Annotated Content Descriptions | Mathematics Year 2 LANGUAGE/CULTURAL CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS TEACHING STRATEGIES CONSIDERATIONS Measurement and geometry Abbreviations are used often in Teach the source words of the non-narrative texts, and may be abbreviations to support the Compare and order several shapes considered to be known language (for students’ understanding of the and objects based on length, area, example, in Mathematics: 3D = concept that the abbreviation is volume and capacity using kg, cm). representing. appropriate uniform informal units (ACMMG037) Provide readily accessible charts of abbreviations. Measurement and geometry Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Model the language structures of languages don’t have of comparison comparison, pointing out the Compare masses of objects using (for example, mobs’, big mobs’). suffix on the end of the word, and balance scales (ACMMG038) ‘big ‘big the use of the article when The language of comparison in English ‘the’ making the superlative. includes the use of the comparative and superlative adjective forms. ', in Provide wall charts of comparative Mathematics, lighter, the lightest, adding and superlative of adjectives. and using the article and adding ‘–er’ ‘the’ the suffix to one- or two-syllable ‘–est’ adjectives. This is not intuitive knowledge for EAL/D students. Measurement and geometry The telling of time is constructed Teach the language structures of differently in different languages, and this telling the time, being aware of Tell time to the quarter hour, often reflects concepts of time in different possible linguistic differences to the language of and ‘past’ ‘to’ cultures. For example, in Greek to better understand if problems (ACMMG039) ‘quarter five’ is constructed as less a quarter’. with time-telling are linguistic or ‘six conceptual. Measurement and geometry Seasons are understood differently Relate work on seasons to the according to geographical locations, teaching and learning Name and months and including the wet and dry seasons in the environment, using descriptors seasons (ACMMG040) tropics, to the more complex seasonal relevant to the geographical descriptors used by some Aboriginal and location. Torres Strait Islander people. Use bilingual assistants, where available, or parents as useful sources of information about the local environment.
Annotated Content Descriptions | Mathematics Year 2 CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS LANGUAGE/CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS TEACHING STRATEGIES Measurement and geometry Compare and order several shapes and objects based on length, area, volume and capacity using appropriate uniform informal units (ACMMG037) Abbreviations are used often in non-narrative texts, and may be considered to be known language (for example, in Mathematics: 3D = kg, cm). Teach the source words of the abbreviations to support the students’ understanding of the concept that the abbreviation is representing. Provide readily accessible charts of abbreviations. Measurement and geometry Compare masses of objects using balance scales (ACMMG038) Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages don’t have of comparison (for example, ‘big mobs’, ‘big big mobs’). The language of comparison in English includes the use of the comparative and superlative adjective forms. ', in Mathematics, lighter, the lightest, adding ‘–er’ and using the article ‘the’ and adding the suffix ‘–est’ to one- or two-syllable adjectives. This is not intuitive knowledge for EAL/D students. Model the language structures of comparison, pointing out the suffix on the end of the word, and the use of the article ‘the’ when making the superlative. Provide wall charts of comparative and superlative of adjectives. Measurement and geometry Tell time to the quarter hour, the language of ‘past’ and ‘to’ (ACMMG039) The telling of time is constructed differently in different languages, and this often reflects concepts of time in different cultures. For example, in Greek ‘quarter to five’ is constructed as ‘six less a quarter’. Teach the language structures of telling the time, being aware of possible linguistic differences to better understand if problems with time-telling are linguistic or conceptual. Measurement and geometry Name and months and seasons (ACMMG040) Seasons are understood differently according to geographical locations, including the wet and dry seasons in the tropics, to the more complex seasonal descriptors used by some Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Relate work on seasons to the teaching and learning environment, using descriptors relevant to the geographical location. Use bilingual assistants, where available, or parents as useful sources of information about the local environment.
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