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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.

Maine Learning Results learning standard: History 2 · days, weeks and months, and using before and after to put events in order

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 Maine

In the Maine Learning Results, 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: Maine 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 day comes after Sunday?

    • Friday
    • Saturday
    • Wednesday
    • Monday

  2. Question 2

    Which month comes before July?

    • January
    • June
    • August
    • May

  3. Question 3

    Which happens first?

    • You pick the flower.
    • You plant a seed.
    • The flower blooms.
    • The plant grows tall.

  4. Question 4

    Which month comes first in the year?

    • January
    • December
    • June
    • March

  5. Question 5

    Which month comes after March?

    • June
    • April
    • February
    • October

  6. Question 6

    A year is longer than a…

    • century
    • month
    • decade
    • lifetime

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