Information on a calendar

Information on a calendar

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This task is about showing information on a calendar.
 
 

INFORMATION CHART
  • February
  • The month starts on a Monday.
  • The year is a leap year.
a) Using the information chart above complete the calendar for the month of February below. 
On your calendar you will need to show:
 
  • The days of the week starting with Sunday at the top of the first column.
  • The date of each day.
  

February
             
             
             
             
             
             

 

b) Write the following events onto the calendar:
  i) 
ii) 
iii) 
School Sports on the third Wednesday of the month.
Waitangi Day on the 6 February.
Mum's birthday is on the Friday of the second week.
 
c) On what day of the week was the last day in January? ____________________
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Level:
3
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement
Keywords: 
time, calendar interpretation, months, weeks, days, calendars
Description of task: 
Students construct a calendar to match given criteria and enter three events onto the calendar.
Curriculum Links: 
This resource can help to identify students' understanding of applying measurement sense to interpreting calendars and calculation with time.
Answers/responses: 
    Y6 (11/2002)
a)   Calendar is correctly constructed and shows:

  • First row labelled with the days of the week starting on Sunday.
  • Days numbered sequentially starting on Monday, 1 February.
  • 29 February entered as the last day of the month.

NOTE: An example is shown below.

 
 
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easy
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b) i)
ii)
iii)		 Sports Day is shown on Wednesday 17 February [Accept if date consistent with their calendar].
Waitangi Day shown on the 6 February.
Mum's birthday shown on Friday 12 February. [Accept if day consistent with their calendar].		 easy
easy
easy
c)   Sunday [Accept if consistent with their calendar]. difficult
 
 
S M T W T F S
  1 2 3 4 5
 6 Waitangi
    Day
 
7 8 9 10 11
12  Mum's  birthday
 13
14 15 16
17  Sports
      Day
 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29          
 
Diagnostic and formative information: 
  Common error
Likely reason

a)

Incorrect numbering.
 
No 29 February recorded.
February given 30 or 31 days.
  • Began numbering from the first day shown on the calendar.
  • Did not start the numbering on a Wednesday.
  • Do not know that February has an extra day in a leap year.
  • Do not know that February has either 28 or 29 days.