Mathematics Lesson Plan (2 & 3)

Subject: Mathematics
Grade: 2
Learner Mixed: Social, Visual and Kinaesthetic Learners
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Date: 14th November, 2023
Unit: Measurement
Time: 9 am
Topic: Time
Duration: 1 hour
Type of [] Concept
Lesson: [ ] Algorithmic
[ ] Kinaesthetic
[ ] Drill Practice
[ ] Skill Application
[ ] Problem-Solving

This lesson plan will teach students how to use the calendar, to tell the day and month of an
event and write the date.

OBJECTIVES: (Students will be able to :)

1. Write the months of the year.

2. Appreciate the need for using calendars by correctly identifying the months of the year in
two real-life scenarios.

PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE & AND SKILLS

1. Students should already be familiar with the days of the week.
2. Students should have some knowledge on counting and enumerating.
MEDIA & MATERIALS
1. Calendar

2. Pocket Chart

3. Flash Card

4. Activity Sheets (months order worksheet)

5. Song

STRATEGIES
1. Peer learning
2. Discovery (Inductive) Learning

CONTENT CONCEPTS
Notes:
• Time can also be measured and it is measured in units such as years, months,
weeks, days, hours, minutes, and hence seconds.
When it comes to measuring time in days, weeks, months, and years we use an organized
chart called a “Calendar”.
• Calendars make our lives easier as they are easy to read and understand.
Moreover, calendars are not just confined to charts or books but they can also be printed
on sheets or can be viewed on mobile phones or laptops, or tablets irrespective of time
and place.
Calendars are undoubtedly useful and a necessity for everyone, especially kids who can find
them easy to read. With the help of a calendar, kids can keep track of the number of days
there are in each month or how many holidays they have this year. or when their best friend’s
birthday will be celebrated? or to find the date and day of the game night of their favorite
football team.

MOTIVATIONAL INTRODUCTION
The students should have some knowledge of the months of the year. The teacher will start off by
looking at a calendar with everyone. We will have some fun with the calendar first: the teacher
will ask students to point at holidays such as Christmas and to point out their birthdays. Ask what

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month their birthdays are in and point to the month word (e.g. January) at the top of each month.
Start to teach/elicit the English words for months as you discuss their birthdays. Ask what month
it is now as well as the following (using the calendar):
• the month of Independence is in
• months of other holidays are in (e.g. Easter & New Year's Day)

DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES

Peer Learning
The teacher will review the lesson prior, by asking students, “What did you
learn/study last lesson?” (Typical response: “We studied the days of the week.”
How many days are there in a week?” (There are 7days in a week)
“So can you tell me what are the days of the week?” (The days of the week are
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday… Sunday.)
Students will learn from and correct their peers as the responses are given.
The teacher will then ask students to write the days of the week in the correct order.
ACTIVITY:

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Peer Learning
Before class, the teacher will prepare some colored rectangles of card and write the
months of the year in thick marker pen on each rectangle of card. Students will be
placed in pairs. Each month will be written on a different colored card which will help
the students to quickly identify each month. Each pair will be given a set of mixed-up
cards. By referring to the calendar, the pairs will put the months in order on the floor
or table. Then get everyone to touch each card and repeat after the teacher as she
choruses the months of the year paying special attention to the first letter of each word
(e.g. "J" for "January"). The teacher will run through a few times, getting faster and
faster. Finally, the pairs will mix up the cards and tell them they are going to race to
see which pair can put their cards in order first. “Ready, steady, go!” and let the
students put the cards in order.

Sing the song, "Months March"

The teacher will put one set of month cards on the board in the correct order. Get
everyone to stand to attention, like soldiers, and then follow the steps in the "Gestures
for Months March" shown below. If this is the first time to sing the song, play it at
least twice and let everyone enjoy marching around.

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 The actions are very simple for the song
1. Get everyone to line up facing forwards. Everyone must stand to attention like
soldiers (chin up, chests out, perfectly straight and still)
2. Start the music and get everyone to march in time to the music on the command
“Ready … March!”. Everyone needs to march in a perfect line, arms swinging up
to the horizontal.
3. The first verse of the song is a call/repeat style: the singer calls out the months
and everyone repeats. Have everyone marching up and down the classroom
shouting out the months.
4. On the command “Everybody … Stop!” everyone stops and stands to attention,
perfectly still. Then start marching again on “Ready … March!”. 5. This time there
is no repeating. Students have to remember the months and shout them out as they
march. If you only have.
Presentation
The teacher will read a story about a grade one student named Alston.
“After the end of classes in March, Alston was excited because next month, he would go
to Anguilla to spend his vacation with his dad. When the month of April came, he went to
Anguilla. There, he visited his cousin Apollo, who took him to the park where they
played. They also did a lot of shopping. He did not notice that it was already the end of
April and he had to go home! He finally went back home in May! He was so excited and
he couldn’t wait to tell his friends about his experience during his vacation.”
Questions
1. Who was the grade one student in the passage? (Alston)
2. When did their classes end? (March)
3. What did he do after his classes ended? (He went on vacation)
4. When did he go to Anguilla? (He went to Anguilla in April)
5. When did he return home? (May)

Problem-Solving
In the story, Alston was excited after classes because he will go on a vacation next month
after the end of classes. So what month would Alston go for a vacation?
(The teacher will let the students think and solve the problem)

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CLOSURE:
Discussion:
In the story, Alston’s classes ended in March, then he went to Anguilla in April. He
stayed there for one month. He then went home in May.
(The teacher writes the month on the board for emphasis)
(The students will summarize the story in sequence emphasizing the months
mentioned in it)

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES/ ASSIGNMENTS

Give each pair some Blue-Tak or something to stick the cards on the wall with. Ask
everyone to randomly stick their cards all over the walls around the room. Then bring everyone
into the middle of the room. Shout out "January" and everyone has to race over to a January
card and touch it. Then “February” and so on (in the correct order) until you make it through
all the months. Play another round, this time faster.

EVALUATION
To be evaluated at the end of the lesson.