Plan Events and Compare Calendar Days - Year 2

Use full dates, weekdays and daily moves to make a calendar plan that can be checked. Students solve four fictional school-event clues in the Class Calendar Studio, compare waits, then diagnose wrong records in the Schedule Repair Clinic. Fresh April and May tasks provide evidence of application beyond the taught examples.

The supplied sources cover October-December 2027 and January-May 2028. They show real Gregorian dates, including 29 February 2028, with six Monday-first rows and full weekday names. All classroom event examples are fictional. Start-zero counting includes weekends, same-day intervals, week hops and month/year changes.

What's included

• Unit Plan PDF, 57 pages: contents, one combined Quick Start, five 45-minute lessons and 50 resource pages including 15 answer pages.
• Teaching PowerPoint, 24 editable slides, including native calendar models and seven movable markers for teacher-controlled edit view.
• Quiz PowerPoint, 22 editable slides: cover, ten consecutive question/answer pairs and closing.
• Four colour references and eight full-month calendar sources.
• Nine selected-practice tasks with adjacent worked answers.
• Class Calendar Studio kit with guide, four clue cards and answer, seven markers, blank plan record and answer.
• Schedule Repair Clinic kit with guide, two case/answer pairs and blank repair record.
• Two fresh formal assessment/answer pairs, two blank observation records, marking guide and four-criterion rubric.
• Separate clean Table of Contents JPEG and full combined Preview PDF, 103 pages.

Learning focus

Identify a full date and weekday; count elapsed days from zero; compare intervals; plan seven or fourteen days before/after; retain month/year information; verify and explain a date plan or correction.

Classroom use

Five 45-minute lessons for Year 2. Select from the practice pool to match the lesson and student need. Print at actual size (100%), including the smaller marker artwork, and let an adult prepare complete cut envelopes. A practical set serves two or three students with rotating roles and reset instructions. Ordinary pencils and adult-prepared scissors are the only extra core materials. Use the editable marker slide in teacher-controlled edit view; students can point or direct an adult movement.

Read/record access, a clearly identified small date window, pointing, moving, drawing, speech or a communication device can support responses. Keep the mathematical decision with the student. Record access separately from mathematical prompts. Extension uses verified new clues, reverse hops or alternative plans with explanation.

Teacher benefits

All core calendar sources and kit materials are included. The lesson sequence moves from taught examples to fresh calendar decisions. Adjacent answers support checking, while observations and the rubric identify useful next teaching steps. Adult reading/recording and communication choices retain the same mathematical goal.

Digital product and licence

Digital teaching resource in PDF, PowerPoint and JPEG formats. For the purchaser's classroom use. Do not resell, redistribute or publish paid files publicly. Store the supplied calendar sources with the tasks so students can verify the named month and year.