Materials Language
Understanding
Childrens Language Triangular shaped familiar real-
world objects and photographs of
objects that have been found on a
shape hunt e.g. coat-hangers,
doritos, signs, the roof of a building,
jewellery etc.
Materials Language Tangram sets, pattern blocks,
geostrips, paper for folding,
geoboards, sticks and playdough,
websites with games for folding
paper, apps with virtual geoboards,
shapes that clip together.
Maths Language All materials as described in above
materials language section pictures
of triangle patterns and tessellations,
websites with games for classifying
triangles
Symbolic Language Protractors, rulers, websites which
allow students to virtual manipulate
triangles to have different angles.
Recording/Demonstration of
Corners, length, three sides, straight,
like a slice of pizza, the same/not the
same
Same language as described in
childrens language stage above.
Equilateral, scalene, isosceles,
vertices, perimeter, area, angles,
right, acute, obtuse, degree,
congruent, similar, symmetry,
polygons
Degree symbol
Locate triangular shapes in their
environment and describe verbally
why they are triangles.
Draw and create different triangles
using materials listed in adjacent
section and describe verbally why
they are triangles.
Draw and create different triangles
using materials listed in adjacent
section and describe verbally and in
writing why they are the triangles
they are using applicable
terminology as listed in adjacent
section.
Locate and draw triangles of a
particular classification, describe
verbally and in writing why they are
that particular type of triangle using
applicable terminology, be able to
create formulae for the area and
perimeter of different types of
triangles, be able to find the angle of
different types of triangle