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14Egyptian Calendar Unit
Math VoCabulary month: a period of about 4 weeks or 30 days
week: a period of 7 days
year: a period of 12 months
2 Discuss the rules or patterns you see in the calendar. 2. Have students discuss the patterns or rules
they see in the calendar.
Every week has 7 days (Sunday through Saturday). Refer to
Every month has 28 to 31 days (Only one month has 28 days).
3. Have students draw a circle on the last day
of each month. Have them fill in the number
of days for each month in the chart. Have
students identify the rule in the chart.
3 Write the number of days in each month. Use your knuckles to find how many days
are in each month: Have students count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 from the index knuckle whether they use left
31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31 or right hand. Have them count the last
knuckle twice when going from July to
August.
Use your knuckles on your fists to find the number of days in 8
7
each month. Months that fall on Months that fall in
the knuckles (red) between (blue)
8 69150141132 21 Make a fist with your left hand. The months
7
written in blue have 31 days. The months 31 days 30 days
written in red have 30 days (28 or 29 for
January, March, May, April, June,
February). July, August, October, September,
November
Now you can easily find the number of days in December
each month!
(February has 28 or 29 days)
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Teaching the concept of a week March
A week starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday. Demonstrate how a week
can continue in to the following month using calendars. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
3
Sometimes students find it hard to distinguish a week. In this case, help 12 10
students clearly see the weeks of the month by coloring each week with a 456789 17
different color. 11 12 13 14 15 16 24
18 19 20 21 22 23
31
25 26 27 28 29 30
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Math VoCabulary month: a period of about 4 weeks or 30 days
week: a period of 7 days
year: a period of 12 months
2 Discuss the rules or patterns you see in the calendar. 2. Have students discuss the patterns or rules
they see in the calendar.
Every week has 7 days (Sunday through Saturday). Refer to
Every month has 28 to 31 days (Only one month has 28 days).
3. Have students draw a circle on the last day
of each month. Have them fill in the number
of days for each month in the chart. Have
students identify the rule in the chart.
3 Write the number of days in each month. Use your knuckles to find how many days
are in each month: Have students count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 from the index knuckle whether they use left
31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 30 31 or right hand. Have them count the last
knuckle twice when going from July to
August.
Use your knuckles on your fists to find the number of days in 8
7
each month. Months that fall on Months that fall in
the knuckles (red) between (blue)
8 69150141132 21 Make a fist with your left hand. The months
7
written in blue have 31 days. The months 31 days 30 days
written in red have 30 days (28 or 29 for
January, March, May, April, June,
February). July, August, October, September,
November
Now you can easily find the number of days in December
each month!
(February has 28 or 29 days)
14. Egyptian Calendar 127
Teaching the concept of a week March
A week starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday. Demonstrate how a week
can continue in to the following month using calendars. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
3
Sometimes students find it hard to distinguish a week. In this case, help 12 10
students clearly see the weeks of the month by coloring each week with a 456789 17
different color. 11 12 13 14 15 16 24
18 19 20 21 22 23
31
25 26 27 28 29 30
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