Teach and reinforce basic calendar concepts with 25+ hands-on activities and instant reproducible activities that help children see real-world applications for math skills.

Here are fun ideas, activities, and worksheets to familiarize your students with the history, organization, and uses of the calendar.

Includes blank calendar pages for students to make their own personal calendars.

Included are teacher suggestions, a skills list and a student tracking sheet for easy planning and implementation.

You'll also get handy literature links, plus phonics and writing activities that connect to time concepts.

Introduction:

• At A Glance – List of Skills

• Teacher Assessment Rubric

• Student Self-Assessment Rubric

• Teacher Input Suggestions

Monthly Poetry Activities

The monthly poems can be used at the beginning of each month as a student reading activity. Some of the poems may have to be read to younger students and the activities discussed orally.

Monthly Stories and Activities

The calendar stories with a follow-up can be used as a reading activity at the beginning of each month. Some of the stories may have to be read to the younger students and the activities discussed orally.

Calendar Fun Activities

Phonics and writing activities that connect to time concepts.

• Months of the Year – Skill: Ordering

• Syllables in a Month – Skill: Syllabication

• Short Forms – Skill: Abbreviations

• Sights and Sounds of the Months – Skill: Classification

• My Birthday Month – Skill: Creative Expression

• My Favorite Month – Skill: Creative Expression

• My Favorite Special Day Survey – Skill: Survey and Graphing

• Birthday Survey – Skill: Survey and Graphing

• Reading a Calendar – Skill: Reading and Writing the Date

• Using Ordinals to Read the Calendar – Skill: Reading and Writing Ordinals

• Using Ordinals to Read the Calendar – Skill: Writing the Date Using Ordinals

• Reading the Calendar – Skill: Researching for Information

• Name That Day – Skill: Main Idea

• Special Days in a Year – Skill: Recalling Details

• Celebrating a Special Day – Skill: Creative Expression

• Where are the Months of the Year Hiding (Word Search) – Skill: Vocabulary Review

• Special Day Word Search – Skill: Vocabulary Review

• Seasons in a Year – Skill: Recalling Details

• In Which Season Does it Happen? – Skill: Classifying Seasons

Reproducible Calendars

• Blank Calendar Page

• Student Weekly Diary Page 

• Individual Monthly Calendar Pages

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