Year 1 · Time · Summary
Year 1 Time: summary and key words
Part of the Year 1 time chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Put events in order | Use first, next, then and last. Before is earlier. After is later. |
| Days of the week | Seven days, always in the same order from Monday. Yesterday is one day back. Tomorrow is one day on. |
| Months of the year | Twelve months from January to December. After December comes January. |
| Read an o’clock time | The short hand shows the hour. The long hand is on 12. |
| Read half past | The long hand is on 6. The short hand is halfway between two numbers. |
| Compare how long | Less time is quicker or shorter. More time is slower or longer. |
| Units of time | Seconds are very short. Minutes are medium. Hours are long. |
Can you…?
- I can put things in order using first, next, then and last
- I can say the days of the week in order and find yesterday and tomorrow
- I can say the months of the year in order
- I can read o’clock times on a clock
- I can read half past times on a clock
- I can say which time is quicker, slower, earlier or later
- I can choose seconds, minutes or hours to measure a time
Key terms
- morning
- the start of the day
- afternoon
- the part of the day after lunch
- evening
- the end of the day
- before
- earlier in the order
- after
- later in the order
- today
- the day we are in now
- yesterday
- the day before today
- tomorrow
- the day after today
- week
- seven days, from Monday to Sunday
- month
- one of the 12 parts of a year
- calendar
- a chart that shows the days of a month
- date
- the number of a day in the month, such as the 9th
- short hand (hour hand)
- the hand that shows the hour
- long hand (minute hand)
- the hand that shows the minutes
- o’clock
- the time when the long hand is on 12
- half past
- half an hour after the hour, when the long hand is on 6
- quicker
- takes less time
- slower
- takes more time
- earlier
- before another time
- later
- after another time