements/


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Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander
perspectives
Mathematics provides opportunities for students to strengthen their appreciation and understanding of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples
and their living cultures. Specific content and skills within relevant sections of the curriculum can be drawn upon to encourage engagement with:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander frameworks of knowing and ways of learning
Social, historical and cultural contexts associated with different uses of mathematical concepts in Australian Indigenous societies
Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples contributions to Australian society and cultures.
Mathematics provides opportunities to explore aspects of Australian Indigenous knowing in connection to, and with guidance from, the communities who own
them. Using a respectful inquiry approach students have the opportunity to explore mathematical concepts in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lifestyles
including knowledge of number, space, measurement and time. Through these experiences, students have opportunities to learn that Aboriginal peoples and
Torres Strait Islander peoples have sophisticated applications of mathematical concepts which may be applied in other peoples ways of knowing.
General capabilities
and cross-curriculum
priorities
Opportunities to engage with:

Opportunities to engage with:

Opportunities to engage with:

Opportunities to engage with:

Key to general
capabilities and cross-
curriculum priorities
Literacy Numeracy ICT capability Critical and creative thinking Ethical behaviour Personal and social capability
Intercultural understanding
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures Asia and Australias engagement with Asia Sustainability
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Term overview Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
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Assessment
Scope and
Sequence
A folio is a targeted selection of evidence of student learning and includes a range of responses to a variety of assessment techniques. A
folio is used to make an overall on-balance judgment about student achievement and progress at appropriate points and informs the
reporting process.
Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4
Week Assessment instrument Week Assessment instrument Week Assessment instrument Week Assessment instrument
1 Initial assessment
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4-5 Half Yearly
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Stage 2 Checklist of Outcomes and Content Descriptors
Stage 2 Numbers and Algebra T1 T2 T3 T4
Whole Numbers
Applies place value to order, read and represent numbers of up to five digits (MA2-4NA)

Recognise, model, represent and order numbers to at least 10 000 (ACMNA052)

Apply place value to partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to at least 10 000 to assist calculations
and solve problems (ACMNA053)

Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least tens of thousands (ACMNA072)

Addition and Subtraction
Uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction involving two-, three-, four- and
five-digit numbers (MA2-5NA)

Recall addition facts for single-digit numbers and related subtraction facts to develop increasingly
efficient mental strategies for computation (ACMNA055)

Recognise and explain the connection between addition and subtraction (ACMNA054)

Represent money values in multiple ways and count the change required for simple
transactions to the nearest five cents (ACMNA059)

Apply place value to partition, rearrange and regroup numbers to at least tens of thousands
to assist calculations and solve problems (ACMNA073)

solve problems involving purchases and the calculation of change to the nearest five cents,
with and without the use of digital technologies (ACMNA080)

Multiplication and Division
Selects and applies appropriate strategies for multiplication and division, and applies the order
of operations to calculations involving more than one operation (MA2-6NA)


Recall multiplication facts of two, three, five and ten and related division facts (ACMNA056)


Represent and solve problems involving multiplication using efficient mental and written strategies and
appropriate digital technologies (ACMNA057)


Recall multiplication facts up to 10 10 and related division facts (ACMNA075)


Develop efficient mental and written strategies, and use appropriate digital technologies, for
multiplication and for division where there is no remainder(ACMNA076)


Use mental strategies and informal recording methods for division with remainders.


Fractions and Decimals
Represents, models and compares commonly used fractions and decimals (MA2-7NA)

Model and represent unit fractions, including halves, quarters, thirds and fifths and their
multiples, to a complete whole (ACMNA058)

Count by quarters, halves and thirds, including with mixed numerals; locate and represent
these fractions on a number line(ACMNA078)

Investigate equivalent fractions used in contexts (ACMNA077)

Recognise that the place value system can be extended to tenths and hundredths, and make
connections between fractions and decimal notation (ACMNA079)

Patterns and Algebra
Generalises properties of odd and even numbers, generates number patterns, and completes
simple number sentences by calculating missing values (MA2-8NA)

Describe, continue and create number patterns resulting from performing addition or subtraction
(ACMNA060)


Stage 2 Measurement and Geometry T1 T2 T3 T4
Length


Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length (ACMMG061)


Use scaled instruments to measure and compare lengths (ACMMG084)


Use scaled instruments to measure and compare temperatures (ACMMG084)


Area
Measures, records, compares and estimates areas using square centimetres and square
metres (MA2-10MG)

Recognise and use formal units to measure and estimate the areas of rectangles

Compare the areas of regular and irregular shapes by informal means (ACMMG087)

Compare objects using familiar metric units of area (ACMMG290)

Volume and Capacity
Measures, records, compares and estimates volumes and capacities using litres, millilitres and
cubic centimetres (MA2-11MG)

Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of capacity (ACMMG061)

Compare objects using familiar metric units of volume (ACMMG290)

Use scaled instruments to measure and compare capacities(ACMMG084)

Mass
Measures, records, compares and estimates the masses of objects using kilograms and grams
(MA2-12MG)

Measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of mass (ACMMG061)

Use scaled instruments to measure and compare masses (ACMMG084)

Time
Reads and records time in one-minute intervals and converts between hours, minutes and
seconds (MA2-13MG)


Tell time to the minute and investigate the relationship between units of time (ACMMG062)


Convert between units of time (ACMMG085)


Investigate the conditions required for a number to be even or odd and identify even and odd numbers
(ACMNA051)


Use equivalent number sentences involving addition and subtraction to find unknown quantities
(ACMNA083)

Investigate and use the properties of even and odd numbers (ACMNA071)

Investigate number sequences involving multiples of 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 (ACMNA074)

Explore and describe number patterns resulting from performing multiplication (ACMNA081)

Solve word problems by using number sentences involving multiplication or division where there is no
remainder (ACMNA082)

Use am and pm notation and solve simple time problems (ACMMG086)


Read and interpret simple timetables, timelines and calendars


3D Space
Makes, compares, sketches and names three-dimensional objects, including prisms, pyramids,
cylinders, cones and spheres, and describes their features (MA2-14MG)


Make models of three-dimensional objects and describe key features (ACMMG063)
x

Investigate and represent three-dimensional objects using drawings
x

2D Space
Manipulates, identifies and sketches two-dimensional shapes, including special quadrilaterals,
and describes their features (MA2-15MG)

Compare and describe features of two-dimensional shapes, including the special quadrilaterals

Identify symmetry in the environment (ACMMG066)

Compare and describe two-dimensional shapes that result from combining and splitting common
shapes, with and without the use of digital technologies (ACMMG088)

Create symmetrical patterns, pictures and shapes, with and without the use of digital technologies
(ACMMG091)

Angles
Identifies, describes, compares and classifies angles (MA2-16MG)

Identify angles as measures of turn and compare angle sizes in everyday situations (ACMMG064)



Compare angles and classify them as equal to, greater than or less than a right angle(ACMMG089)



Position
Uses simple maps and grids to represent position and follow routes, including using compass
directions (MA2-17MG)

Create and interpret simple grid maps to show position and pathways (ACMMG065)


Use simple scales, legends and directions to interpret information contained in basic maps
(ACMMG090)


Stage 2 Statistics and Probability T1 T2 T3 T4
Data
Selects appropriate methods to collect data, and constructs, compares, interprets and
evaluates data displays, including tables, picture graphs and column graphs (MA2-18MG)

Identify questions or issues for categorical variables; identify data sources and plan methods of data
collection and recording (ACMSP068)

Collect data, organise it into categories, and create displays using lists, tables, picture graphs and
simple column graphs, with and without the use of digital technologies (ACMSP069)

Interpret and compare data displays(ACMSP070)

Select and trial methods for data collection, including survey questions and recording sheets
(ACMSP095)

Construct suitable data displays, with and without the use of digital technologies, from given or
collected data; include tables, column graphs and picture graphs where one picture can represent
many data values (ACMSP096)

Evaluate the effectiveness of different displays in illustrating data features, including variability
(ACMSP097)

Chance
Describes and compares chance events in social and experimental contexts (MA2-19MG)

Conduct chance experiments, identify and describe possible outcomes, and recognise variation in
results (ACMSP067)


Describe possible everyday events and order their chances of occurring (ACMSP092)


Identify everyday events where one occurring cannot happen if the other happens (ACMSP093)


Identify events where the chance of one occurring will not be affected by the occurrence of the other
(ACMSP094)


Stage 2 Working Mathematically T1 T2 T3 T4
Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas
(MA2-1WM)
x x x x
Selects and uses appropriate mental or written strategies, or technology, to solve problems
(MA2-2WM)
x x x x
Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used (MA2-3WM)
x x x x

Resources:
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Step it Up
Mathletics
Ideal Resources
Mathsonline
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