Mathematics Entry 1 - Functional Skills Lesson plan 4
Aim
To work with days, months, seasons and the calendar
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the session, the learner will be able to:
• recognise and order the days of the week
• recognise (and order) the months of the year
• associate the months of the year with the seasons
• work with the calendar in a practical situation involving counting and identifying weekdays and weekends
Aspiration
For learners to feel confident about working with the months of the year and the calendar in problem solving involving time
Differentiation:
MUST participate in exercises (be able to identify days, months and seasons)
SHOULD complete a matching card activity on the days of the week, the months of the year and their shortened form
COULD gain an understanding of how to use a calendar to extract information
Resources:
Matching card activity: set of cards for each pair of learners, cards should be cut up beforehand, template for days of week, glue sticks
Matching card activity: set of cards for each pair of learners, cards should be cut up beforehand, template for months of year, glue sticks
Worksheets and calendar for June 2011: one for each learner
Mini whiteboards, marker pens and board rubbers
|Functional Skills |Differentiation and extension strategies |
|Coverage and range: |Paired work and small group work, extension activities |
|Understand and use numbers with one significant figure in practical contexts | |
|Describe the properties of size and measure, including length, width, height and weight and make simple comparisons | |
|Process: | |
|Examining patterns and relationships | |
|Thinking through a plan for solving a problem | |
|Selecting appropriate mathematical procedures to solve a problem | |
|Applying mathematical procedures correctly | |
|Finding results and solutions | |
|Interpreting results and solutions to problems | |
|Communicating solutions to practical problems, either verbally or by writing answers down so that they make sense | |
|Time |Stage of Lesson |Tutor Input |
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|Wednesday |Thursday |Friday |
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|Saturday | |Sat |
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|Sun |Mon |Tue |
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|Wed |Thu |Fri |
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|Day of week |Shortened form |
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|MON |TUE |WED |THUR |FRI |SAT |SUN |
|6 |7 |8 |9 |10 |11 |12 |
|13 |14 |15 |16 |17 |18 |19 |
|20 |21 |22 |23 |24 |25 |26 |
|27 |28 |29 |30 | | | |
Use the calendar for June 2011 to answer the following questions.
1. How many days are there in June 2011?
2. What day is 14th June 2011?
3. How many weekend days are there in June 2011?
4. Which days of the week occur most often in June 2011?
5. Weekdays are also known as working days.
How many working days are there in June 2011?
6. Fatima uses the internet to order a book.
She orders the book on Wednesday 8th June.
Fatima is told the book will arrive within 5 working days.
What is the latest date Fatima can expect to get her book?
7. Fatima and her friends plan a night out in June 2011.
They want to go out on a Saturday night?
(a) How many Saturdays are there in June 2011?
(b) What possible dates are there for Fatima and her friends to have their night out?
8. Fatima moves house and joins the local residents group.
The residents group meets on the second Friday of every month.
On what date will the residents group meet in June 2011?
9. Fatima’s mum books a holiday to Madrid for 14 nights.
Her flight to Madrid is on Tuesday 14th June.
On what date should Fatima’s mum arrive back from her holiday?
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|January |February |March |
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|April |May |June |
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|July |August |September |
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|October |November |December |
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|Jan |Feb |Mar |
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|Apr |May |Jun |
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|Jul |Aug |Sep |
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|Oct |Nov |Dec |
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|Spring |Spring |Spring |
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|Summer |Summer |Summer |
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|Autumn |Autumn |Autumn |
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|Winter |Winter |Winter |
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|Month |Short form |Season |
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|Spring |Summer |Autumn |Winter |
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