Mathematics

Intermediate

50 mins

Teacher/Student led

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Days, Weeks, Months and the Calendar

Explore how days, weeks and months organise time using a calendar. Learn to find dates, identify weekdays, and count on in weeks to answer time-based questions.

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1 Getting Started
2 Watch and Notice
3 Try It Together
4 Write the Days and Months in Your Copy
5 Class Challenge
6 What Did We Notice?
7 What's Next
Pupil practice

1 - Getting Started ~4 mins

Illustration for Getting Started Here is this month's calendar. Today's date is somewhere on it. Hands up: how many days are there in one week? And if today is a school day, which day comes next?

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

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2 - Watch and Notice ~8 mins

Key point

Look at the calendar together. The days run in seven columns: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Down the side, each row is one week. Now pick any date and see which weekday column it sits in. Then count on 7 days and watch it land on that same weekday, one week later.

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

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3 - Try It Together ~12 mins

We'll do these together on the calendar. Point to each date before you read it off:

Find the 10th. Say its weekday.
Find the last day of the month. Say its weekday.
Start at the 3rd. Count on 7 days.
Start at a Friday. Count on to the next Friday.

Hands-on Task

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4 - Write the Days and Months in Your Copy ~3 mins

COPYBOOK MOMENT

In your maths copy, write the seven days of the week in order and the twelve months of the year in order. Then circle the month we are in now.

First we will build both lists together on the board so you can see the order before you write.

Days: start at Monday and say each next day until we reach Sunday (seven days in all).
Months: start at January and say each next month until we reach December (twelve months in all).

Watch one full run-through on the board, for example: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday — then January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. Check that February sits second.

The calendar stays on the board so you can check the day names and which month we are in now. Copy both lists into your book in that same order, then circle this month.

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5 - Class Challenge ~8 mins

We'll work through these together, each one a little harder. The first one is read from your calendar; the others give the weekday and date:

What day of the week is the 10th? (Read this one from your calendar.)
A GAA match is on Saturday the 7th. What date is the next Saturday?
How many days from the 3rd to the 17th?
A project runs two weeks from Monday the 5th. What date does it finish?

Calendar questions

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Pupil practice

Module 6 · Time and Money Measures

Lesson 68 · Days, Weeks, Months and the Calendar

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