AC9M2SP01
Parents start here
Your child is learning to describe shapes by their sides and corners.
- Count the sides and corners of a shape
- Compare a triangle and a rectangle by number of sides
One skill from the map, ages 5–6 — its page has the rest of the checklist and what comes next. Candidate alignment, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
“recognise, compare and classify shapes, referencing the number of sides and using spatial terms such as “opposite”, “parallel”, “curved” and “straight””
Official source: Australian Curriculum v9 — Mathematics ↗ · Content © ACARA, CC BY 4.0 · unofficial reference — verify at the official site
Other skills on the Learning Map matched to this code — candidate alignments, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).
22 other candidate matches — 9 medium, 13 low
medium confidence
2-D shapes (age 6+)
2-D shapes
3-D shapes
Edges, vertices, and faces
Sorting 2-D and 3-D shapes
Parallel and perpendicular lines
Understanding angles (age 8+)
Early Maths Vocabulary
Flat vs Solid Shapes
low confidence
2-D shapes (age 8+)
Angles in triangles (age 7+)
2-D faces on 3-D shapes
2-D shapes (age 7+)
Position, direction, and movement
Building & Drawing Shapes
Nets of 3-D Shapes
Describing Movements
Halves & Quarters of Shapes
Angles in triangles (age 6+)
Lines of symmetry
Understanding angles
Splitting shapes into equal parts (age 7+)
Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.
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AC9M2SP02
Teaching this? Learning Map for teachers has the sequencing view and copy-paste words to send home.