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9 My Funday

One day Monday

went to Tuesday

to see Wednesday

and ask Thursday

to tell Friday

and also Saturday

that Sunday is Funday!

The poem given above in the book is written on a rectangular shaped calendar, in which there are twelve boxes for twelve months from January to December and inside each box, days of the week and all the dates are marked from one to thirty or thirty one.

Is Sunday a funday for you?
Monday is happy to be the first day of the week. Now you tell –

The third day of the week is ................
The fifth day of the week is ................
The second day of the week is ................
The last day of the week is ................

Which day will come

a) After Sunday? ................

b) Before Sunday? ................

While doing this chapter, the use of a calendar would be helpful. Encourage children to refer a calendar to identify the order of days in sequence.

c) After Wednesday? ................

d) Before Wednesday? ................

e) 2 days after Sunday? ................

f) 4 days after Wednesday?................

g) 7 days after Monday?................

A boys is saying think think.

Which day do you like most? Why?

What is the day today? ................

Which day was it yesterday?................

Which day will it be tomorrow? ................

Which day will it be the day after tomorrow? ................

Which day was it the day before yesterday? ................

Teacher-Teacher

Some children of Class II–A love to play "Teacher-Teacher". They have decided to take turns in playing the teacher's role.

A girl is teaching few children of her class. She is writing letter A on the blackboard.

Day	Who will play teacher's role
Monday	Vaibhav
Tuesday	Alpana
Wednesday	Gaurav
Thursday	Gurpreet
Friday	Deepak
Saturday	Rehnuma

Now fill in the blanks-

a) ............will be the teacher the day after Friday.

b) ............will play the teacher's role on the day before Tuesday.

c) Gaurav will play the teacher's role on the day after .............

d)Deepak will play the teacher's role on the day before .............

Games Every Day?

Time Table of II-A

Period/Day	1	2	3	4	5	6
Monday	Hindi	Maths	Games	English	E.V.S.	Music
Tuesday	Hindi	Maths	Drawing	English	E.V.S.	Library
Wednesday	Hindi	Maths	Games	English	E.V.S.	Library
Thursday	Hindi	Maths	Drawing	English	E.V.S.	Music
Friday	Hindi	Maths	Games	English	E.V.S.	Music
Saturday	Hindi	Maths	Drawing	English	E.V.S.	Library

Look at the time table of Class II-A and fill in the table:

Period	On which days?
Drawing
Music
Games
Library

In Your Class

On which days do you have a games period? ................
How many children would like to have a games period every day? ................
What games do you play in your games period? ................
On which days do you have a drawing period?
Do you have a music period?................. If yes, on which days? ................
Which day of the week do you like best at school? ................

Favourite Month

One day Sona, Arjun and Zeba were talking about their favourite months.

A boy is saying his favorite months are May and June as he can eat mangoes then. A boy is saying that he likes December because Christmas comes in December. A girl is saying that she likes July and August because it rains in these months.

Which month do you like best? .............
Why? ............

Draw what you like to do in your favourite month.

A blank space for drawing.

Fill in the table

What I like best	Months in which it comes
Fruit .............
Vegetable ................
Flower ...............

Write the names of five festivals that you or your friends celebrate. Also, write the months in which these festivals come.

Few children are celebrating Holi, they are putting water and colors on each other and they are carrying water guns in their hands and are refilling them from a bucket of water.

Name of the festival	Month in which it comes
................	................
................	................
................	................
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Draw a scene of any of the festivals.

A blank space for drawing a scene of any festival.

Names of some of the months are missing in the list given below. Fill in names of those months.

January, February, ................, April, ................, June, ................, August, September, October, ................, December.

Look at the calendar to find out

Which is the first month of the year? ................
Which month comes after March? ................
Which month comes before August?................
Which is the last month of the year?................

February is Different

4 months have thirty days

7 months have thirty-one

February is the shortest month

In some years it jumps for fun.

A girl is telling another girl that long months have thirty one days, short months have thirty days.

Look at a calendar to find out:

Which months have 30 days? ................
How many months have 31 days? ................
How many days are there in February? ................
How many days together are there in May and June? ................
How many Sundays are there in July? ................
What is the day on your birthday? ................

Find Out

How many days do you get for your summer holidays? ................

How many winter holidays do you have? ................

The picture shows a popular way to remember long and short months. Starting with January, the long months sit on the knuckles, while short months are in the spaces between.

Blow Hot, Blow Cold

The first image is that of two men, a woman and a boy are sitting around a fire in their house. The second image is that of Ashraf, who is telling about himself.

The first part of the image shows a girl, Lakshmi introducing herself. She lives in Chennai, where the days are hot and her feet burns if she walks barefoot and she likes to sit in a pool. The second part of the image shows a small hut, a woman sitting outside with a small fan in her hand, a boy is bathing and man is walking with a book in his hand.

The first part of the image shows a girl, Rubaiya is giving her introduction, she lives in Meghalaya, where rains dont stop and the Sun hides behind the clouds. The second part of the image shows few people and a child standing in rain, holding umbrellas in their hands.

Encourage children to share their own experiences about different seasons.

1) Have you ever felt—

Your teeth chattering due to cold? Yes/No
Your feet feel hot on walking barefoot? Yes/No
Name one month when you can easily walk barefoot. ................

2) a) Have you seen it raining for many days? Yes/No

b) In which month does it rain the most in your area? ................

3) a) Which are the hottest months in your area? ................

b) Which are the coldest months in your area? ................

4) Which fruits and vegetables are seen a lot in the market in these months? Write or draw:

May - June

*Fruits*	*Vegetables*
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December - January

*Fruits*	*Vegetables*
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