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