Title: Calendar Lesson
1Calendar Lesson
Created by Ramona LewisDailey
2 What is a calendar?
- A calendar is a way to keep track of the days
weeks and months in a year.
3If there were no calendars it would be extremely
difficult for people to keep up with important
events.
4Such as
Independence Day
Anniversaries
5Christmas
Thanksgiving
6New Years Day
AND
7This is a calendar.
July 2008
8Here are the parts of a calendar.
9July
Month
Days
1st day of month
Dates
Week
Last day of month
10Can you locate the different parts of a calendar?
11August
Month
Days
Month begin
One full week 7 days
Dates
Last day of the month
12Reading a CalendarAugust
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?
13Reading a CalendarAugust
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
14Whats missing from this calendar?