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

Six print-friendly worksheet topics 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 editable 22-slide 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 19-slide What is the Duration? PowerPoint presentation

• Editable 22-slide PowerPoint quiz

• 25-page unit plan PDF

• Time Units: Short to Long and Time Units: Days to Years colour displays

• Duration Sort Mat and cards

• Everyday Sequence Cards, Sets A and B

• Six sequenced worksheet topics with matching answers

• My Week in Order activity

• Two-page Duration at the School Fair assessment with two matching 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.

Product details

• Year level: Year 1 / Grade 1

• Subject: Mathematics

• Topic: Measurement — duration and units of time

• Formats: PDF and editable PowerPoint

• Length: 25-page unit plan, 19-slide presentation and 22-slide quiz; 66 pages/slides in total

• Answer support: Matching answer pages for all closed-response worksheets and both assessment pages

Curriculum alignment

Australian Curriculum v9: AC9M1M01
Australian Curriculum v8: ACMMG019
Victorian Curriculum 2.0: VC2M1M01
New South Wales: MA1-NSM-01, MA1-3DS-02, MA1-GM-02, MA1-NSM-02, MAE-3DS-02
Western Australia: ACMMG019
Common Core: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.A.1, CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.A.2, CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.B.3, CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.G.A.1
England: UK-KS1-Y2-MATH-M
New Zealand: NZ-Y2-MATH-MEAS-M-1, NZ-Y2-MATH-MEAS-M-2, NZ-Y2-MATH-MEAS-M-4
Texas: TEKS-MATH-G1-7A, TEKS-MATH-G1-7B, TEKS-MATH-G1-7C, TEKS-MATH-G1-7D, TEKS-MATH-G1-7E
Ontario: CAN-G1-MATH-E2.1, CAN-G1-MATH-E2.2

Teacher benefits

• A sequenced week of teaching from introduction to assessment

• Editable lesson and quiz slides

• Colour resources for modelling and hands-on learning

• Low-ink worksheet and assessment pages

• Differentiated practice across comparison, sequencing and unit selection

• Matching answer pages and a clear marking rubric

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