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Year 1 Mathematics – Term 2
Year 1 · Maths · Term 2
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What students will learn
A 10-week, 50-lesson Year 1 Mathematics Term 2 unit focused on Number, Algebra and Measurement. Designed as core/at-level seed content for Ready2Teach loading, with AI differentiation available for Premium users.
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Lessons in this unit
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Week 1 Lesson 1: Represent two-digit numbers
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to build numbers with tens and ones and match them to numerals.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 1 Lesson 2: Read, build and draw numbers to 50
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to represent numbers using materials, drawings and numerals.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 1 Lesson 3: Order two-digit numbers
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to place two-digit numbers on a number line and compare their size.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 1 Lesson 4: Partition numbers in more than one way
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to show different ways to break a number into parts.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 1 Lesson 5: Week 1 check: tens and ones
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to apply place value understanding to build, order and explain numbers.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 2 Lesson 1: Teen numbers as ten and some more
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to represent teen numbers as one ten and some ones.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 2 Lesson 2: Two-digit numbers as tens and ones
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to partition numbers into tens and ones using place value mats.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 2 Lesson 3: Compose numbers from parts
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to make a number from given parts and explain the representation.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 2 Lesson 4: Flexible partitions
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to represent the same number in different ways with materials and drawings.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 2 Lesson 5: Week 2 check: make, break and explain
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to use partitioning to explain two-digit numbers.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 3 Lesson 1: Add by joining collections
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to model addition as joining two parts.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 3 Lesson 2: Part-part-whole addition
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to use part-part-whole mats to write and solve addition problems.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 3 Lesson 3: Count on to add
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to start with the larger number and count on.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 3 Lesson 4: Make ten to add
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to use ten-frame knowledge to solve addition within 20.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 3 Lesson 5: Week 3 check: addition strategies
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to choose and explain a strategy for addition within 20.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 4 Lesson 1: Subtract by taking away
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to model subtraction by removing part of a collection.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 4 Lesson 2: Subtract by counting back
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to use a number line to count back within 20.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 4 Lesson 3: Find the missing part
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to use part-part-whole to solve missing part problems.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 4 Lesson 4: Addition and subtraction fact families
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to connect related addition and subtraction facts.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 4 Lesson 5: Week 4 check: subtraction strategies
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to solve and explain subtraction problems within 20.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 5 Lesson 1: Act out addition stories
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to represent a practical addition story with materials.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 5 Lesson 2: Act out subtraction stories
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to represent a practical subtraction story with materials.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 5 Lesson 3: Simple money transactions
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to use coins or counters to model buying one or two low-cost items.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 5 Lesson 4: Draw a model to solve
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to represent an additive problem with a diagram.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 5 Lesson 5: Week 5 modelling task
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to solve a practical additive problem and explain the strategy used.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 6 Lesson 1: Make equal groups
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to group objects equally and identify equal and unequal groups.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 6 Lesson 2: Count equal groups
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to use repeated groups to find how many objects altogether.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 6 Lesson 3: Share fairly
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to model fair sharing into equal groups.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 6 Lesson 4: Grouping stories
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to represent grouping problems with objects and drawings.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 6 Lesson 5: Week 6 check: equal groups and sharing
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to solve a fair sharing or grouping problem using materials.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 7 Lesson 1: Skip count by twos
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to pair objects and count the total by twos.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 7 Lesson 2: Skip count by fives
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to group objects in fives and count the total.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 7 Lesson 3: Skip count by tens
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to group objects in tens and count the total.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 7 Lesson 4: Choose a skip-counting strategy
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to decide whether to count by twos, fives or tens.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 7 Lesson 5: Week 7 check: skip-counting patterns
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to continue skip-counting patterns and use them to quantify groups.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 8 Lesson 1: Continue number patterns
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to continue skip-counting number patterns.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 8 Lesson 2: Identify the repeating unit
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to find the part of a pattern that repeats.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 8 Lesson 3: Create repeating patterns
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to make and describe patterns with objects, shapes and symbols.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 8 Lesson 4: Fix a pattern error
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to find and correct a mistake in a pattern.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 8 Lesson 5: Week 8 pattern task
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to create, continue and explain a repeating or skip-counting pattern.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 9 Lesson 1: Compare lengths directly
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to compare objects by length using direct comparison.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 9 Lesson 2: Compare mass using hefting
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to compare objects by mass and explain heavier/lighter.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 9 Lesson 3: Compare capacity
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to compare containers by how much they hold.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 9 Lesson 4: Order events by duration
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to order events from shortest to longest and use time language.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 9 Lesson 5: Week 9 measurement check
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to compare and order objects or events using a chosen attribute.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 10 Lesson 1: Measure length with informal units
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to measure length using equal informal units end-to-end.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 10 Lesson 2: Choose sensible informal units
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to decide which informal unit is useful for measuring an object.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 10 Lesson 3: Measurement investigation
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to measure, record and compare lengths in the classroom.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 10 Lesson 4: Term 2 assessment part 1: number and algebra
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to show understanding of partitioning, addition, subtraction and patterns.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
Week 10 Lesson 5: Term 2 assessment part 2: measurement and modelling
60 minLearning Intent: We are learning to apply measurement and modelling skills in a practical task.
- I can use materials or drawings to show my thinking.
- I can solve the task carefully.
- I can explain my answer using maths words.
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