Created by: Ramona Lewis-Dailey 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 Independence Day Anniversaries

Christmas Thanksgiving

New Year’s Day AND

This is a calendar. July 2008 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

Here are the parts of a calendar.

July Month Days 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 1st day of month Dates Week Last day of month

Can you locate the different parts of a calendar?

August Month Days 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 Month begin One full week 7 days Dates Last day of the month

Reading a Calendar August 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 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 August 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 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 Tuesday 4 Friday August 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