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First published in 2006 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd.
Reprinted 2007, 2009, 2017.
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story Pam Holden
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Word Count = 263
Do you know how to use a calendar? A calendar is a chart
with numbers and words. It shows us the year, the months,
the weeks, the days, and the dates. Can you nd the date
of a special day, like your birthday or a party?
Use Teacher Talk to stimulate discussion of topic.
Develop research skills based on this topic.
Use Table of Contents to locate specific information.
Refer to Glossary to clarify basic concepts.
Discuss ordinal numbers: first second third tenth
Learn days of the week and months in sequence.
Use commas for fluency in reading lists.
Notice numbers as words and numerals.
Understand use of upper case initial letters for names.
Promote drama, writing or art as follow-up activities.
Find learning resources to extend and reinforce the literacy
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Sight
Words
Teacher
Talk
Teaching
Plan
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ISBN 978-1-776853-45-8
The Calendar
written by Pam Holden
Contents Page
Dates 2-3
Months 4-5
Days of the week 6-7
Weekend 8-9
Years 10-11
Days in the months 12
New Year 14
Find a date 16
A calendar helps us to find the date
of a special day .
What is the date of your birthday ?
The date is the name of the day ,
the month , and the year .
What is the date today ?
There are months in one year .
A month is how long it takes for the
moon to go around the earth once .
The months are January , February ,
March , April , May , June , July ,
August , September , October ,
November , and December .
There are seven days in a week .
Can you say the names of all the days ?
They are Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday ,
Thursday , Friday , Saturday , and Sunday .
Saturday and Sunday are called
the weekend because they come
at the end of the week .
We don't go to school on the weekend .
There are different things to do on
Saturday and Sunday .
A year is how long it takes the
earth to go around the sun once .
A year has or days .
There are weeks in a year .
What year is it now ?
What will next year be called ?
February has or days .
The other months have or days .
What was last month called ?
What month will come next ?
Every day in a month has a number .
Number
is
the
first
day
of
the
month .
Every new year begins on January
st
.
Number is the second day .
The third day is number .
Number is the tenth day .
What is the second month of the year ?
Which day comes before Monday ?
Can
you
find
your
birthday
on
a
calendar ?
calendar a chart showing the year, months,
weeks, days, and dates
date the name of a day or month or year
month the time it takes for the moon to go
once around the earth
week seven days and seven nights
weekend Saturday and Sunday the two days
at the end of the week
Glossary
Fluency Level 1
Non-Fiction Set A
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