DETAILED LESSON PLAN IN MATHEMATICS -2

I. OBJECTIVES:
1. Use the calendar to tell the number of days in a month.
2. Read and write the number of days in a month.
3. Show cooperation in working with the group.

II. SUBJECT MATTER:

Using the Calendar to Tell the Number of Days in a Month

References: PELC IVA 1.1

Lesson Guide in Mathematics 2, pp. 382-385
Enjoying Mathematics 2, pp. 175-176

Materials:
A big calendar
Flashcards with days of the week and months of the year
Pocket chart
Show-me-board

Value: Cooperation

III. PROCEDURES

TEACHER`S ACTIVITIES PUPILS`S ACTIVITIES

A. PREPARATORY ACTIVITIES
Good morning Sir!
Good morning class! Children sing.
Let sing a song.

1. Drill: Children do the week in order.

Let us arrange the days of the week in
order. Children read.
Children let us read.
 2. Review:
Fill in the blanks with the correct
answer.

1. The first day of the week _______. Sunday

2. The first day of school _________. Monday
3. Thelast day of school _________. Friday
4. There are _______ days in a week. Seven
5. The days of the week are ________, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
_______, ________, _________, Friday, Saturday
________, ________,_________.

3. Motivation:
(Show a big calendar)

What is this children? Calendar

Do you have also a calendar at home? Yes sir!
What does the calendar tells us? It tells us the months, days, number of weeks, days
in a year.

B. DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES
1. Presentation:

Today we are going to study more on uses of

calendar.

Look at the calendar.

How many months are there? There are twelve months in a year.

Let us count the months in the calendar. Children counts.

What are the different months? January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December

How many days are there in a month? Do all

months have the same number of days?
No sir!

31 days
 How many days are there in January? January, March, May , July, August, October, and
December
What months have 31 days?
April, June, September, and November

What months have 30 days? February

What month has 28 days?

(Teacher presents the tabulation made)

Number of Days in a Week

Month Number of Days
January 31
February 28
March 31
April 30
May 31
June 30
July 31
August 31
September 30
Boys read.
October 31
Girls read.
November 30
December 31

Children let us read.

All boy let us read.

All girls let us read.

2. Group Activity

I will group you into two groups. You are going

to write the number of days each month has
correctly in your activity chart.
But before that, let us know first the standard in
group activity.
1. Work quietly.
2. Cooperate working with group.
3. Follow the direction.
4. Answers the questions carefully.
5. Present or report the output.

What are the standards for group activity?

Help with each other.

How can you show your cooperation with the

group? What are you going to do?

ACTIVITY SHEET/CARD

Write the number of days in each month has.

1. June ________ 4. September_____

2. July ________ 5. December _____
3. August ________

3. Presentation of Group Output

(Each group will present their output)

Let `s listen to each group.

4. Fixing Skills
Reporting of the output by group.

Direction:

Read and study carefully. Group the names

of the months according to their number of
days.

April August January

May February June
 July October November
December September March

Group A Group B Group C

Months Months Month with
with 30 with 31 28 We learned to tell the number of days in a month.
days days

5. Generalization:

What have you learned about using a

calendar?

C. Application
A. Use the calendar to answer the following
questions.

I. Write the months with exactly 30 days.

1.
2.
3.
4.
II. Write all the months with exactly 31 days
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

IV. What month has 28 days?

1.

B. It is easy to remember the number of

days each month has. Read this rhyme.
 Pupils read.

Thirty Days Has September

Thirty days has September September , April, June, and November

April, June, and November February
All the rest have 31 January, March, May, July, August, October and
Except February alone which has only 28 December
Till leap year adds one more.

1. What months have 30 days?

2. What month has the least number of days?
3. What months have 31 days?

IV. Evaluation
Use the calendar to answer the following 31 r 30 days
question. 31 days
28 days
Direction:
A. Fill in the blanks by writing the correct
number of days in a month.

1. There are _____ days in one month. A. 31

2. There are ____ days in May.
3. There are _____ day s in February.
A . April
B. Choose and write the letter of the correct
answer.
4. How many days are there in January?
A. 31 B. 30 C. 28

5. What month has 30 days?

A. April B. January C. March
Assignment:

Use the calendar to complete the table.

Months Number of Number of
Weeks Days
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Prepared by:

NAPOLEON B. TORCELINO JR.

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