Differentiated Instruction &

Understanding By Design
Lesson Plan Format

Title: Calendar Tic Tac Toe

Subject Matter Emphasis and Level: Math/Calendar Activity/Sequence/Graphing

Author: Judy Swanson

School District: Chamberlain Elementary

Email judy. swanson@k12.sd.us

Brief Description of the Lesson/Unit:

This activity is designed to be completed as a center activity. Some parts of it can be
done individually, other parts with a center buddy and other parts as a whole center
activity.

SD Content Standards:

• Number sense Standard #12 Identify months and seasons

• Statistics and Probability Standard # 2 and # 3
Name __________________
Choose your own assignments! You must choose three
activities in a tic-tac-toe design. Color in each box as you
complete each assignment.

Repeat the sequence of the

Write the months of the months to a center buddy
Arrange the name of the
year in the correct
months in correct
sequence. Tell your center
sequence
buddy which one is your
(Months are printed on Verbal Linguistic
favorite month and why it is
cardboard strips)
your favorite.
Bodily Kinesthetic
Intrapersonal

Choose three different

Examine the calendar with a
center buddy…discuss which
months have 28 days, 30
Sequence the months using
days ,and 31 days
ordinal numbers Discuss the four seasons and
their months
Logical - mathematical Visual Spatial
months and design a
calendar picture of each
one.
Look at the calendar
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calendar
Naturalist

Ask each member of your

center when their Draw clues out of paper
birthday is and graph the bag, Chant the names of the
date on the prepared Read the clues and tell what months and recite the poem
birthday graph month the clues describe ”September has…”to a
Visual spatial Bodily - Kinesthetic center buddy
Interpersonal Musical