Whole Numbers
• numbers up to 100
• introduction to 3 digit numbers
• groups and multiples of 100
• place value (ordering numbers to 999)
• patterns
• ordinal odd and even numbers
• rounding to the nearest 10
• bridging 1 000

Addition
• chart 1- 100
• introduction to the word “add”
• number line addition (including number sentences)
• doubling of numbers up to 50
• review of addition of 2 digit with 1 digit - no carries (vertical format)
• addition of 2 digit numbers with 1 and 2 digit numbers (with carries)
• mental addition strategies

Subtraction
• review of number lines
• revision of taking away groups
• consolidation of base 10 blocks
• relating addition to subtraction
• subtraction of 2 digits (regrouping and no regrouping)
• estimation techniques
• subtraction stories
• subtraction with 3 digit numbers

Multiplication
• introduction to formal multiplication
• recognizing groups/rows of
• rows (arrays for multiplication)
• using the “x” sign
• repeated addition
• vertical multiplication
• square numbers
• basic facts for (0 to 10)
• counting by 3
• assorted questions
• story problems

Division
• consolidation of the division concept
• equal shares
• recognizing a division situation
• exploring fractions (halves, thirds, quarters)
• story problems

Fractions
• elementary treatment of the concept is given in division with the introduction and discussion of the basic fractions: 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4
• formal concept development commences at Purple Level

Time and Money
• sequence of events: relational - first, next, last, etc
• sequence of events: positional - 1st to 29th, and first, second, beginning, end
• times of the Day: daytime, night time, morning, afternoon, beginning, end, etc
• days of the week and associated language (yesterday, today, tomorrow)
• durations: short, long, shorter, longer, shortest, longest, etc
• durations: hours, minutes, seconds, days, weeks, fortnight, years,
time taken to perform a task
• representing time: difference between analogue and digital, half past and minutes past
• calendars: months, months in a year, ordinals to 31st , calendar construction, seasons, rhyme for number of days in the months
• write dates using correct abbreviations
• identification of money: 5c to $10; colour, shape, size, edge, animals, numbers
• dollars and cents: written form and total value
• shopping: multiple items and change given

Measurement
• concept of mass: heavy, light, same, heavier, lighter, heaviest,
lightest
• conservation of mass and introduction to the kilogram
• concept of length: comparison of 2 and more objects -
tall/short/long, (er/est), high/low (er/est)
• comparison of 2 and more objects - wide/narrow (er/est),
thick/thin (er/est), etc
• informal units of length, the metre, length, width, height, boundary
= perimeter
• concept of area: elementary introduction to covering a surface
• concept of volume: introduction to volume, introduction to the litre,
less than and more than
• concept of angles: turns and corners, right angles

Space
• identify and describe positions: positional (right/left, in/out, outside/inside, etc)
• identify and describe plane 2-D shapes: relational (same/different, big/little, smaller/est, whole/part/half, etc)
• identify and describe plane 2-D shapes: operational (the same, sort, fit, join together, match, cover, etc)
• identify and describe plane 2-D shapes: geometric (shape, flat, round/curved, surface, face, edge, straight, corner, side, point, etc)
• compare and classify plane shapes according to three attributes
• 5 sides or more - shape is labeled according to the number of sides
• quadrilaterals
• identify and describe 3-D shapes (solids): positional, relational, operational, geometric
• compare and classify 3-D shapes (solids) according to three
attributes
• line: concept of the line and the use of the word “line”
• straight and curved lines, horizontal and vertical lines
• plumb lines for investigating vertical lines
• symmetry: exploration through plane shapes (classification: do fold, don’t fold, fold lines, 3-D flip, slide, turn)

Chance and Data
• one-to-one correspondence and more than enough
• graphs: 2 column - object, titles and axes, tally marks, scales
• introduction to graphs: 3 column - horizontal and vertical bar graphs, object, titles and axes, tally marks, scales
• introduction to graphs: 4 column - horizontal and vertical bar graphs, object, titles and axes, tally marks, scales

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