Breaking Down The Year While Celebrating

SOCIAL STUDIES

• How many days in a year• 12 months/names/order

• What a week is• Name of each day/order

• When we celebrate!

WHAT WE WILL LEARN

• 365 Days• 12

months• 52 weeks

A WHOLE YEAR

Tanakawho “Calendar” December 7,2006 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution

• Varies of months(days)

• Names of months• Order

ONE MONTH AT A TIME

• Week = 7 days• 4 weeks = one month

• Saturday & Sunday=weekend

BREAKING DOWN THE MONTHS

• Beginning & end of week

• Names of days in order

• How to remember!

SEVEN DAYS…SEVEN NAMES

WHEN AND WE WHY CELEBRATE!

Cyril Caton “I Heart Balloons” February 7th, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Common Attribution

• Date • Time

• Why we celebrate!

NEW YEARS

• Date• Who he is• Why he’s

so important!

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY

Richard “ Martin Luther King Jr.” February 4, 2005 via Flickr, Creative Common Attribution

• Date•How it started

•Why it’s so important!

PRESIDENTS DAY

•Date•Who we honor

•Why it’s so important!

MEMORIAL DAY

• Date• How we celebrate

• Why it’s so

important!

INDEPENDENCE DAY

G I O “Mosaic. Fireworks” September 23rd, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Common Attribution

• Date• Why it’s called “Columbus

Day”• Why this day is important!

COLUMBUS DAY

• Date• Who we honor• Why their so

important!

VETERANS DAY

•Date•How we celebrate

•Why it’s so important!

THANKSGIVING DAY

• Date• How we celebrate

• Why it’s so important!

CHRISTMAS

Tuija2005 “Christmas Cats” February 16, 2006 via Flickr, Creative Common Attribution