Grade 1 · Math · Unit 14 of 15

The Calendar

Days, weeks and months

What your child practises

Reading a monthly calendar, naming the days and months in order, and knowing the seasons.

Ontario Curriculum expectation: E2.3 · reading a calendar for days, weeks, months, holidays and seasons

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 month comes right after November?
- December
- May
- August
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December
Hint: Say the months in order: January, February, March…
Question 2
On this calendar, what day of the week is the 10th?
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
- Sunday
- Saturday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
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Tuesday
Hint: Find the date, then look up to the top of its column.
Question 3
In Ontario, which season is November in?
- fall
- spring
- winter
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fall
Hint: Think about the weather and what the trees look like in that month.
Question 4
On this calendar, what day of the week is the 3rd?
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
- Thursday
- Sunday
- Friday
- Monday
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Monday
Hint: Find the date, then look up to the top of its column.
Question 5
Canada Day is on July 1. On this July calendar, what day is it?
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
🍁 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
- Sunday
- Friday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
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Friday
Hint: Find the 🍁 on the calendar and look up to the top of its column.
Question 6
How many days are in one week?
- 2
- 4
- 7
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7
Hint: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.