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
Anniversaries
Independence Day
Christmas
Thanksgiving
New Year’s DayAND
This is a calendar.
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
July 2008
Here are the parts of a calendar.
JulySunday Monday Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
6 78
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
Dates
Month
Days
Week
Last day of month
1st day of month
Can you locate the different parts of a calendar?
AugustSunday 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
Days
One full week7 days
Last day of the month
Dates
Month begin
Reading a Calendar
AugustSunday 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
AugustSunday 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 Tuesday4FridayAugust 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