morning calendar

Activity: "Morning Calendar"

English Language Arts

• Recognizing and reading the days of the week
• Identifying and reading the months of the year
• Practicing spelling and writing the date
• Using descriptive words to discuss the weather

Math

• Counting and writing numbers from 1 to 31
• Understanding and labeling ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.)
• Identifying patterns in the calendar (e.g., days of the week repeating)
• Learning basic addition and subtraction by calculating the number of days since a specific date

For continued development, you can encourage students to take turns leading the morning calendar activity. This will enhance their speaking and leadership skills. You can also incorporate more language arts concepts by having them write sentences using the date, days of the week, and months. In math, you can explore more complex patterns in the calendar and introduce skip counting.

Book Recommendations

• The Days of the Week by Rozanne Lanczak Williams: A colorful and engaging book that helps children practice recognizing and reading the days of the week.
• Counting Our Way to the 100th Day! by Betsy Franco: This book combines math and calendar concepts as students count their way to the 100th day of school.
• Weather Words and What They Mean by Gail Gibbons: A nonfiction book that introduces weather-related vocabulary and concepts, perfect for discussing the weather during morning calendar time.