Year 1 - Maths
Use language relating to days, weeks, months and years
Time - sequencing events and telling the time to the hour and half hour
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils will sequence events in chronological order and recognise and use language relating to dates. They will tell the time to the hour and half past the hour linking to fractions.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use weeks, months and years to describe events.
Key Notes
- We can describe how long things take in weeks, months and years.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Week: A time period of 7 days.
- Month: One of the twelve parts of the year.
- Year: A time period of twelve months.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may think a week always starts on a Sunday, and a year always starts in January.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Solve this in steps: explain the method from this lesson and why each step matters.
We can describe how long things take in weeks, months and years. We can describe how long things take in weeks, months and years.
2. Use this key word in a maths sentence and explain it clearly. 'Week'
A time period of 7 days. Use this word when showing your method, then check your final answer is reasonable.
3. Spot and fix this common maths mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may think a week always starts on a Sunday, and a year always starts in January. Correction: Having these displayed in your environment in a circular formation (as in the slide deck) will help to reinforce the idea that a week is any seven days in sequence and a year is any twelve months in sequence. Practise reciting using the cycles.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Draw and label a clock face talking about the hours Study Guide
- Sequence events across a week in chronological order Study Guide
- Sequence events in the school day in chronological order Study Guide
- Sequence everyday events in chronological order Study Guide
- Tell the time to the half hour using the hour hand Study Guide
- Tell the time to the hour and half hour using the hour and minute hands Study Guide
- Tell the time to the hour using the hour hand Study Guide
- Use language relating to days of the week Study Guide
- Use language relating to months of the year Study Guide
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