Description
Pattern Blocks are a versatile mathematics manipulative. This manual helps teachers gain the most from using them. It covers fundamental Geometry concepts such as symmetry (line and rotational), Measurement ideas such as area and perimeter and Number ideas such as fractions.
48 pages.
| Pattern Blocks Book | |
| Australian Curriculum Links | |
| Yr 1: ACMMG022 | Recognise and classify familiar two-dimensional shapes … |
| Yr 2: ACMMG037 | Compare and order several shapes and objects based on area, using appropriate uniform informal units |
| Yr 2: ACMMG042 | Describe and draw two-dimensional shapes … |
| Tessellation | |
| Yr 4: ACMMG087 | Compare the areas of regular and irregular shapes by informal means |
| Yr 4: ACMMG091 | Create symmetrical patterns, pictures and shapes … |
| Yr 5: ACMMG114 | Describe translations, reflections and rotations of two-dimensional shapes. Identify line and rotational symmetries |
| Yr 6: ACMMG142 | Investigate combinations of translations, reflections and rotations. |
| Yr 5: ACMMG109 | Calculate perimeter and area |
| Yr 3: ACMMG064 | Identify angles as measures of turn and compare angle sizes |
| Yr 4: ACMMG087 | Compare the areas of regular and irregular shapes by informal means |
| Yr 4 ACMNA075 | Recall multiplication facts |
| Yr 6 ACMNA125 | Compare fractions |
| Yr 6: ACMNA127 | Simple fractions |
| Yr 3: ACMNA060 | Describe, continue, and create number patterns resulting from performing addition or subtraction |
| Yr 4: ACMNA081 | Explore and describe number patterns resulting from performing multiplication |
