TIME
WEEK 1
Topic: Time
Objectives: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to:
- Give the date in day and month
- Mention the importance of time in our daily life.
CONTENT
A clock is used to measure time. It has two hands: the hour hand and the minute hand.
TELLING THE TIME ACCURATELY
There are 60 minutes in 1 hour. There are twelve spaces from 12 to 12. When the minute's hand of the clock moves from 12 to 1, it covers one space and that space is worth 5 minutes. Since there are twelve spaces and one space is 5 minutes. There are:
12×5=60 minutes in an hour.
When the minute's hand moves from 12 to 3, it covers three spaces. This is 15 minutes or one-quarter of 60.
When the minute's hand moves from 12 to 6 spaces. This is 30 minutes or half of 60.
CALENDAR
We use the calendar to show the days of the week, months of the year and times of events within the year.
The diagram below shows the calendar for 2019 and 2017.
Exercise
Exercise 1
Answer these questions using the calendar above.
1. What was the date of the last Friday of January?
2. On which day was Christmas celebrated?
3. Locate the 27th of May in the calendar and write down what we celebrate
on that day.
4. Write the date for each of the last Saturdays of January to March.
5. Which month of the year has the least number of days?
6. How many months of the year have 31 days?
7. Write out two months of the year that have 30 days.
8. Find what the date was on the last Sunday of June.
9. How many days are there in the year 2015?
10. Was 2015 a leap year?
Exercise 2
1. What is the first day of the week?
2. What is the last day of the week?
3. Which is the last month of the year?
4. In which month do we celebrate Children’s Day?
5. Which month ends the first half of the year?
6. When is Nigerian Independence Day celebrated?
7. In which month do we celebrate New Year’s Day?
8. In which month is your birthday?
9. How many days are there in a leap year?
10. In which month is Democracy Day celebrated?