Step/Time

Learning Contents

Set Induction
( 5 Minutes)

Teaching and Learning Activities

1. Teacher shows the daily calendar in Teaching Strategy:

front of the class.
1. Question and answer

MAY 2006

2. Teacher asks the students

contents of calendar sheet.

Questions:
1. What is the day of today?
2. What is the month showing in calendar?
Name the days of a week in sequence.
Sunday

Monday

Wednesday
Friday

the Teaching Aids:

1. Calendar sheet
Moral/Values:
1. Concentrate
2. Accurate

MONDAY

Step One
( 10 Minutes)

Notes

Tuesday

Thursday
Saturday

Thinking Skills:
1. Identifying
2. Differentiating
1. Teacher introduces name of the days Teaching Strategy:
in sequence using cards.
1. Group Activity
2. Question and answer
2. Teacher guides students to spell out
name of the days correctly.
Teaching Aids:
1. Cards with written days
3. Teacher asks two students to hold
of the week
each side of the string.
2. String
3. Clips
4. Teacher randomly selects some
students to clip the cards on the
string with correct sequence of the
days.

Monday
Wednesday
Friday

Sunday
Tuesday
Thursday

Saturday

Moral/Values:
5. Teacher asks students to answer the 1. Concentrate
questions about the days in a week. 2. Accurate
3. Careful
4. Systematic
5. Confidence
6. Co-operation
Thinking Skills:
1. Identifying
2. Differentiating

Questions:
1. Today is Tuesday, Tomorrow is ______.
2. Yesterday was Sunday, Today is ______.
3. The day before Tuesday was ______.
4. The day after Monday is ______.

Step Two
( 15 Minutes)

Name the months of the year in sequence.

12 Months Song
(Twinkle-twinkle little star)
January, February, March, April
May, June, July, August, September
October, November, December
Let me start from the beginning
January, February, March, April
May, June, July, August, September
October, November, December
I can remember months of the year

1. Teacher guides the students to

recite the lyric of the song.
2. Teacher teaches the students to
sing the song.
3. Teacher asks the students to say
out the months of the year in
sequence.

Teaching Strategy:
1. Singing Activity
2. Question and answer
Teaching Aids:
1. Movie clips
2. Tape recorder and song
3. Cards with written the
months of the year.
Moral/Values:
1. Concentrate
2. Systematic
3. Confidence
4. Harmony
Thinking Skills:
1. Identifying
2. Differentiating

January

February

Mac

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

4. Students are asked to spell out the

name of the months with teacher
guidance.
5. Teacher asks students to answer
the questions about the months in a
year.

Question:
1. How many months is a year?
2. This month is May, next month is ______.
3. The month comes after November is ______.
4. Which month is the first for a year?
5. Which month is the last for a year?

Closure
( 5 Minutes)

What have we learnt today?

Enrichment Activity
Questions:
1. Name the days of a week in sequence.
2. Name the months of the year in sequence.
Worksheet: refer to appendix.

1. Teacher guides the students to

summarize the lesson by asking
questions.
2. Teacher distributes the homework
to students.

Teaching Strategy:
1.
Question and
answer
2.
Individual
homework
Teaching Aids:
1. Worksheet
Moral/Values:
1. Concentrate
2. Systematic
3. Confidence
4. Careful
5. Accurate
6. Hardworking
Thinking Skills:
1. Identifying
2. Differentiating
3. Summarizing