English asics The Date

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English Basics

The Date1 The Month

2 The Year

3 The Date

4 Review

Learner Reflection

Reading/Speaking Assessment

Writing Assessment

Teachers' Notes

Month Cards

The DateEnglish Basics


1 The Month

1 January

2 February

3 March

4 April

5 May

6 June

7 July

8 August

9 September

10 October

11 November

12 December

A. Saying the Month

There are 12 months in a year. Listen and repeat the names of the months.



1 anuary

2 ebruary

3 arch

4 pril

5 ay

6 une

1 The Month cont.

B. Uppercase Letters

Write the missing letter in each month.

J 7 uly

8 ugust

9 eptember

10 ctober

11 ovember

12 ecember



1 The Month cont.

1 J nuary

2 F bruary

3 M rch

4 A ril

5 M y

6 J ne

a 7 J ly

8 A gust

9 S ptember

10 O tober

11 N vember

12 D cember

C. Lowercase Letters

Write the missing letter in each month.



1 The Month cont.

1 Jan

2 Feb

3 Mar

4 Apr

5 May*

6 June*

7 July*

8 Aug

9 Sept

10 Oct

11 Nov

12 Dec

*Note:

We don't usually write the short form for May, June, and July.

D. Month Abbreviations

Some months have a short form.



1 The Month cont.

# Month Short Form

1 January Jan

2 February

3 March

4 April

5 May

6 June

# Month Short Form

7 July

8 August

9 September

10 October

11 November

12 December

E. Practice

Write the short form beside the month. Leave it blank if there is no short form.



1 The Month cont.

F. How Many Days?

Check a calendar. How many days does each month have?

# Month Days

1 January 31

2 February

3 March

4 April

5 May

6 June

# Month Days

7 July 31

8 August

9 September

10 October

11 November 30

12 December



2 The Year

The short form of a year is the last two numbers.

1975

1810

1810

1975

2001

2001

2020

2020

A. Writing the Year

A year has four numbers.

C. Practice

# Question Answer (four numbers)

1 What year were you born?

2 What year is it?

B. Saying the Year

We say the years like this:

• eighteen ten• nineteen seventy-five

• two thousand (and) one• two thousand (and) twenty

(or twenty twenty)



3 The Date

A. Saying the Date

Listen and repeat the days of the month.

1stfirst

2ndsecond

3rdthird

4thfourth

5thfifth

6thsixth

7thseventh

8theighth

9thninth

10thtenth

11theleventh

12thtwelfth

13ththirteenth

14thfourteenth

15thfifteenth

16thsixteenth

17thseventeenth

18theighteenth

19thnineteenth

20thtwentieth

21sttwenty-first

22ndtwenty-second

23rdtwenty-third

24thtwenty-fourth

25thtwenty-fifth

26thtwenty-sixth

27thtwenty-seventh

28thtwenty-eighth

29thtwenty-ninth

30ththirtieth

31stthirty-first



3 The Date cont.

B. Writing the Date

A date has a day, a month, and a year. Here are four ways to write the date:

C. Practice

1 February 3, 1977

2 Feb 3, 1977

3 02-03-1977

4 77/02/03 (YY/MM/DD)

1 Write today's date two ways. Now say them out loud.

2 Write your birthdate two ways. Now say them out loud.



4 Review

1 February comes after .

2 is the last month of the year.

A. Questions and Answers

B. Complete the Sentences

# Question Answer

1 What is tomorrow's date?

2 What is your birthdate?

3 Which month comes after March?

4 What is the short form of August?

5 Which month comes before May?



Name: Date:

Learner Reflection

Topic The Date

Skill

Reading

Speaking

Writing

I can... Yes(very well)

Yes(with help)

Not Yet

read the date

say the date

write the date



Task� Reading the Date� Saying the Date

The student can... Yes(very well)

Yes(with help)

Not Yet

read/say the months of the year

read/say the numbers 1st–31st

identify the parts of a date

read/say the date

Name: Date:


Next Steps Score



Task Writing the Date

The student can... Yes(very well)

Yes(with help)

Not Yet

write the months of the year

write the year

write the date in a few ways

write today's date

write his/her birthdate

Name: Date:

Writing Assessment

Next Steps Score



Teachers’ Notes

(continued on the next page...)

1 The Month

4 Review

2 The Year

3 The Date

Page 2 can be used as a reference page for students who need to review or refer to the names of the months. Play the recording and have students follow along. Give students time to write in the missing uppercase and lowercase letters on pages 3 and 4. Then introduce your students to abbreviations on page 5. Explain that abbreviations are often used when writing (not saying) the date. Give students time to practice writing them on page 6. On page 7, have students work with a real calendar in pairs or small groups.

This page can be used for review or assessment after going through all of the parts of the lesson. You can also use the additional assessment suggestions on page 16. You can decide whether you want to do Part A orally (listen and respond) or whether you want your students to read and respond in writing.

Explain that a complete date includes the year. Show students the different ways that years are written and said. Explain that we separate the years in two digits when we say them. You can decide if you want to teach the three ways to say a year (twenty eighteen, two thousand and eighteen, two thousand eighteen).

Explain that the written date uses regular numbers (cardinal numbers). Then tell your students that we say the calendar dates with ordinal numbers. Have students listen and repeat the ordinal numbers while looking at the calendar dates on page 9. Then go over how to write the full date on page 10 and practice it.

Note:

We recommend bringing in some real calendars for this lesson. You should use this lesson after introducing your students to the numbers 1–30 and uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. You can use the Numbers and Letters flashcards from the Flashcard library.

• Numbers: https://esllibrary.com/flashcard_genres/23/flashcard_categories/125

• Uppercase Letters: https://esllibrary.com/flashcard_genres/23/flashcard_categories/122

• Lowercase Letters: https://esllibrary.com/flashcard_genres/23/flashcard_categories/123

https://esllibrary.com/flashcard_genres/23/flashcard_categories/125





Teachers’ Notes cont.

Learner Reflection

Have students fill out the self-assessment form on page 12.

Assessment Tools

The assessment criteria relate to this lesson as a whole. You can choose how to assess your students. Use any of the following suggestions or come up with your own ideas.


Here are a few ideas for reading and speaking assessments that you could do with this learning target.

Point to the Date

Say a date on the calendar and have your students point to it.

Match the Short Form and Long Form

Put the short and long forms of the months on the board and have students match them up.

Say the Ordinal Number

Point to a number on a calendar and have them say the ordinal number.

Say the Year

Write some years on the board and have students say them out loud.

Writing Assessment

Here are a few ideas for writing assessments for this learning target:

Write Birthdates

Ask students to survey their classmates and record their birthdates. You can use the following resource:

https://esllibrary.com/resources/2317

Write the Short Forms

Have students write the short forms of months beside the long forms (or vice versa).

Q & A

Have students respond to questions in writing. For example:

• What is today's date?• What is your birthdate?• What date did you arrive in the US?

I have . Who has ?

Use the Month Cards from pages 17–18 and play I have ... Who has...? Can they read the month cards? Can they play in the correct order? (I have January. Who has February?)

https://esllibrary.com/resources/2317



Month Cards

January February

March April

May June



Month Cards cont.

July August

September October

November December

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