Snakes - Which is longer? provides practise in direct comparison to decide which is longer and encourages Foundation students to explain reasoning in everyday language.
Identify and compare attributes of objects and events, including length, capacity, mass and duration, using direct comparisons and communicating reasoning
Use direct and indirect comparisons to decide which is longer, heavier or holds more, and explain reasoning in everyday language
Describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions, materials and informal recordings
Uses concrete materials and/or pictorial representations to support conclusions
Describes and compares lengths and distances using everyday language
Describes and compares the capacities of containers and the volumes of objects or substances using everyday language
Describes and compares the masses of objects using everyday language
Describes and compares lengths
Identifies half the length and the halfway point
Manipulates, describes and sorts three-dimensional objects
Describes and compares volumes
Describes and compares the masses of objects
Use direct and indirect comparisons to decide which is longer, heavier or holds more, and explain reasoning in everyday language