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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 11

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.

Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: K.SP1.1 · days, weeks and months, and the beginning, middle and end of events

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. A week has 7 days. Saturday and Sunday are the weekend.
  2. A year has 12 months. January is first.
  3. 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 Arizona

In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 8 of 11 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: Arizona Department of Education

Sample questions

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

  1. Question 1

    Which happens last?

    • You wake up.
    • You go to sleep.
    • You eat lunch.
    • You go to school.

  2. Question 2

    Which month comes after November?

    • October
    • December
    • September
    • January

  3. Question 3

    How many months are in one year?

    • 30
    • 7
    • 12
    • 10

  4. Question 4

    What day comes after Wednesday?

    • Sunday
    • Tuesday
    • Monday
    • Thursday

  5. Question 5

    Which day comes after Sunday?

    • Friday
    • Wednesday
    • Saturday
    • Monday

  6. Question 6

    Which word means a time before you were born?

    • next week
    • tomorrow
    • tonight
    • long ago

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