Year 1 Mathematics – Term 3 (WA Curriculum): Multiplication and More

What this unit covers

In Term 3, Year 1 Mathematics in the WA Curriculum centres on the unit “Multiplication and More”.

Term 3 Mathematics for Year 1. Focus areas: multiplication, division intro. Aligned with WA Curriculum v9.

Lesson sequence (40 lessons)

The unit breaks down into the following lesson-by-lesson sequence — each title below is a teachable lesson, in order:

1. Counting Collections by Twos Using Concrete Materials
2. Skip Counting by Fives with Hands and Fingers
3. Skip Counting by Tens Using Base-Ten Blocks
4. Recognising Equal Groups in Everyday Collections
5. Making Equal Groups with Counters and Objects
6. Exploring How Many Groups of Two in Small Collections
7. Exploring How Many Groups of Five in Collections
8. Using Role-Play to Show Equal Grouping Situations
9. Sharing Collections Equally Between Two People
10. Sharing Collections Equally Between Three People
11. Exploring Fair Shares Using Concrete Materials
12. Using Role-Play to Show Sharing Situations
13. Dividing Physical Shapes into Two Equal Parts
14. Creating Halves by Folding Paper and Fabric
15. Exploring Half of Small Collections of Objects
16. Using Half Language in Everyday Sharing Activities
17. Comparing Whole and Half Using Visual Models
18. Finding Half of Numbers to Ten Using Manipulatives
19. Representing Addition Stories with Concrete Materials
20. Acting Out Taking Away Stories with Role-Play
21. Showing Equal Grouping Stories Through Drama
22. Demonstrating Sharing Stories Using Props
23. Creating Repeating Patterns with Two Elements
24. Identifying the Core Unit in Repeating Patterns
25. Continuing Patterns with Three Different Elements
26. Identifying Australian Coins by Size and Colour
27. Exploring the Value of Five and Ten Cent Coins
28. Using Coins to Make Simple Purchases in Role-Play
29. Identifying Day and Night Activities in Daily Routines
30. Reading Digital Clocks to Tell O'Clock Times
31. Sequencing Daily Activities Using Time Order Words
32. Comparing Duration Using 'Longer' and 'Shorter' Time
33. Exploring Hot and Cold Through Touch and Observation
34. Matching Weather Conditions to Temperature Words
35. Identifying Events That Will Happen, Won't Happen or Might Happen
36. Using 'Always', 'Never' and 'Sometimes' to Describe Daily Events
37. Comparing Which Events Are More Likely or Less Likely
38. Collecting Data About Our Favourite Things Using Tallies
39. Recording Class Data in Simple Picture Graphs
40. Answering Questions by Comparing Data in Our Picture Graphs

Curriculum codes in this unit

Content codes:

Reading the codes: WA codes (the ones starting with WA) pack the year level, learning area, strand and content number into one string, while the national Australian Curriculum v9 uses a different anatomy that starts with AC9 — same content family, different labels. Our complete WA Curriculum guide decodes both, character by character.

Planning notes for Term 3

WA terms run roughly 9–11 weeks, and in 2026 Term 3 runs from Monday 20 July to Friday 25 September — 10 weeks for WA public schools. With 40 lessons in this unit, that leaves breathing room for assessment, moderation and the weeks that disappear to carnivals, camps and public holidays — plan the assessable work to land two to three weeks before the end of term rather than in the final week.