Measurement- Length, Capacity… · B2 Mathematics

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B2.3.3.3.1 - Read the calendar and solve problems involving the number of days in a week and number of months in a year.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Read a calendar and identify the day of the week and the month of the year for any given date.
Name and order the seven days of the week and the twelve months of the year in sequence.
Identify the day or month that comes before or after a given day or month.
Recite and apply the rhyme “Thirty days has September” to state the number of days in each month of the year.
Solve simple problems involving days in a week and months in a year using a calendar.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Geometry and Measurement (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Measurement- Length, Capacity, Mass and Time (3.3)
Content standard: B2.3.3.3 - Develop an understanding of the measurement of time taken by events using arbitrary units and the hour
Indicator: B2.3.3.3.1 - Read the calendar and solve problems involving the number of days in a week and number of months in a year.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 8 (Week 32 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: Mathematics Curriculum for Primary Schools (Basic 1-3), 2019, p. 39
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

E.g. 1. Using the calendar to do the following:
- Identify or read the day of the week and the month of the year for a given calendar date.
- Identify the day (or month) that comes before or after a given day (or month)
- Name, order and count the days in a week and the months in a year,
E.g. 2. Ask learners to say the rhyme "Thirty-days has September"
30 days has September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31, Except for February alone, which has 28 days clear, and 29 in each leap year.