Year 1 Duration Unit

A complete Year 1 mathematics unit with editable lessons and quiz, colour displays, hands-on activities, differentiated worksheets, assessment, answers and rubric for comparing and sequencing duration.

Full Description

Teach students to compare, sequence and describe duration through familiar Year 1 contexts. What is the Duration? combines explicit teaching, class discussion, practical sorting and sequencing, independent worksheet practice, assessment and review in one coherent unit.

The 19-slide editable presentation introduces duration through everyday events and builds understanding from seconds to years. Two colour reference displays provide clear classroom anchors. Students then use a duration sort mat and cards, sequence familiar routines, compare which events take longer, and choose sensible time units.

Six print-friendly worksheets provide structured practice across event comparison, unit selection, calendar relationships and explanation. A two-page school-fair assessment brings the learning together, with matching answer pages and a marking rubric. The 22-slide editable quiz contains 10 question-and-answer pairs for whole-class review or formative assessment.

The unit is designed for approximately one school week and can also be used for intervention, revision, maths rotations or targeted small-group work.

What’s Included

• Editable PowerPoint presentation: What is the Duration? — 19 slides
• Editable PowerPoint quiz — 22 slides
• Unit plan PDF — 25 pages
• Time Units: Short to Long colour display
• Time Units: Days to Years colour display
• Duration Sort Mat and Sort Cards
• Everyday Sequence Cards — Sets A and B
• Six print-friendly worksheets with matching answer pages
• My Week in Order activity page
• Duration at the School Fair assessment — two student pages and two answer pages
• Year 1 marking rubric

Learning Focus

• Compare how long familiar events take
• Sequence events from shortest to longest
• Choose appropriate units of time for everyday situations
• Relate seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years
• Communicate reasoning about duration

Classroom Use

Use the presentation for whole-class explicit teaching, the displays as reference anchors, and the cards for paired or small-group sorting and sequencing. Select worksheet pages for guided, core or extension practice. Finish with the two-page assessment and rubric, then use the quiz for review or formative checking.

Formats, Page Counts and Answers

Includes PDF, editable PPTX and JPG files. The Unit Plan is 25 pages, the presentation is 19 slides and the quiz is 22 slides. Matching answer pages are included for all closed-response worksheets and both assessment pages.

Digital Product and Licence

This is a digital product. No physical item will be shipped. Purchase permits use by the purchasing teacher with their own students under Sukindi’s single-user licence. Do not resell, redistribute, share publicly or upload the files to an open-access website or shared drive.