Lesson video

Hello there.

My name is Mr. Tilstone.

I'm a teacher and I'm here today to teach you a lesson all about time.

We're going to be learning about the months of the year, so if you are ready, let's begin.

The outcome for today, so the target, if you like, is I can name the months of the year in chronological order.

Our keywords, we've got my turn, month, your turn, we've got the months of the year, which we're going to go through soon.

They're going to be keywords.

And finally we've got my turn, year, your turn.

Our lesson today is split into two cycles, two parts.

The first will be naming the months of the year and the second, using the months to describe events.

But if you are ready, let's begin by naming the months of the year.

In this lesson, you're going to meet all of these children.

We've got the whole gang here today.

We've got Andeep, John, Jacob, Lucas, Laura, Sofia, Alex, Aisha, Izzy and Sam, so say hello to them.

A week is made of seven days.

Can you remember what they are in order? Now I know a song.

Do you know a song? Would you like to sing along with me if you know it? Are you ready? It goes like this.

♪ Days of the week, days of the week ♪ ♪ Days of the week, days of the week ♪ ♪ Days of the week ♪ ♪ There's Sunday and there's Monday ♪ ♪ There's Tuesday and there's Wednesday ♪ ♪ There's Thursday and there's Friday ♪ ♪ And then there's Saturday ♪ Let's go over those again.

So Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Hopefully you knew that already, I'm sure you did.

So that's a week, now a month is made of four of those weeks.

So we've got one, two, three, four, so a month's quite a long time.

Now a year is made of 12 of those months.

All of the months of the year have got about 30 days.

Some have got exactly 30, some have got a little bit more, some have got a little bit less.

So it goes 31 days, that's a month.

The next one's got 28 or 29 days, and then 31 days, 30 days, 31 days, 30 days, 31 days, 31 days, 30 days, 31 days, 30 days, and 31 days.

So each of these are months.

Each of them months has got a special name, just like you've got to name, the months have got a name as well.

Do you know any of them? How about the name of your birthday month? When's your birthday, or the month of Christmas? What month is Christmas in? I think you'll probably know one or two of them months.

Let's find out all of them now.

We are going to start with January.

So that's the first month of the year, and then February, then March, then April, then May, then June, July, August, September, October, November and December.

Those are the months of the year, right, we're going to read those together.

Are you ready? Let's go, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

The days, weeks and months in a year can be shown on something we call calendars.

Have you heard that word before? Calendars.

Calendars can take all sorts of shapes and forms. Some show the whole year at once.

Some show just a month at a time.

Some are on paper or card, some are on computers and phones.

I use the calendar on my phone quite often.

Some hang upon the wall so you can see them on the wall.

Some are on desks or other tables.

Now Izzy knows a song to help her remember the months, sing along with her when you know it.

So it's the Months of the Year song and it goes to the tune of a famous sea shanty that you might have heard before.

Are you ready? So it goes like this.

♪ January, February, March and April ♪ ♪ May, June, July, August, September ♪ ♪ October, November, and then December ♪ ♪ Those are the months of the year ♪ Now that was quite quick, wasn't it? I'm going to do it again, but a little bit more slowly.

Are you ready? ♪ January, February, March and April ♪ ♪ May, June, July, August, September ♪ ♪ October, November, and then December ♪ ♪ Those are the months of the year ♪ Now we're going to sing it together, are you ready? Let's go.

♪ January, February, March and April ♪ ♪ May, June, July, August, September ♪ ♪ October, November, and then December ♪ ♪ Those are the months of the year ♪ This time, one of the months, the first month in fact is missing.

So it goes.

♪ February, March and April ♪ ♪ May, June, July, August, September ♪ ♪ October, November, and then December ♪ ♪ Those are the months of the year ♪ What was the missing month, what do you think? Could we sing it with the month included this time? Ready, go.

♪ January, February, March and April ♪ ♪ May, June, July, August, September ♪ ♪ October, November, and then December ♪ ♪ Those are the months of the year ♪ So January was the missing month that it's the first month.

Now, you may wish to continue doing that and keep missing out months each time, but let's carry on.

Can you remember the song? Sing it with your partner if you have one.

Or to yourself if you don't, pause the video.

Welcome back.

Did you manage to do it? Let's sing together, shall we? Let's go.

♪ January, February, March and April ♪ ♪ May, June, July, August, September ♪ ♪ October, November, and then December ♪ ♪ Those are the months of the year ♪ It's a catchy song, isn't it? Now those months can be put on a line like so, a bit like a number line.

So it goes January, February, I'm singing the song in my head here, March, April.

What's next, May, next, June.

What's next, July, next, August, next, September, what's next? October, what's next? November, last one, December.

So those are the months of the year, and that is the order that the months go in.

Now that line can be joined up to make a circle.

You might have done something similar to this with the days of the week.

So instead of a line, it's a circle.

We can keep on saying the months without stopping, like the days of the week, they can continue in a cycle.

So that's why a circle's a good model to use.

So once again, January, say this along with me if you know it, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

So we've had a complete year there.

Let's do a little check for understanding.

One of those months is missing, see if you can spot it.

A little hint.

If you don't know, try starting with January and you can either just say the months or sing the months.

Pause the video.

Welcome back, did you spot the missing month? Well, I'm going to do the song in my head.

♪ January, February, March and April ♪ ♪ May, June, July, August, September ♪ It's May, isn't it? That's a missing month.

So January, February, March, April, May, well done if you've got that.

Now let's do another quick check.

Two of those months have been mixed up, which ones? And again, I'm going to sing that song in my head until I can see one of the months in the wrong place.

Pause the video, see if you can spot the mixed up months.

Did you find them? Well again, I'm going to do the song in my head.

So.

♪ January, February, March and April ♪ ♪ May, June, July, August, September ♪ It says October there.

So that's in the wrong place.

So it looks like September and October have gotten mixed up.

So if we go through those months in order, January, February, March, April, May, June, July and August are all fine.

And then it should be September, October.

Very well done if you've got that.

So the new year starts in January.

So we've gone all the way around to December, and then we start a brand new year again.

So it goes January, and then February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, and back to January again.

So it keeps going round in a circle.

12 months is a complete year.

So January all the way back round to January is one complete year.

But any 12 month period is a year.

So we don't have to start in January, we have to go around 12 months.

So for example, April to April.

So if we start with April, look, it goes April.

So that's the start of this new year.

May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April.

We've gone all the way around the circle, that's a year.

That's a full year, we've got a stem sentence here.

I'm going to say it and then we'll say it together and then just you.

So the stem sentence is this, if the month is, the month before was mm, and the month after will be.

Okay, shall we say that together, ready? Let's go.

If the month is m, the month before was m and the month after will be.

Okay, just you say it now, please, go.

So let's have a look at an example here then.

So if the month is May, the month before was, mm.

So have a look at that cycle.

What do you think is the month just before May? It's April.

So if the month is May, the month before was April.

What about the month after? Look at the arrows.

That's a little bit of a clue, the month after will be June.

So let's say that together.

If the month is May, the month before was April and the month after will be June.

Let's do another one.

What about if the month is December? Have a look what comes before and after December.

Now December's a tricky one because it's the final month of the year.

So after it will be a brand new month and a brand new year as well.

So if the month is December, the month before was, what do you think? November and the month after will be? What do you think? Have a look at the arrows, January.

Let's say that together.

If the month is December, the month before was November and the month after will be January.

Remember the month, do not stop in December.

Even though that's the end of the year, they just keep repeating.

They go on and on and on.

Okay, let's do a little check.

What's about if the month is August, what's the month before? What's the month afterwards? Please use a stem sentence and pause a video now did you manage to get the answers? Let's have a look.

So if the month is August, the month before was July and the month after will be September.

Let's say that together.

If the month is August, the month before was July and the month after will be September.

Well done, time for some practise.

So you're going to circle the two months that are in the wrong order on this line.

So they're all correct apart from two of them.

Can you find them, that's task one.

And task two, you're going to complete the table.

So you can see it's got three columns.

It's got a last month, a this month and a next month.

So in the first row, we've got the fact that this month is April, and last month was March.

So what's next month, what's after April? And then in the next row we've got that this month is September.

So next month is October.

But what was the month before September.

And then we've got June, what was the month before and after June and then December.

That's a tricky one, what was the month before and after December? And then a really tricky one.

If next month is March, what's this month and what was the month before that? You're going to have to do a little bit of thinking for that one I think, remember, sing that song if you need to, pause the video, good luck and I'll see you soon for some feedback.

Welcome back, how did you get on with that? So number one, the two months that were in the wrong order are July and June.

So we've swapped those back over.

We've got the correct year, which is January, February, March, April, may, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

And the table goes like this.

March, April, May is what we should have put in that first one.

And then August, September, October, and the next one May, June, July.

And then after that, November, December, January, and then January, February, March.

And that last one was really tricky.

So Weldon, if you got that, you're doing really well so far.

Are you ready for cycle two? I think you are, let's go.

This is using months to describe events.

Their children at Oak Academy are plotting their birthdays on a class calendar.

Maybe you've got a class calendar, I don't know.

Sophia's birthday is close to Christmas on the 14th of December.

So December is the month that some people celebrate Christmas.

Her birthday's pretty close to it.

Do you know anybody who's got a birthday in December? Alex's birthday is on the 2nd of September, soon after the new school year begins.

And that makes him the oldest person in the class.

Do you know who's the oldest person in your class? Do you know anybody who's got a birthday in September? Sam's birthday is on the 15th of August in the summer holidays, and that makes her the youngest person in the class.

Do you know anybody who's got a birthday in August? That's the summer holidays for most people.

Laura's birthday is close to Easter on the 4th of April.

Lucas's birthday's in the same month on the 1st of April.

And that's a special day 'cause that's also April Fool's Fay.

Do you know anybody who's got a birthday in April? John's birthday is near the start of the year on the 6th of January.

And do you want to know a funny coincidence? That's my birthday too.

Andeep has a summer birthday on the 30th of June.

Aisha's birthday is the day after, but it takes place in the next month on the 1st of July.

So the birthdays are close together, but they're in different months.

Do you know anybody who's got a July birthday? Jacob has a birthday on the 9th of November, and this is the same month as bonfire night.

Can you think of anybody who's got a November birthday? Maybe somebody in your class.

Izzy's birthday is on the 17th of March, the same month as Mother's Day.

Can you think of anybody who's got a March birthday? Alex's birthday is in September.

It is after Sam's birthday, which is in August, but it's before Jacob's birthday, which is in November.

It is three months before Christmas, which is in December.

Let's do a little check.

What can we say about Aisha's birthday? So what can you say about Aisha's birthday? Anything that you can think of? Pause the video.

Well, there's so many things you could say about it, but let's have a look.

You might have said, for example, it is after Andeep's birthday in June and it's before Sam's birthday in August.

That's one of the many things you could say about her birthday.

Final task, you are going to create your own calendar.

So you've got a blank calendar in front of you with all the months on, write or draw special events onto it.

You might add your birthday, your family and friends' birthdays and celebrations, maybe a pet's birthday as well if you know that that are important to you.

So things that are important to you like Diwali or Eid or anything like that.

So you're going to use before and after to talk about the events on the calendar.

That's the second task, have fun with that.

Pause the video and I'll see you soon for feedback.

Okay, so using the month to describe events.

Well, of course these will be your own months with your own people in and your own special celebrations.

It might look a bit something like this though.

So in this example, you might have said, my birthday is three months before Mummy's birthday.

'cause my birthday's in January and hers is in April.

And you might have plotted in the summer holidays in August and Christmas and December.

Your calendar will be special to you.

We've come to the end of the lesson and I've had great fun.

I hope you have too.

So this lesson's all about the language relating to months of the year.

The months of the year are in order.

Shall we sing that song one last time ♪ January, February, March and April ♪ ♪ May, June, July, August, September ♪ ♪ October, November, and then December ♪ ♪ Those are the months of the year ♪ And we can describe special events of the year using the months when they happen.

While you have been a superstar, give yourself a pat on the back.

I really hope I get another opportunity to spend some time with you learning about maths.

In the meantime, take care.

Enjoy the rest of your day and goodbye.