Fluency
Portfolio summary
In F–2, students become fluent as they develop skills in choosing appropriate procedures; and recalling factual knowledge and concepts readily.
In Years 3–6, students become fluent as they develop skills in choosing appropriate procedures; carrying out procedures flexibly and accurately; and recalling factual knowledge and concepts readily. Students are fluent when they calculate answers efficiently, when they recognise robust ways of answering questions, and when they recall definitions and regularly use facts.
In Years 7–8, students develop skills in choosing appropriate procedures; carrying out procedures flexibly, accurately, efficiently and appropriately; and recalling factual knowledge and concepts readily. Students are fluent when they calculate answers efficiently, when they recognise robust ways of answering questions, when they choose appropriate methods and approximations, and when they recall definitions and regularly use facts.
In Years 9–10, students develop skills in choosing appropriate procedures; carrying out procedures flexibly, accurately, efficiently and appropriately; and recalling factual knowledge and concepts readily. Students are fluent when they calculate answers efficiently, when they recognise robust ways of answering questions, when they choose appropriate methods and approximations, when they recall definitions and regularly use facts, and when they can manipulate expressions and equations to find solutions.
Work samples
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Year 7 includes calculating accurately with integers, representing fractions and decimals in various ways, investigating best buys, finding measures of central tendency and calculating areas of shapes and volumes of prisms.
Year 8 includes calculating accurately with simple decimals, indices and integers; recognising equivalence of common decimals and fractions including recurring decimals; factorising and simplifying basic algebraic expressions; and evaluating perimeters and areas of common shapes and volumes of three-dimensional objects.
