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Yellow level - Year 2

Whole Numbers

  • numbers up to 100
  • introduction to 3 digit numbers
  • groups and multiples of 100
  • place value (ordering numbers to 999)v
  • patterns
  • ordinal odd and even numbersv
  • 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)v
  • 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)
  • vstory 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 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 taskv
  • 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
  • vdollars 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)v
  • comparison of 2 and more objects - wide/narrow (er/est), thick/thin (er/est), etc
  • informal units of length, the metre, length, width, height, boundar = 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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