AC9MFM02 • Foundation Maths

AC9MFM02: Sequence days of the week and times of the day...

sequence days of the week and times of the day including morning, lunchtime, afternoon and night time, and connect them to familiar events and actions

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🎯 Learn the key ideaStart here

Learning intention: Daily events can be sequenced by time of day, and the seven days of the week repeat in a fixed cycle.

Success looks like: Sequence dayparts; Order days of week; Use before / after; Use yesterday / today / tomorrow; Explain a routine sequence.

Learning routine: Place event → Name daypart → Order → Before/After → Repeat week → Explain

Explain, check and applyReason

Connect time words to events

Order familiar events using morning, lunchtime, afternoon and night time. Explain the order using when the events occur. Families may have different routines; clock reading is not required.

The week keeps going

A class chart ends with Sunday. A child says there is no next day on the chart. What should come next, and why?

Answer and teaching guidance

Monday follows Sunday. The seven-day sequence repeats even when the chart has an edge. Arrange day cards in a loop to show this.

Read a simple roster

The watering roster says Monday: Noor; Tuesday: Eli; Wednesday: Ava. Today is Tuesday. Who watered yesterday, and whose turn is tomorrow?

Answer and teaching guidance

Noor watered yesterday; Ava waters tomorrow. Find Tuesday first, then move one day back or forward.

Fix a daily sequence

A story says: in the morning we plant seeds; at lunchtime we eat; in the afternoon we water them. A child puts watering first. How should the events be ordered?

Answer and teaching guidance

Plant seeds, eat lunch, then water seeds. Use the time words in this story to justify the order, rather than choosing a favourite activity first.

Ready to move on

Today is Monday. Name yesterday and tomorrow, then describe something you do in the morning and something at night.

Answer and teaching guidance

Yesterday was Sunday; tomorrow is Tuesday. Accept plausible personal routines with a clear time-of-day connection. Revisit the week loop if Sunday is missed.

👀 Model and worked examplesLearn

Build the day and week sequences

DAY
morning → lunchtime → afternoon → night

Place familiar events in the correct part of the day.

WEEK
Mon → Tue → Wed → Thu → Fri → Sat → Sun → Mon

The sequence repeats.

RELATIVE DAYS
yesterday ← today → tomorrow

Move the “today” marker each day.

Think aloud: Build or point to the model first, explain what each part shows, then state the answer.

Before and after in a repeating cycle

Sunday → Monday → Tuesday

Ask: “What comes after Sunday? What comes before Tuesday?”

📚 Key words4 words

sequence

an order that makes sense

daypart

a part of the day, such as morning

yesterday

the day before today

tomorrow

the day after today

🧠 Try it in different waysApply

1. The week keeps going

A class chart ends with Sunday. A child says there is no next day on the chart. What should come next, and why?

2. Read a simple roster

The watering roster says Monday: Noor; Tuesday: Eli; Wednesday: Ava. Today is Tuesday. Who watered yesterday, and whose turn is tomorrow?

3. Fix a daily sequence

A story says: in the morning we plant seeds; at lunchtime we eat; in the afternoon we water them. A child puts watering first. How should the events be ordered?

⚠️ Common mistakes and fixesFix errors
  • Stops at Sunday: Show that Monday follows Sunday because the week repeats.
  • Yesterday/tomorrow reversed: Anchor the language to the movable today card.
  • Orders by preference: Use when events happen, not which event the child likes most.
✅ Quick checkCheck
  • Put in order: night, morning, afternoon, lunchtime.
  • What day comes after Sunday?
  • If today is Wednesday, what was yesterday?
  • Which usually comes first: breakfast or dinner? Explain.

Ready for Practice when: Sequence dayparts; Order days of week; Use before / after; Use yesterday / today / tomorrow; Explain a routine sequence.

📝 Revision NotesRemember
  • Main idea: Daily events can be sequenced by time of day, and the seven days of the week repeat in a fixed cycle.
  • Useful routine: Place event → Name daypart → Order → Before/After → Repeat week → Explain
  • sequence: an order that makes sense
  • daypart: a part of the day, such as morning
  • yesterday: the day before today
  • tomorrow: the day after today
  • Best self-check: explain one new example without copying the worked model.
🇦🇺 Australian Curriculum coverageE1–E5

Content description: sequence days of the week and times of the day including morning, lunchtime, afternoon and night time, and connect them to familiar events and actions

These are curriculum teaching examples used as a breadth check, not separate mandatory outcomes.

E1

ordering images of daily events on a string line across the room, and justifying the placement by referring to morning, lunchtime, afternoon, and night time

Teaching example: Arrange pictures of waking, eating lunch, afternoon play and bedtime. Explain each placement using a part-of-day word and allow reasonable personal routines.

E2

distinguishing between the days of the school week and weekends, and recognising that the days of the week form a sequence that repeats, with Monday always following on from Sunday

Teaching example: Arrange all seven day cards in a loop. Identify the usual school days and weekend days, then trace Sunday to Monday without stopping.

E3

sequencing the events from a story in the order in which they occurred using language like, “This happened first” then “This happened next”

Teaching example: Retell three events from a shared story using first, next and last. Use evidence from the story when two proposed orders disagree.

E4

creating, interpreting and discussing classroom rosters; for example, a roster for watering the classroom garden and asking, “Who watered the garden yesterday?” or “Whose turn is it today?”

Teaching example: Read a three-day watering roster. Mark today, then identify who watered yesterday and whose turn comes tomorrow.

E5

creating a pictorial diary to show the important events that happen on the various days of the week

Teaching example: Draw one familiar event for each of several named days. Read the diary in day order and discuss any repeated activities.

Teacher resource

AC9MFM02 fixed teacher slides

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Recommended: Days of the Week

Scratch Garden — Remembering the sequence of the seven days. Use the lesson to connect days and times to your own routines.

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Curriculum equivalents: Victoria, NSW and international

Curriculum equivalents for Sequence days of the week and times of the day...

Mapped skill: sequence days of the week and times of the day including morning, lunchtime, afternoon and night time, and connect them to familiar events and actions

These references identify matching or closely related learning. Curriculum sequence, terminology and depth vary, so teachers should use the mapped skill and lesson difficulty to confirm suitability.

RegionCurriculum frameworkClosest level or code
AustraliaAustralian Curriculum v9.0AC9MFM02 · Foundation
VictoriaVictorian Curriculum F–10 Version 2.0 — MathematicsVC2MFM02 · Foundation
New South WalesNSW Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022)MAE-NSM-02 · Early Stage 1
United States (USA)Common Core State Standards for MathematicsKindergarten
Canada (Ontario)Ontario Curriculum — MathematicsKindergarten
United Kingdom (England)National Curriculum in England — MathematicsYear 1, Key Stage 1
IndiaNCERT / CBSE — MathematicsFoundational Stage / Balvatika 3

Australian Curriculum v9.0 is the canonical source for this SkillrHub lesson. Victoria and NSW entries name the closest published state codes or outcomes; international entries are planning references rather than claims of identical curricula.

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