Calendar Lesson

Parts of the Calendar

Created by: Ramona Lewis-Dailey

What is a calendar?

A calendar is a way to keep track of the days, weeks, and months in a year.

If there were no calendars it would be extremely difficult for people to

keep up with important events.

Such as………

Birthdays

Anniversaries

Independence Day

Christmas

Thanksgiving

New Year’s DayAND

This is a calendar.

Sunday Monday Tuesday

1

Wednesday

2

Thursday

3

Friday

4

Saturday

5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

July 2008

Here are the parts of a calendar.

JulySunday Monday Tuesday

1

Wednesday

2

Thursday

3

Friday

4

Saturday

5

6 78

9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

Dates

Month

Days

Week

Last day of month

1st day of month

Can you locate the different parts of a calendar?

AugustSunday Monday Tuesday

1

Wednesday

2

Thursday

3

Friday

4

Saturday

5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

Month

Days

One full week7 days

Last day of the month

Dates

Month begin

Reading a Calendar

AugustSunday Monday Tuesday

1

Wednesday

2

Thursday

3

Friday

4

Saturday

5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

How many days are in this month? On which day does the month begin? How many Fridays are in this month?

On which day will the next month start? What is the date of the second Saturday

in the month?

Reading a Calendar

AugustSunday Monday Tuesday

1

Wednesday

2

Thursday

3

Friday

4

Saturday

5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

How many days are in this month? On which day does the month begin? How many Fridays are in this month?

On which day will the next month start? What is the date of the second Saturday

in the month?

31 Tuesday4FridayAugust 12

What’s missing from this calendar?

1 2 4

8 9 10 11 12

13 14 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24

27 29 31