Early Level Numeracy and Mathematics Success Criteria 2016
*use appropriate vocabulary to describe the size, length, weight and capacity of objects.
*use appropriate language to compare quantities.
*compare the size, length, weight and volume of objects in relation to each other.
*use the amount of objects in one group to help me estimate the quantity in other groups.
*check my estimate by counting.
MNU 0-01a / Number and Number Processes SEAL
*recognise numbers in the environment
*understand and use numbers in conversation
*recognise and identify the numerals to 10, to 20
*say short forward and backward number word sequences (including zero) starting and stopping at different numbers within 10, within 20, within 30
*sequence a small group of numerals within 10, within 20
*tell which number comes before /after a given number within 10, within 20, within 30
*find missing numbers on a number line, numeral track/roll.
*understand and use first, second, third, and beyond in relevant contexts.
*see numbers by subitising a small group of items (say how many items are there without counting them) when presented in:
· dice/domino patterns (up to 3)
· dice/domino patterns (up to 6)
· pairs patterns (to 6 and then 10)
· random arrays (up to 4 items)
· 4/6/8/10-grids
*feel numbers by:
· making dice (or other patterns) in the air
· Repeating a movement a given number of times
· Counting how many times someone completes a given movement.
· Showing the correct number of fingers on my hands e.g. “Show me 3”.”Show me double 2”
*hear numbers by:
· Counting the number of claps (or other repeated noise), presented in a rhythmic or arrhythmic pattern.
· Clapping (or make other noise) a given number of times.
· Clapping the number of dots on a given card e.g. clap 5 times when shown a card with 5 dots.
MNU 0-02a / Number and Number Processes SEAL
*say forwards and backwards number word sequences starting and stopping at different numbers (within an appropriate range).
*count items in one collection/one row.
*count items in two collections/two rows and say how many there are altogether.
*work out how many items there are altogether in two collections when:
· The first collection is screened
· The second collection is screened
· Both collections are screened,
and can share the strategy I have used.
*point out groups of two in domino and pairs patterns..
*describe domino and pairs patterns in different ways e.g. a 6 pattern can be made from a 4 and a 2, or a 3 and a 3.
*build numbers up to 10 on my fingers and can represent these numbers in different ways e.g. I can make 6 using 2/4 fingers or using 3/3 fingers.
*explore how 10 is partitioned using my fingers e.g. if I have 8 fingers up and 2 fingers down I can see that 8 and 2 makes 10.
*build doubles and near doubles on my fingers to help me learn my double and near double facts.
*explain my answers
· In words
· With materials
· Through drawings
· On paper in a range of practical contexts.
MNU 0-03a / Angle, Symmetry and Transformation
*use a mirror to check symmetry.
*create a symmetrical picture by folding.
*draw a symmetrical picture.
*make a symmetrical pattern using a variety of resources.
MTH 0-19a
Fractions, Decimal Fractions and Percentages
*share items into smaller groups.
*split a whole object into smaller parts.
*understand the difference between unequal and equal groups when sharing (fairness when sharing).
*share items into equal groups:
· When I know how many groups I need.
· When I know how many items need to go in each group.
*use appropriate language when sharing/making smaller groups.
*recognise that a whole can represent one item or a group of items e.g. a whole bag of oranges.
*put smaller parts back together to make a whole.
*recognise smaller parts made from a whole object.
*split a whole object into smaller parts, and understand that ‘equal parts’ are the same size.
*use estimation when trying to split a whole into two equal parts.
*use the language of a half when describing parts of an object which has been split equally in two.
MNU 0-07a / Money
* talk about how we use money to pay for things.
*talk about different forms of money (and understand that money is not only coins and notes).
*talk about ways of keeping my money safe e.g. purse, piggy bank.
*tell the difference between needs and wants and can give examples of each.
*pay for amounts in play and in a variety of real life contexts e.g. shop, bus.
*understand that I will get change if I give too much money to pay for an item in play and in real life contexts.
*understand that different coins and notes have different values.
*compare and contrast different coins and notes.
*sort coins and notes by different criteria e.g. shape, colour, size.
*explain why it is important to save money and can give examples of what I might save for.
*count out the correct number of 1p coins to pay for an item.
MNU 0-09a
Time
* talk about my day and events in my life.
*explore days, dates and months using a visual calendar.
*order events in my day.
*know that there are four seasons and can name them.
*know that we can use a clock to help us tell the time.
*sort events using the language of day, night and morning, afternoon, evening.
*know that there are 7 days in a week.
*name the days of the week.
*use the words yesterday, today and tomorrow when discussing time.
*know that a clock face has a long and short hand.
*watch the hands move or move the hands myself to show time passing.
*know that the short hand shows the hours and can watch the short hand moving during the day to see the hours passing.
*know that the long hand shows the minutes and can watch the long hand moving to see the minutes passing.
*use the calendar in my classroom to read/record today’s date, month and year.
*match key events to the months on the calendar, or on a calendar train.
*know that the months are in a specific order which repeats every year.
*continue the pattern of the days of the week.
*know that the seasons follow a repeating pattern and can continue this pattern.
*tell the time on the hour e.g. 3 o’clock.
*apply my knowledge of time to help me make sense of time and events in my life.
MNU 0-10a / Measurement
*can explore measure by putting items in a row, stacking items, lifting items and filling containers.
*choose and use everyday items to measure length, height, weight and volume.
*use appropriate language to compare everyday items by:
· size
· length
· height
· weight
· capacity ("how many … they hold")
*put objects in order according to weight, length, height and volume.
*estimate the length, height, weight and volume (“how many ... will that hold?)
*record my measure investigations in a variety of ways e.g. photos, drawings.
*find items which have the same length, weight, height or volume.
MNU 0-11a / Patterns and Relationships
*find patterns all around me
*describe patterns and begin to use the language of position
*arrange patterns in different ways and understand that they follow an order
*recognise the rule of a pattern
*identify what comes before and after to copy and continue the pattern
*recognise that some patterns have a repeated sequence
*apply my knowledge of patterns to create and continue patterns of my own.
MTH 0-13a / Data and Analysis
*collect objects from a variety of sources
*ask questions that will help me to get the information I need.
*understand the need to organise objects or information I have collected.
*choose how to organise objects or information.
*organise objects/information I have collected and display my findings for others to see e.g. using a pictorial display.
*explain to others what I have done and what I have found out.
*use the information I have collected and displayed to help make choices or decisions e.g. which game to play based on votes from a group.
MNU 0-20a
Angle, Symmetry and Transformation
* listen to and follow oral instructions to find an item or person.
*use positional words to describe where things/people are.
*use the terms up, down, forwards, backwards and across to describe a movement or journey.
*follow visual directions, i.e. arrows
*tell the difference between left and right.
*follow oral instructions containing left and right e.g. “turn left”, “throw the ball with your right hand”.
*follow oral instructions to complete a journey.
*describe a journey using directional language e.g. “go along the corridor and turn right to get to the toilet”.
*follow a simple map, counting steps to find a designated point, i.e. treasure map
MTH 0-17a / Properties of 2D Shapes and 3D Objects
* recognise shapes in the environment
*match shapes
*be creative with 3D objects and 2D shapes
*identify and name simple 2D shapes
*investigate properties of different 3D objects (e.g. does it roll?)
*sort 3D objects and 2D shapes by sight/touch
*identify properties of these 2D shapes e.g. straight sides
*begin to name a variety of 3D objects
*identify properties of these 3D objects
*sort 3D objects (e.g. those which stack or roll)
*use the language of shape appropriately
*use my knowledge of simple 2D shapes and 3D objects to classify and compare.
MTH 0-16a / Data and Analysis
*match objects which have something in common, e.g. same colour, or are identical.
*sort objects using set criteria.
*make a decision about what belongs/ does not belong to a set.
*choose my own criteria for matching and sorting, and can organise items using this.
*explain and justify the criteria I have chosen for matching and sorting.
MNU 0-20b
Data and Analysis
*understand that charts give me information.
*explain what information a chart gives me e.g. a birthday chart.
* understand that signs give me information.
*explain what information a specific sign gives me.
*use a chart to get information I need or want.
*use signs and charts to help me make choices and decisions in my everyday life.
MNU 0-20c
interpret questions select and communicate processes and solutions justify choice of strategy used link mathematical concepts
use mathematical vocabulary and notation mental agility algebraic reasoning determine the reasonableness of a solution