Annotated Content Descriptions | Mathematics Year 9 LANGUAGE/CULTURAL CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS TEACHING STRATEGIES CONSIDERATIONS Measurement and geometry Abbreviations relevant to this skill are Teach source words to support often considered to be known language, the students in understanding the Calculate the surface area and but EAL/D students may not have had abbreviation. volume of cylinders and solve exposure to these. related problems (ACMMG217) Have charts of abbreviations available. Measurement and geometry Abbreviations relevant to this skill (for source words to support the example, A = area, V = volume) are often students in understanding the Solve problems involving surface considered to be known language, but abbreviation. area and volume of right prisms EAL/D students may not have had exposure (ACMMG218) Have charts of abbreviations to these. available. Measurement and geometry The vocabulary and sentence structures Provide opportunities for students needed for this skill may impede an EAL/D to show knowledge that is not Use the enlargement learner from demonstrating their language based; for example, transformation to explain similarity knowledge. physical manipulation of objects and develop the conditions for or the use of visuals. triangles to be similar (ACMMG220) Model spoken language explanations of similarity and provide opportunities for EAL/D students to repeat those explanations for similar problems using the same sentence structure. Use vocabulary games such as snap and bingo to develop vocabulary. Abbreviations relevant to this skill are Teach source words to support Measurement and geometry often considered to be known language, the students in understanding the Use similarity to investigate the but EAL/D students may not have had abbreviation. constancy of the sine, cosine and exposure to these. tangent ratios for a angle in Have charts of abbreviations right-angled triangles (ACMMG223) available. Number and algebra Word problems are challenging for EAL/D Teach students to identify the students, as it can be difficult to determine irrelevant contextual material in Solve problems involving direct the operation needed from the language the question and to cross this out. proportion. Explore the used. This is particularly relevant for EAL/D relationship between the graphs Focus on how the operations are students in the Beginning and Emerging and equations corresponding to described differently in different phases of English language learning when simple rate problems (ACMNA208) questions. students may not be making sense of all words.
Annotated Content Descriptions | Mathematics Year 9 CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS LANGUAGE/CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS TEACHING STRATEGIES Measurement and geometry Calculate the surface area and volume of cylinders and solve related problems (ACMMG217) Abbreviations relevant to this skill are often considered to be known language, but EAL/D students may not have had exposure to these. Teach source words to support the students in understanding the abbreviation. Have charts of abbreviations available. Measurement and geometry Solve problems involving surface area and volume of right prisms (ACMMG218) Abbreviations relevant to this skill (for example, A = area, V = volume) are often considered to be known language, but EAL/D students may not have had exposure to these. source words to support the students in understanding the abbreviation. Have charts of abbreviations available. Measurement and geometry Use the enlargement transformation to explain similarity and develop the conditions for triangles to be similar (ACMMG220) The vocabulary and sentence structures needed for this skill may impede an EAL/D learner from demonstrating their knowledge. Provide opportunities for students to show knowledge that is not language based; for example, physical manipulation of objects or the use of visuals. Model spoken language explanations of similarity and provide opportunities for EAL/D students to repeat those explanations for similar problems using the same sentence structure. Use vocabulary games such as snap and bingo to develop vocabulary. Measurement and geometry Use similarity to investigate the constancy of the sine, cosine and tangent ratios for a angle in right-angled triangles (ACMMG223) Abbreviations relevant to this skill are often considered to be known language, but EAL/D students may not have had exposure to these. Teach source words to support the students in understanding the abbreviation. Have charts of abbreviations available. Number and algebra Solve problems involving direct proportion. Explore the relationship between the graphs and equations corresponding to simple rate problems (ACMNA208) Word problems are challenging for EAL/D students, as it can be difficult to determine the operation needed from the language used. This is particularly relevant for EAL/D students in the Beginning and Emerging phases of English language learning when students may not be making sense of all words. Teach students to identify the irrelevant contextual material in the question and to cross this out. Focus on how the operations are described differently in different questions.
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