Introduction to the Days of the Week | Activities of Different Days of the Week Primary 2 (Basic 2) Term 3 Week 3 Mathematics

 

MATHEMATICS

THIRD TERM

WEEK 3

PRIMARY 2

THEME –  PRIMARY MEASURES 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Time – Introduction of Time | Important of Time | Identification of Second, Minute and Hour | Telling Time in Half Pass | Weekly Assessment (Test) Primary 2 (Basic 2) – Mathematics

 

TOPIC – DAYS OF THE WEEK 

 

LEARNING AREA  

1. Introduction

2. Days of the Week

3. Activities of Different Activities

4. Lesson Evaluation and Weekly Assessment (Test)

 

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, most pupils should have attained the following objectives –

1. name and arrange the days of the week.

2. state different activities on different days of the week.

 

 

RATIONALE

There are 7 days in a week with different activities for different people on each day. The concept of days of the week will enable the pupils identify and understand different activities performed on different days in order appreciate the importance of days of the week.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

The pupils can identify each day of the week.

 

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of Chart of days of the week

 

 

METHOD OF TEACHING

Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

 

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

LESSON 1 – SKIP COUNT 490 – 510

ACTIVITY 1 – COUNTING 470 – 490

490   491   492   493   494   495   496   497  498  499

500  501   502  503   504 505  506   507   508   509  510

 

ACTIVITY 2 – SKIP COUNT 2s 

Count in 2s

490   492   494   496  498  500  502   504  506   508  510

 

ACTIVITY 3 SKIP COUNT 3s

Count in 3s,

490   493   496   499  502  505  508   509

 

ACTIVITY 4 – SKIP COUNT 5s

Starting from 490 – 510

490   495  500  505  510

 

ACTIVITY 5 – SKIP COUNT 10s

Starting from 490 – 510

490  500  510

 

CLASS EXERCISE 

1. Count in 2s starting from 490 – 510.

2. Count in 3s starting from 490 – 510.

3. Count in 5s starting from 450 – 510

4. Count in 10s start from 400 – 510.

 

LESSON 2 – DAYS OF THE WEEK

ACTIVITY 1 – QUESTION

1. Today is _______

2. Yesterday is _______

3. Tomorrow is _______

DAYS OF THE WEEK 

Days of the week are as follows:

• Monday

• Tuesday

• Wednesday

• Thursday

• Friday

• Saturday

• Sunday

 

ACTIVITY 2 – SONGS 

Days of the week songs, 

• The days of the week

• 7 days a new week

 

ACTIVITY 3 – CLASS EXERCISE 

Find out,

 

1. How many days of the week your parent goes to work?

2. Name the days of the week your parent goes to work?

3. How many days of the week your parent did not go to work?

2. Name the days of week your parent did not go to work?

 

 

LESSON 3 – ACTIVITIES ON THE DAYS OF THE WEEK

Activity 1 – QUESTIONS

1. How many days of the week the schools open?

2. Name the days of week the schools open.

3. How many days of weeks the schools didn’t open?

4. Name the days of week the schools didn’t open.

5. why do we close early on Friday?

6. Why we don’t come to school on Sunday.

 

ACTIVITY 2 – CLASS EXERCISE 

 

1. How many days of the week your parent goes to work?

2. Name the days of the week your parent goes to work?

3. How many days of the week your parent did not go to work?

4. Name the days of the week your parent did not go to work?

 

 

LESSON 4 – ORDER OF THE DAYS OF THE WEEK

ACTIVITY 1 – DAYS OF THE WEEK CHART 

Sunday

Tuesday

Saturday

Thursday

Monday

Friday

Wednesday

Rearrange the days of the week on the chart,

1. Starting from Monday.

2. Starting from Sunday

3. Starting from Friday

 

ANSWER KEY

1. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

 

2. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday

3. Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

 

ACTIVITY 2 – FACTS ABOUT THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK 

According to international standard ISO 8601, Monday is the first day of the week. It is followed by Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Sunday is the 7th and last day of the week.

While, for example, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Japan and other countries consider Sunday as the first day of the week and Saturday is 7th and last day of the week.

 

 

LESSON 5 – REVISION AND WEEKLY ASSESSMENT 

As stated in performance objectives or lesson evaluation. 

 

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

 

2.  Teacher organizes pupils in groups or pairs depending on the size of the class.

3. Teacher guides pupils to count in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s from 490 – 510.

Pupil’s Activities – Follow the teacher’s guides to skip count in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s from 490 – 510.

4. Teacher asks the groups or pairs,

• What day of the week is today?

• What day of the week is tomorrow?

• What day of the week is yesterday?

Pupil’s Activities – Say day is Monday (assuming), tomorrow is Tuesday and yesterday is Sunday.

5. Teacher uses the questions and pupil’s responses to introduce the lesson.

Pupil’s Activities – Pay attention to the lesson introduction to understand the concept of the lesson.

6. Teacher leads pupils to identify and say the days of the week correctly.

Pupil’s Activities – Say each of the week correctly starting from Monday – Sunday.

7. Teacher asks questions about the school and working days of the week.

Pupil’s Activities – Say the official school and working days correctly.

8. Teacher guides pupils to arrange days of the week starting from a specific day. For example, starting from Sunday, Tuesday, or Friday.

Pupil’s Activities – Arrange and learn the days of the week in order from Sunday to Saturday.

 

9. Teacher uses the pupils order of the days of the week to discuss fact about the first day of the week.

Pupil’s Activities – Listen to the fact about the first day of the week.

10. Teacher summarizes the lesson on the board with appropriate lesson evaluation.

Pupil’s Activities – Participate actively in the summary of the lesson by responding correctly to the questions and write as instructed.

 

 

CONCLUSION

To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

 

NEXT LESSON

Length – Non Standard Measurements (Compare Arms and Foot Length) | Standard Measurements in Metres and Centimetres | Conversion of Metres to Centimetres and Vice Versa Primary 2 (Basic 2) and Primary 3 (Basic 3) – Mathematics

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Ask pupils to:

1. name the days of the week.

4. name the day before and after a given day.

 

 

WEEKLY ASSESSMENT

ATTEMPT ALL THE QUESTIONS

1. How many days in a week?

A. Seventy

B. Seven

C. Seventeen

 

2. Christians worship on ___________.

A. A day after Saturday

B. A day after Sunday

C. A day before Sunday

 

3. Christians worship on ___________.

 

A. A day after Monday

B. A day after Sunday

C. A day before Monday

 

4. Muslims worship on ___________.

A. A day after Saturday

B. A day before Saturday

C. A day after Friday

 

5. Muslims worship on ___________.

A. A day after Thursday

B. A day before Thursday

C. A day before  Friday

 

6. If the week starts on Sunday, Wednesday is the ___________.

A. 3rd day

B. 4th day

C. 5th day

 

7. If the week starts on Tuesday, the 7th and last day is ___________.

 

A. Saturday

B. Sunday

C. Monday

 

8. What day of the week is today? ___________

 

9. What day of the week is yesterday? ___________

 

10. What day of the week is tomorrow? ___________