Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 9

Days, Weeks & Months

Putting time in order

What your child practices

Days of the week, months of the year, yesterday and tomorrow, and putting events in order on a calendar.

Alaska content standards learning standard: SS.K.1.23.1 · days, weeks and months, and putting events in order on a timeline

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

A week has 7 days. Saturday and Sunday are the weekend.
A year has 12 months. January is first.
December is the last month.

Example: Which day comes before Saturday? The days go: Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Friday is just before Saturday. Answer: Friday

Days, Weeks & Months in Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 8 of 9 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Money & Work and before Good Citizens.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

Question 1
Which happens last?
- You eat lunch.
- You wake up.
- You go to sleep.
- You go to school.
Question 2
Today is Thursday. What is tomorrow?
- Wednesday
- Saturday
- Friday
- Monday
Question 3
Which two days are often the weekend?
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Monday and Tuesday
- Tuesday and Friday
- Saturday and Sunday
Question 4
You eat breakfast, then lunch, then…
- the alarm clock
- a nap at dawn
- dinner
- breakfast again
Question 5
Which month comes before July?
- August
- June
- May
- January
Question 6
Which word means the day after today?
- tomorrow
- long ago
- last week
- yesterday

What your child practices

How we explain it

Days, Weeks & Months in Alaska

Sample questions

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