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
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
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
1st day
of
month
Dates
Week
Wednesday Thursday
1
2
Friday
3
Saturday
4
5
8
6
7
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Last day of
month
Can you locate the different parts
of a calendar?
August
Month
Days
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Month
begin
One full week
7 days
Dates
Wednesday
1
Thursday Friday
2
3
Saturday
4
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
Last day of the
month
Reading a Calendar
August
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
1
Thursday
2
Friday
3
Saturday
4
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
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
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? 31
On which day does the month begin? Tuesday
How many Fridays are in this month? 4
On which day will the next month start? Friday
What is the date of the second SaturdayAugust 12
in the month?
What’s missing from this calendar?
13
14
20
21
27
1
2
8
9
22
29
23
4
10
11
12
17
18
19
24
31