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THE
APRIL RABBITS by David Cleveland
Activities
written by Sharon Hoekstra, Earl Buxton School and Marilyn Reid, former
Math Consultant, EPSB
OBJECTIVES: Counting, ordinal
numbers, calendar 'sense'
MATERIAL: Book: The April
Rabbits (R)
Laminated April 2002 calendar
with numbers on it (R)
Blank April calendar worksheet
(R)
Crayons (R)
Math Journal (R)
A. Read the book with your child.
Take the time to count the rabbits on each page.
B. Discuss the enclosed completed
April calendar (with numbers):
How many days are there in
April?
Let's say the days of the
week. How many days are there in one week?
What day is the first of
April? What day is the second of April?
What number is the last day of
April? What day of the week is the 30th of April?
What day do you think is your
favourite day in April?
C. Using a pencil, complete the
blank calendar for April by filling in the numbers in the boxes
(dates). Either have your child do this or take turns with him/her.
Some numbers are easy to print and other are harder. Ask you child
which are the easiest and which are the hardest for him/her today.
Using the coloured crayons,
mark the calendar using the following clues:
Put a red X on the first of
April. What day is it?
Put a red X on the 2nd
Monday of the month. What number is it?
Put a red X on every Monday
in April. How many Mondays are there?
Put a blue circle on the
first Sunday in the month. What number is it?
Put a blue circle on the
last Sunday in April. What number is it?
Put a blue circle on every
Sunday. How many Sundays are there?
Colour the whole box yellow for the
second Saturday. What number is it?
Use yellow to colour the last
Saturday. What number is it?Colour all the Saturdays yellow. How many
are there?
(Continue to ask questions until
each day of the month has a coloured mark. Make sure the same days
have the same colour. eg., Tuesdays could be brown, Wednesdays, green,
Thursdays, orange and Fridays, purple.
D. In your Math Journal, print
today's date. eg., Today is _____________________ and copy the name of the
book.
E. EXTENSION: (Optional)
Using a two page spread in the Math
Journal, draw a picture for the 30th day of April, if David could have
seen the rabbits then.
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