1. Unit 12 Time, Dates, Countries, & States

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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 ???

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

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

10. Seasons
Spring
Summer
Fall/Autumn
Winter

11. 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?

12. 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

13. 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?

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

15. 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

16. 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