Unit 12 Time, Dates, Countries, & States

World & Countries Ocean Land Country Asia Europe Australia Antarctica Africa South America North America U.S.A. State City/Town

States What about the other states? Texas Fingerspell Abbreviation: Florida Washington Oregon Colorado California Arizona Alaska Hawaii New York What about the other states? Fingerspell Abbreviation: Minnesota = M-I-N-N Nevada = N-E-V EXCEPTIONS: UTAH OHIO MAINE Others that are short

Cities Austin Dallas Ft Worth Houston San Antonio Galveston Corpus Christi El Paso New York City Washington, D.C. Boston Chicago Los Angeles New Orleans Philadelphia Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Atlanta St. Louis

Countries Japan China Greece France Italy Korea Finland Ireland Spain Russia Germany Canada Egypt Holland India #Iraq Israel Mexico Poland Scotland Sweden Switzerland Vietnam Jamaica

Dates Months Abbreviate like written format January=J-A-N February=F-E-B EXCEPTIONS March=M-A-R-C-H April=A-P-R-I-L

CONT’D Days = Numbers 1-9 Days = 10-31 YEAR Split into two sets ORDINAL Days = 10-31 CARDINAL YEAR Split into two sets 1985, 1996, 1999 2000 2003 2008 2010 ???

Who has a birthday in… January? February? March? April? May? June? July? August? September? October? November? December?

Practice May 10 April 3 July 22 December 7 September 25 February 9 October 31 June 15 August 29 March 2

Seasons Spring Summer Fall/Autumn Winter

Conversation Which season is your favorite? Which months are in the spring season? Which season and month is your birthday in? Which months do you go to school?

Holidays Christmas Easter Halloween Hanukkah Independence Day Memorial Day New Year’s (Eve) Passover St. Patrick’s Day Thanksgiving Valentine’s Day Labor Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Conversation What’s your favorite & least favorite holiday? What do you normally do to celebrate your birthday? What does your family normally do for Thanksgiving? What does your family normally do for Christmas?

Weather Cool Cold Warm Hot Rain Snow Sunny Windy Cloudy Freezing Hurricane Tornado

How would you sign these differently? Slight drizzle vs. pouring cats and dogs Cold outside vs. Freezing! Windy vs. gusting 35 mph Hot vs. sweltering

Homework: Weather Report 3 Continuous Days Non-Local City- not Austin, Round Rock, Leander, etc. 2 Parts Weather Article (internet is great resource) Be able to sign the city, date of your report, the time of year, and the weather. Next class = Quiz over dates, holidays, seasons, weather, geography