Webinar Recordings SET A for Grades 1-2-Webinar 4 Recording

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Video Summary

In the video, a math teacher outlines the rules and methodologies for an online lesson focused on calendar and time concepts, particularly for Math Kangaroo competitions. Participants are reminded to keep video and audio off, communicate via chat, and input answers through polls. The session reintroduces the four-step problem-solving method: reading questions thoroughly, planning, executing the solution, and checking results using different strategies if possible.<br /><br />The lesson covers reading analog clocks, understanding days, weeks, and months in calendars, and practical tips for managing time-related questions effectively. Students are advised to use their fists to remember the number of days in each month (knuckles for 31 days, valleys for 30, except February). Students engage in several practical exercises that require them to apply these concepts, such as calculating time intervals and understanding train schedules.<br /><br />For calendar problems, methods like simplifying complex questions into smaller, manageable steps and visual aids like simple hand-drawn calendars were recommended. Students were encouraged to take their time, cross-check their work with different strategies, and remember the intricacies unique to time calculations, such as accounting for analog clock readings or recognizing leap years.<br /><br />Participants are encouraged to practice frequently with analog clocks and bring ample paper to the Math Kangaroo competitions for working through problems thoroughly and effectively. The session ends with a reminder to enjoy learning how to manage and solve time and calendar-based problems, and with a Halloween greeting.

Keywords

Math Kangaroo

calendar concepts

time management

problem-solving

analog clocks

train schedules

leap years

time intervals

online lesson

Math competition