1. Topic-
Calendar Fun
 
2. Content-
Counting, Addition, Subtraction, Patterns, Grouping
 
3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
1. Recognize days of the week.
2. Recognize the numbers in each month and count them.
3. Recognize the number of school days completed by grouping straws.
4. Use money to show representation for the date.
 
4. Materials and Aids-
Calendar (includes days of the week), numbers, straws, rubber bands, and money (coins)
 
5. Procedures/Methods-

A. Introduction-

This lesson plan can be used throughout the school year to demonstrate the significance of Math in everyday situations.
 

B. Development-

Hang a large calendar on the classroom wall. Use Velcro "month names" to interchange between the months. Have cutouts of numbers for the different months. For example, April can have 30 umbrellas. As the students attend each day, a new number will be placed on the calendar. As the calendar grows, their counting will increase. The next step will be to use coins to represent the date. For example, if today's date is the 26th, the wall pouch representing money will have a quarter and a penny for that day. The amount will of course change as the date changes. The last step during the Calendar Fun lesson plan is to go over the number of completed days at school. Use three wall pouches (clear windows) to presents three columns. (Hundreds, Tens, Singles)If the students have been at school for 140 days, then there will be 100 straws in column one, 10 groups of 40 in the middle column and 0 straws in the singles column.
 
6. Evaluation-
Each month that the lesson is completed the students should feel more acclimated with the goals and objectives of the task.
 

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