This resource can be used to measure area using MAB Blocks. Alternatively, it can be used to introduce students to Grid Reference Systems.
Comparing areas using metric units, such as counting the number of square centimetres required to cover two areas by overlaying the areas with a grid of centimetre squares. Use a grid reference system in a barrier game where students use the grid references to recreate an image.
Recognise ways of measuring and approximating the perimeter and area of shapes and enclosed spaces, using appropriate formal and informal units
Construct a grid coordinate system that uses coordinates to locate positions within a space; use coordinates and directional language to describe position and movement
Compare the areas of regular and irregular shapes by informal means
Use a grid reference system to describe locations. Describe routes using landmarks and directional language
Compare the areas of regular and irregular shapes by informal means
Calculate the perimeter and area of rectangles and the volume and capacity of prisms using familiar metric units
Use a grid reference system to describe locations. Describe routes using landmarks and directional language
Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas
Selects and uses appropriate mental or written strategies, or technology, to solve problems
Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used
Measures, records, compares and estimates areas using square centimetres and square metres
Describes and represents mathematical situations in a variety of ways using mathematical terminology and some conventions
Locates and describes position on maps using a grid-reference system
Represents and uses the structure of multiplicative relations to 10 × 10 to solve problems
Completes number sentences involving multiplication and division by finding missing values
Represents and compares halves, quarters, thirds and fifths as lengths on a number line and their related fractions formed by halving (eighths, sixths and tenths)
Uses grid maps and directional language to locate positions and follow routes
Measures and estimates lengths in metres, centimetres and millimetres
Identifies angles and classifies them by comparing to a right angle
Compares two-dimensional shapes and describes their features
Performs transformations by combining and splitting two-dimensional shapes
Estimates, measures and compares areas using square centimetres and square metres
Visualises, sketches and constructs three-dimensional objects, including prisms and pyramids, making connections to two-dimensional representations