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• Mathematics: Level A achievement standards

  Number and Algebra

  Students observe the use of number within their daily life. They begin to respond to numbers in everyday experiences. Students demonstrate awareness of counting by responding to number rhymes, songs, stories and finger games. They experience and respond to ‘one for you,...

  Level description | Mathematics | Level A

• VCMMG065

  Follow simple directional words to locate or move an object ‘on’, ‘in’ or ‘under’

  Elaborations

  • following multiple positional directions during everyday situations, for example, chants, songs or rhymes with repeated actions, completing an art, cooking or drawing activity, locating a tool or completing a job
  • developing consistency and fluency in communicating and interpreting directional and positional words
  • using everyday location language to explain where an object is

  VCMMG065 | Mathematics | Level D | Measurement and Geometry | Location and transformation

• VCMNA069

  Establish understanding of the language and processes of counting by naming numbers in sequences, initially to and from 20, moving from  any starting point

  Elaborations

  • reading stories from other cultures featuring counting in sequence to assist students to recognise ways of counting in local languages and across cultures
  • identifying the number words in sequence, backwards and forwards, and reasoning with the number sequences, establishing the language on which subsequent counting experiences can be built
  • developing fluency with forwards and backwards counting in meaningful contexts, including stories and rhymes
  • understanding that numbers are said in a particular order and there are patterns in the way we say them

  VCMNA069 | Mathematics | Foundation Level | Number and Algebra | Number and place value

• VCMMG031

  Respond to a simple statement about location or direction

  Elaborations

  • following directional communication used in daily routine, for example, ‘put in’ to finish an activity, ‘sit down’, ‘stand up’ during an activity or program
  • following everyday language of location and direction through modelled daily routines, for example: looking upwards for ‘up’; using rhymes and chants that relate to movement; following a warm-up sequence for work or sport; unpacking their bag; washing their hands and setting up for lunch
  • exploring the concept of ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ during activities by putting objects ‘in’ and ‘out’ of a container and following routines and instructions that involve moving inside and outside locations

  VCMMG031 | Mathematics | Level B | Measurement and Geometry | Location and transformation

• VCMNA018

  Use number names ‘one’, ‘two’ and ‘three’ in sequence to count in everyday situations

  Elaborations

  • assisting to count objects initially to three, by participating in activities, stories, songs and rhymes that involve number. This could include nodding as objects are counted, tapping an object as it is counted, tracking objects being counted, repeating some number names as objects are being counted
  • responding to number of names in everyday situations, for example waiting for counting down or up before starting an action, sound, activity; stepping, clapping, making a sound, tapping a switch for each number
  • exploring and using some number names by ‘repeating’ number name either verbally or through a communication system or augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)

  VCMNA018 | Mathematics | Level B | Number and Algebra | Number and place value

• VC2M1A01

  recognise, continue and create pattern sequences, with numbers, symbols, shapes and objects including Australian coins, formed by skip counting, initially by twos, fives and tens

  Elaborations

  • using number charts, songs, rhymes and stories to establish skip counting sequences of twos, fives and tens
  • using shapes and objects to represent a growing pattern formed by skip counting; for example, using blocks or beads to represent the growing patterns 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 … and 5, 10, 15, 20 …
  • recognising the patterns in sequences formed by skip counting; for example, recognising that skip counting in fives starting from zero always results in either a 5 or zero as the final digit
  • counting by twos, fives or tens to determine how much money is in a collection of coins or notes of the same denomination, for example, 5-cent, 10-cent and $2 coins or $5 and $10 notes
  • using different variations of the popular Korean counting game Sam-yuk-gu for generating skip counting pattern sequences

  VC2M1A01 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Level 1 | Algebra

• VC2MFN01

  name, represent and order numbers, including zero to at least 20, using physical and virtual materials and numerals

  Elaborations

  • responding to a request to collect a quantity of objects or reading a numeral and selecting the associated quantity of items from a collection to match the number required; for example, collecting 9 paintbrushes after hearing the word ‘nine’
  • recognising the order in the sequence of numbers to 20 and identifying the number that is ‘one less’ than a given number and the number that is ‘one more’; for example, playing instructive card games that involve reading and ordering number cards, or using counting songs, storybooks and rhymes to establish the forwards and backwards counting sequence of numbers in the context of active counting activities
  • understanding and using terms to indicate ordinal position in a sequence; for example, filling in the missing term in ‘first’, ‘second’, ‘third’, … ‘fifth’ …, or creating a number track using cards with the numerals zero to 20 and describing positions using terms such as ‘first’, ‘last’, ‘before’, ‘after’ and ‘between’
  • recognising, writing and reading numerals written on familiar objects; for example, recognising and reading numerals in images, text or illustrations in storybooks, or writing a numeral on a container as a label to show how many objects it contains
  • connecting quantities to number names and numerals when reading and reciting stories and playing counting games or determining and reasoning about the size of sets of objects within Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ instructive games, for example, Segur etug from Mer Island in the Torres Strait region

  VC2MFN01 | Mathematics | Mathematics Version 2.0 | Foundation Level | Number