1. Created by: Ramona Lewis-Dailey
Calendar Lesson
Parts of the Calendar
Created by: Ramona Lewis-Dailey

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

3. If there were no calendars it would be extremely difficult for people to keep up with important events.

4. Such as………
Birthdays
Independence Day
Anniversaries

5. Christmas
Thanksgiving

6. New Year’s Day
AND

7. This is a calendar. July 2014 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

8. Here are the parts of a calendar.

9. July Month Days Sunday Monday Tuesday 1 Wednesday 2 Thursday 3 Friday4
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

10. Can you locate the different parts of a calendar?

11. 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

12. 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?

13. 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

14. 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