Use language relating to days, weeks, months and years

Maths

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. In the future unit pupils will consolidate their understanding of time by comparing and sequencing intervals of time. They will learn to write the time to 5 minutes, including quarter past/quarter to.

In prior learning, pupils will have developed their spatial reasoning skills in the area of measures. 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 hour linking to fractions.

Time - sequencing events and telling the time to the hour and half hour

Which of these things could you do in one day? 

Order these periods of time from shortest to longest. 

Jun's birthday is in January. Jacob's birthday is in November. What would be the best way to count the time between Jun's birthday and Jacob's birthday? 

True or false? When counting a full week, I could start from a Wednesday. 

True or false? When counting a full year, I could start from August. 

If a year starts in March, what is the final full month of the year? 

Match the sentence to the correct number. 

What is the missing day? Saturday, ___, Monday

What is the missing month? June, ___, August

True or false: A week is longer than a month. 

The new year starts in January. Does November come before or after March? 

Starter Quiz