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Week 12, Day 4 Days and months

Each day covers one maths topic. It should take you about 1 hour or just a little more.

1. Start by reading through the Learning Reminders.

They come from our PowerPoint slides.

2. Tackle the questions on the Practice Sheet.

There might be a choice of either Mild (easier) or

Hot (harder)!

Check the answers.

3. Finding it tricky? That’s OK… have a go with a

grown-up at A Bit Stuck?

4. Have I mastered the topic? A few questions to

Check your understanding.

Fold the page to hide the answers!

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Learning Reminders

You can find the song Days of the week at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKqAblcwFOA There are many versions of this song online, some with Sunday first and some with Monday first, whichever you prefer!

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Learning Reminders

Practice Sheet MildDays and months

Challenge

Make up two more questions like these for your partner to answer.

Days of the week

1. How many days are there in a week?2. Which two days make up the weekend?3. How many days are there in a school week?4. What is the first day of the school week?5. What is the last day of the school week?6. Which day comes after Monday?7. Which day comes before Friday?8. Which day is half way through the school week?9. Which day is two days after Thursday?10. Which day is two days before Saturday?

Months of the year

1. How many months are there in a year?2. What is the last month of the year?3. What is the first month of the year?4. Name a summer month.5. Name a spring month.6. Name a winter month.7. Name an autumn month.8. During which month is Christmas?9. Which is the fourth month of the year?10. Which is the second month of the year?

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Practice Sheet HotDays and months

Challenge

During which month is the 100th day of the year?

Days of the week

1. What is the last day of the school week?2. Which day comes after Monday?3. Which day comes before Friday?4. Which day is half way through the school week?5. Which day is two days after Thursday?6. Which day is two days before Saturday?7. Which day is three days after Tuesday?8. Which day is three days before Wednesday?9. Which day is two days after the weekend?10. Which day is three days before the weekend?

Months of the year

1. Name a summer month.2. Name a spring month.3. Name a winter month.4. Name an autumn month.5. Which is the second month of the year?6. Which is the fourth month of the year?7. Which month comes after August?8. Which month comes before April?9. Which is the seventh month of the year?10. Which month comes after December?

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Practice Sheet Answers

Practice Sheet (Mild)Days of the week

1. 72. Saturday and Sunday3. 54. Monday5. Friday6. Tuesday7. Thursday8. Wednesday9. Saturday10. Thursday

Months of the year

1. 122. December3. January4. June, July or August5. March, April or May6. December, January or February7. September, October or November8. December9. April10. February

Practice Sheet (Hot)

Days of the week

1. Friday2. Tuesday3. Thursday4. Wednesday5. Saturday6. Thursday7. Friday8. Sunday9. Tuesday10. Wednesday

Months of the year

1. June, July or August2. March, April or May3. December, January or February4. September, October or November5. February6. April7. September8. March9. July10. January

Challenge

The 100th day is during April.

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A Bit Stuck?Pick of the day

Things you will need:• Days of the week cards• Scissors

What to do:

Create your own week diary

As you go through the week, draw or write your favourite thing from that day on a card or half a piece of paper. Perhaps it was your favourite food, or an activity you did, or seeing someone online or on a mobile phone. Choose something different each day.

At the end of the week, shuffle the cards/pages. Now try to put them in order in less than one minute!

What was your favourite day of the week? Why?

• Cut out the days of the week cards.

• Lay them out in order, in a line, starting with Monday.

• Now take out Thursday and place it face up in the middle of the table.

• Pick up the rest of the cards and shuffle them.

• Spread them out face down.

• Take turns to turn over a card.

• Place it either before Thursday or after Thursday.

• Check with your partner. Is it in the right place? If yes, it stays put. If no, returnthe card to the bottom of the pile.

• Keep playing like this.

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A Bit Stuck?Pick of the day

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A Bit Stuck?My Calendar

Things you will need:

• Blank calendar

What to do:

Game time!

• Take it in turns to choose a month, but don’t say it!

• Say what happens in that month.

• Can your partner guess which month you were thinking of?

• Now take it in turns to cover up the name of a month, but don’t cover whathappens in that month…

• Say what happens in that month. Can your partner remember what month thisis?

• Does it help to look at the months before and after the hidden month on thecalendar?

• With a grown-up, think of something which happenseach month of the year.

• Write an event in each month. Add a picture.

• Read through the months a few times.

• What month comes after March?

• What month comes before September?

• What happens in December?

• Place it either before Thursday or after Thursday.

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A Bit Stuck?My calendar

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Check your understanding: Questions

Fill in the missing months:

January, February, ___________ April, ___________ , ___________ ,

July, ___________ , ___________ , October, ___________ , December.

Write the month when each event occurs: • Christmas

• Your birthday

• Guy Fawkes night

Write the day before and after each written day.

___________ Tuesday, ___________

___________ Friday, ___________

___________ Sunday, ___________

Answers are on the next page

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Check your understanding:

Answers Fill in the missing months: January, February, March, April, May, June,

July, August, September, October, November, December.

Write the month when each event occurs:

• Christmas December

• Your birthday Various

• Guy Fawkes night November

Write the day before and after each written day.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Saturday, Sunday, Monday