Calendar Skills

Contributor: Danielle Childers. Lesson ID: 10564

What day is soccer practice? When is your math test? A calendar would help with both of those and more! Watch videos and complete worksheets to learn all about calendars.

categories

Counting and Cardinality, Measurement and Data

subject
Math
learning style
Auditory, Visual
personality style
Beaver
Grade Level
Primary (K-2)
Lesson Type
Skill Sharpener

Lesson Plan - Get It!

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  • Is it your birthday soon?
  • Are you going on a trip with your family?
  • How can you keep track of important dates?

You can use a calendar like the one in this video!

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Learn how helpful keeping events on a calendar is!

Look at the calendar below.

  • What do you already know about the calendar?

February 2014

This calendar is for the month of February.

  • Can you point to the month?

Next to the month is the year, 2014.

  • What year is it now?

Below the month and year are the days of the week.

  • Can you name the days of the week?
  • Sunday
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Saturday

On this calendar, the names of the days are shortened so they would fit on the calendar. Sun stands for Sunday; Mon stands for Monday; and so on.

There are also numbers on each day of the month. The numbers range from 1 to 30 on most months. Some months have 31 days. This month, February usually has 28!

  • Why do you think we need a calendar?

Calendars help us keep track of days, events, celebrations, etc.

Review what you just read with this fun video!

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To hear the months of the year in order and see what those months look like, watch the video below.

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  • How have you used a calendar?

We use the words yesterday and tomorrow to talk about when something happened.

For example, if you said you got ice cream yesterday, that means you went the day before today.

If you said you are going to get ice cream tomorrow, that means you have not gotten ice cream yet but are going to go the day after today.

Practice finding yesterday and tomorrow with the activity below.

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Nice work!

When you are ready, head over to the Got It? section for more practice.

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