Lesson 3 – The Calendar & Days

Objectives:

At the end of this lesson, students should be able to know the days of the week off hand as well as the months of the year.

Most of us go to school from Monday to Friday. These are called week days.

There are five week days in each week and two days that make the weekend. These weekend days are Saturday and Sunday.

There are seven (7) days in a week. These are;

On the average, there are 4 weeks in a month. However, some months do have extra days.

There are 12 months in a year. These are;

January                      July

February                    August

March                         September

April                            October

May                             November

June                             December.

The calendar is a chart which shows the days, weeks and months of a particular year.

On the calendar, the month of January may look like this

Each month has a number of days.

Study the table below carefully.

From the table above, it can be observed that, February has 28 and 29 written beside it. This is because, it regularly has 28 days and 29 days whenever there is a leap year.

A leap year is a year which occurs every four years with 266 days. In a leap year, February has 29 days instead of its regular 28.

*Learn this poem. It will be of help.*

30 days has September, April, June and November.

All the rest have 31,

Except February alone which has 28 days and 29 in a leap year.

Unit 9 Lesson 3: Exercise 1

Answer these questions.

1. Write the days of the week
2. Write down the months of the year
3. Write the days of the week in an alphabetical order
4. Write down the months of the year in an alphabetical order.

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Unit 9 Lesson 3: Exercise 2

Complete the table below by filling in the empty spaces.

Write the names of the days that come before and after.

Write the months that come before and after.

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Unit 9 Lesson 3: Exercise 3

Study the Calendar below carefully and answer the questions that follow.

1) How many months are there in the year 2017?

2) How many days are in each of the longest months?

3) How many days has February?

4) Which months have 30 days each?

5) How many days have January, March and August altogether?

6) How many days have the first 3 months of the year altogether?

7) Which is the:

a) 3^rd month?
b) 11^th month?
c) 6^th month?
d) 9^th month of the year?

8) Arrange these months in order, starting with the one which comes earliest:

October, August, July, November and September.

9) Look at the calendar carefully. How many days are in

a)  June?
b)  April
c) December
d)  September?

10) How many days has the 6^th month of the year?

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Unit 9 Lesson 3: Exercise 4

Look at the month of October on the 2017 calendar and answer the following questions.

1) How many Thursdays are in the month?

2) How many Tuesdays are in the month?

3) The first day of the month falls on a ………………..

4) The last day of the month falls on a ………………….

5) What is the date of the third Wednesday?

6) If your birthday falls on the 14^th of October, which day will that be?

7) What day is the date of the second Saturday?

8) Which is the 15^th of October?

9) 23^rd October falls on a …………………

10) 31^st October falls on a ……………….

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