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Lesson 4 - Interpreting Calendar Data

Use these interactive activities to encourage students to have fun on the Web while learning about interpreting calendar data. Students can try these activities on their own or in pairs.

Goals

Interpret data shown on a calendar.

Organize a given set of data in a different way.

Instructions for Use

Calendar Game lets students recognize different sequencing and placement of numbers.

To use Calendar Game, click "Click here to play the game". Then click on the pull-down menu below "Set your own challenge". Select a number and click the "Set" button. Move the frame to show four numbers so that the diagonal numbers total the set number you chose. To change the calendar month, click the "Change Month" button.

Calendar prompts students to fill in events they would do in a month and create their own calendar.

To use Calendar, type in a title for the calendar. Add information to each day of the month. Click the "Make my Calendar" button. Print off the calendar.