Using a calendar
Read a calendar to identify today's date and the day of the week for a given date, determine the number of days between two events, and use a supplied local calendar to find the holidays and season changes it marks
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Using a calendar means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: Counters or paper models for the idea; Pencil for recording. Adult models one concrete example of the idea. Child completes three concrete examples and says a reason each time. Done: three correct examples with a spoken reason each. Stop after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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KS2 Maths
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KS2 Maths supports Using a calendar. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.
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Check understanding
- Find 15 March on a calendar page, say which day of the week it is, and write today's date from the classroom calendar in day-month form
- Count how many days from 3 June to a birthday on 17 June
- Use a supplied local calendar (e.g. an Ontario school-year calendar in Canada) to name the holidays it marks and the month in which each marked season begins, and say how many weeks until one of them
“If your child looks at the family calendar, can they find today's date and count how many days are left until their birthday or the school holidays?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Measurement
- Age range
- Ages 3–8
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