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Planning notes

Level/Framework stage/Group: 1

Duration/Date: 4wks

Focus Achievement Objectives
GM1-1: Order and compare objects or events by length, area, volume and capacity, weight (mass), turn (angle), temperature, and time by direct comparison and/or counting whole numbers of units.
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Tricky Bags

Level One
Geometry and Measurement
Units of Work
This unit comprises 5 stations, which involve ākonga developing an awareness of the attributes of volume and mass. The focus is on development of the language of measurement.
  • Push, pull, lift and handle objects in order to become aware of mass.
  • Compare masses by pushing and lifting.
  • Pack materials and fill containers.
  • Pour liquids from and into containers.
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The Three Bears

Level One
Geometry and Measurement
Units of Work
In this unit we compare the volumes of containers using the context of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
  • Compare the volume of two containers by packing or pouring.
  • Order the volume of three or more containers by packing or pouring.
  • Recognise that two matched amounts of liquid remain the same when one amount is poured into a container of a different shape.
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Dino Cylinders

Level One
Geometry and Measurement
Units of Work
In this unit the students use a small plastic dinosaur as the unit with which to measure the capacity of containers. They apply their counting strategies and discover that a number of different shaped containers can contain the same number of dinosaurs.
  • Use non standard units to measure the volume of a container.
  • Accurately count a set of up to 20 objects.
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Counting on Measurement

Level One
Geometry and Measurement
Units of Work
This unit is based around a series of activities in which students explore aspects of measurement. This is explored through making predictions and using non standard units to answer a 'how many' question.
  • Use a counting on strategy to keep track of a series of additions.
  • Explore the concepts of length, volume and area.
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Make a measurement maths trail

Level Two
Level Three
Level Four
Geometry and Measurement
Units of Work
In this unit students pose measurement questions, make estimates and carry out practical measuring tasks using appropriate metric units. They first complete a trail devised by the teacher and then devise and complete a maths trail of their own.
  • Carry out practical measuring tasks using appropriate metric units.
  • Make measurement estimates using appropriate metric units.
  • Pose measurement questions.
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