Chapter 9: Which Season is it?
2nd StandardMathematics
Which Season is it? - Chapter Summary
# Seasons and Time
## Overview
This chapter introduces children to different **seasons**, **months of the year**, use of a **calendar**, understanding **time**, and **directions**. Through poems, matching exercises, and real-life examples, children learn how time and weather impact daily life and travel. It also includes map reading, clock practice, and orientation with directions using compass terms.
## Key Topics Covered
### 1. Understanding Seasons
- **Poetic Introduction**: A poem explains five seasons — **summer**, **rainy**, **spring**, **autumn**, and **winter** — each with its distinct features.
- **Activities**:
- Identify vacation season, birthday season, and favorite season with reasons.
- Discussion on how local weather affects clothes, food, and lifestyle.
- **Festival Matching**: Connect seasons to Indian festivals:
- Spring: Holi, Baisakhi, Gudi Padwa
- Summer: Buddha Purnima, Ram Navami
- Monsoon: Raksha Bandhan, Independence Day
- Autumn: Dussehra, Sharad Purnima
- Winter: Christmas, Lohri, Republic Day
---
### 2. Calendar and Months
- **Month Groups**:
- Months with 31 days: January, March, May, July, August, October, December
- Months with 30 days: April, June, September, November
- February: 28 or 29 days
- **Calendar Activities**:
- Identify months with 5 Sundays
- Total number of days in two selected months
- Vacation months (Summer: May–June, Winter: December–January)
- **Importance of Calendar**: Used to track dates, festivals, school events, etc.
---
### 3. Time and Duration
- **Activity Matching**: Time taken for different tasks (e.g., cooking, playing, growing a plant).
- Some tasks take hours (playing), some days (knitting), and others months (plant growth).
- **Trip to Vijayawada**:
- Timeline of travel across several days
- Reading and interpreting time in hours and days
- Examples include departure times, visit durations, and return schedule
- Fastest train: *Vande Bharat Express* is introduced
---
### 4. Daily Schedule and Clocks
- **Gargi’s Day**:
- Match daily activities to clock times (wake up, lunch, school, play, sleep)
- Learn to read both hour and minute hands
- **Clock Activities**:
- Read time from a clock
- Draw hands on blank clocks
- Identify time for regular daily tasks
---
### 5. Understanding Directions
- **Games and Activities**:
- Blindfold movement using right, left, and straight
- Navigation practice using real classroom or home settings
- **Poem on Directions**:
- Learn East (toward rising sun), West, North, and South with gestures
- **Map Practice**:
- Use a compass to answer direction-based questions
- Examples: Which side of the desk, where is the almirah, how to reach the blackboard
- Compass and direction recognition using classroom map
---
## New Terms
| Term | Simple Meaning |
|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Season | A part of the year with specific weather (e.g., summer) |
| Calendar | A chart showing months, weeks, and days of a year |
| Duration | The amount of time something takes |
| Direction | Way or path you go (like East, West) |
| Compass | A tool that shows directions |
| Clock | A device to tell the time |
| Vande Bharat | A fast Indian train designed without a separate engine |
---
## Practice Sums
### Easy (3)
1. **Which months have 30 days?**
*Answer*: April, June, September, November.
2. **If your birthday is in May, which season is it?**
*Answer*: Summer.
3. **What time is it when the hour hand is on 3 and the minute hand is on 12?**
*Answer*: 3 o’clock.
---
### Medium (2)
4. **Gargi wakes up at 7:00 AM and goes to school at 8:00 AM. How many hours gap is there?**
*Answer*: 1 hour.
5. **You planted a seed on 1st June. It grows into a plant in 2 months. On which date will it grow?**
*Answer*: Around 1st August.
---
### Difficult (3)
6. **You played from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM. How long did you play?**
*Answer*: 2 hours 30 minutes.
7. **Your train departs at 8:25 AM and reaches at 1:15 PM. How many hours is the journey?**
*Answer*: 4 hours 50 minutes.
8. **Mark these directions on a map: East, West, North, South. If the door is to the North, where is the window to the right of the door?**
*Answer*: East.
---
### Very Difficult (2)
9. **The calendar shows 5 Sundays in August. Which are the dates?**
*Answer*: Depends on year; e.g., 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th.
10. **Vijay’s trip started on 24th Nov and ended on 28th Nov at 11:30 PM. How many full days did he travel?**
*Answer*: 5 days.
---
## Overview
This chapter introduces children to different **seasons**, **months of the year**, use of a **calendar**, understanding **time**, and **directions**. Through poems, matching exercises, and real-life examples, children learn how time and weather impact daily life and travel. It also includes map reading, clock practice, and orientation with directions using compass terms.
## Key Topics Covered
### 1. Understanding Seasons
- **Poetic Introduction**: A poem explains five seasons — **summer**, **rainy**, **spring**, **autumn**, and **winter** — each with its distinct features.
- **Activities**:
- Identify vacation season, birthday season, and favorite season with reasons.
- Discussion on how local weather affects clothes, food, and lifestyle.
- **Festival Matching**: Connect seasons to Indian festivals:
- Spring: Holi, Baisakhi, Gudi Padwa
- Summer: Buddha Purnima, Ram Navami
- Monsoon: Raksha Bandhan, Independence Day
- Autumn: Dussehra, Sharad Purnima
- Winter: Christmas, Lohri, Republic Day
---
### 2. Calendar and Months
- **Month Groups**:
- Months with 31 days: January, March, May, July, August, October, December
- Months with 30 days: April, June, September, November
- February: 28 or 29 days
- **Calendar Activities**:
- Identify months with 5 Sundays
- Total number of days in two selected months
- Vacation months (Summer: May–June, Winter: December–January)
- **Importance of Calendar**: Used to track dates, festivals, school events, etc.
---
### 3. Time and Duration
- **Activity Matching**: Time taken for different tasks (e.g., cooking, playing, growing a plant).
- Some tasks take hours (playing), some days (knitting), and others months (plant growth).
- **Trip to Vijayawada**:
- Timeline of travel across several days
- Reading and interpreting time in hours and days
- Examples include departure times, visit durations, and return schedule
- Fastest train: *Vande Bharat Express* is introduced
---
### 4. Daily Schedule and Clocks
- **Gargi’s Day**:
- Match daily activities to clock times (wake up, lunch, school, play, sleep)
- Learn to read both hour and minute hands
- **Clock Activities**:
- Read time from a clock
- Draw hands on blank clocks
- Identify time for regular daily tasks
---
### 5. Understanding Directions
- **Games and Activities**:
- Blindfold movement using right, left, and straight
- Navigation practice using real classroom or home settings
- **Poem on Directions**:
- Learn East (toward rising sun), West, North, and South with gestures
- **Map Practice**:
- Use a compass to answer direction-based questions
- Examples: Which side of the desk, where is the almirah, how to reach the blackboard
- Compass and direction recognition using classroom map
---
## New Terms
| Term | Simple Meaning |
|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| Season | A part of the year with specific weather (e.g., summer) |
| Calendar | A chart showing months, weeks, and days of a year |
| Duration | The amount of time something takes |
| Direction | Way or path you go (like East, West) |
| Compass | A tool that shows directions |
| Clock | A device to tell the time |
| Vande Bharat | A fast Indian train designed without a separate engine |
---
## Practice Sums
### Easy (3)
1. **Which months have 30 days?**
*Answer*: April, June, September, November.
2. **If your birthday is in May, which season is it?**
*Answer*: Summer.
3. **What time is it when the hour hand is on 3 and the minute hand is on 12?**
*Answer*: 3 o’clock.
---
### Medium (2)
4. **Gargi wakes up at 7:00 AM and goes to school at 8:00 AM. How many hours gap is there?**
*Answer*: 1 hour.
5. **You planted a seed on 1st June. It grows into a plant in 2 months. On which date will it grow?**
*Answer*: Around 1st August.
---
### Difficult (3)
6. **You played from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM. How long did you play?**
*Answer*: 2 hours 30 minutes.
7. **Your train departs at 8:25 AM and reaches at 1:15 PM. How many hours is the journey?**
*Answer*: 4 hours 50 minutes.
8. **Mark these directions on a map: East, West, North, South. If the door is to the North, where is the window to the right of the door?**
*Answer*: East.
---
### Very Difficult (2)
9. **The calendar shows 5 Sundays in August. Which are the dates?**
*Answer*: Depends on year; e.g., 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th.
10. **Vijay’s trip started on 24th Nov and ended on 28th Nov at 11:30 PM. How many full days did he travel?**
*Answer*: 5 days.
---
Seasons and Time
Overview
This chapter introduces children to different seasons, months of the year, use of a calendar, understanding time, and directions. Through poems, matching exercises, and real-life examples, children learn how time and weather impact daily life and travel. It also includes map reading, clock practice, and orientation with directions using compass terms.
Key Topics Covered
1. Understanding Seasons
- Poetic Introduction: A poem explains five seasons — summer, rainy, spring, autumn, and winter — each with its distinct features.
- Activities:
- Identify vacation season, birthday season, and favorite season with reasons.
- Discussion on how local weather affects clothes, food, and lifestyle.
- Festival Matching: Connect seasons to Indian festivals:
- Spring: Holi, Baisakhi, Gudi Padwa
- Summer: Buddha Purnima, Ram Navami
- Monsoon: Raksha Bandhan, Independence Day
- Autumn: Dussehra, Sharad Purnima
- Winter: Christmas, Lohri, Republic Day
2. Calendar and Months
- Month Groups:
- Months with 31 days: January, March, May, July, August, October, December
- Months with 30 days: April, June, September, November
- February: 28 or 29 days
- Calendar Activities:
- Identify months with 5 Sundays
- Total number of days in two selected months
- Vacation months (Summer: May–June, Winter: December–January)
- Importance of Calendar: Used to track dates, festivals, school events, etc.
3. Time and Duration
- Activity Matching: Time taken for different tasks (e.g., cooking, playing, growing a plant).
- Some tasks take hours (playing), some days (knitting), and others months (plant growth).
- Trip to Vijayawada:
- Timeline of travel across several days
- Reading and interpreting time in hours and days
- Examples include departure times, visit durations, and return schedule
- Fastest train: Vande Bharat Express is introduced
4. Daily Schedule and Clocks
- Gargi’s Day:
- Match daily activities to clock times (wake up, lunch, school, play, sleep)
- Learn to read both hour and minute hands
- Clock Activities:
- Read time from a clock
- Draw hands on blank clocks
- Identify time for regular daily tasks
5. Understanding Directions
- Games and Activities:
- Blindfold movement using right, left, and straight
- Navigation practice using real classroom or home settings
- Poem on Directions:
- Learn East (toward rising sun), West, North, and South with gestures
- Map Practice:
- Use a compass to answer direction-based questions
- Examples: Which side of the desk, where is the almirah, how to reach the blackboard
- Compass and direction recognition using classroom map
New Terms
| Term | Simple Meaning |
|---|---|
| Season | A part of the year with specific weather (e.g., summer) |
| Calendar | A chart showing months, weeks, and days of a year |
| Duration | The amount of time something takes |
| Direction | Way or path you go (like East, West) |
| Compass | A tool that shows directions |
| Clock | A device to tell the time |
| Vande Bharat | A fast Indian train designed without a separate engine |
Practice Sums
Easy (3)
-
Which months have 30 days?
Answer: April, June, September, November. -
If your birthday is in May, which season is it?
Answer: Summer. -
What time is it when the hour hand is on 3 and the minute hand is on 12?
Answer: 3 o’clock.
Medium (2)
-
Gargi wakes up at 7:00 AM and goes to school at 8:00 AM. How many hours gap is there?
Answer: 1 hour. -
You planted a seed on 1st June. It grows into a plant in 2 months. On which date will it grow?
Answer: Around 1st August.
Difficult (3)
-
You played from 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM. How long did you play?
Answer: 2 hours 30 minutes. -
Your train departs at 8:25 AM and reaches at 1:15 PM. How many hours is the journey?
Answer: 4 hours 50 minutes. -
Mark these directions on a map: East, West, North, South. If the door is to the North, where is the window to the right of the door?
Answer: East.
Very Difficult (2)
-
The calendar shows 5 Sundays in August. Which are the dates?
Answer: Depends on year; e.g., 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th. -
Vijay’s trip started on 24th Nov and ended on 28th Nov at 11:30 PM. How many full days did he travel?
Answer: 5 days.