Learn the Months of the

Year

Activity Pack

For:

Recognizing the names of the months by sight

Learning how to spell the names of the months

Remembering that the months begin with capital letters

Learning the order/sequence of the month

Date writing practice

Includes the following reference sheets:

Months Wheel
Months of the Year
Writing the Date

Use the pack to teach, reinforce, and review!

Let student use the reference posters to work through the activities, if necessary.

Tip:
Adapt the activities for learning the Arabic months, too.

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 There are 365 There are 12 months in
days in a year. a year.

January July
1st month 7th month

31 days 31 days

February August
2nd month 8th month

28 days 31 days
(in leap years, 29 days)

March September
3rd month 9th month

30 days
31 days

April October
4th month 10th month

30 days 31 days

May November
5th month 11th month

30 days
31 days

June December
6th month 12th month

30 days 31 days

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 Long Form Month Day, Year

Example: July 21, 2006

US Short Form Month / Day / Year

Example: 7 /21/06
or 7/21/2006

Outside of US Day / Month / Year

Example: 21/7/06

or 21/7/2006

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 General Year Calendar

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 Activity Cards

Independent/semi independent activity.

Cut out, laminate and mix up.
Student completes the activity on each card.
Not all cards have to be done in one session.
Use the activity cards on a regular basis for practice.

Write the number of Write the names of

months in a year. the month in order.

Write the name of the Write the name of the

first month. second month.

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 Write the name of the Write the name of the
third month. fourth month.

Write the name of the Write the name of the

fifth month. sixth month

Write the name of the Write the name of the

seventh month. eighth month.

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 Write the name of the Write the name of the
ninth month. tenth month.

Write the name of the Write the name of the

eleventh month. twelfth month.

Write the name of the month that is Write the name of the month that is
missing. The months are in order. missing. The months are in order.

January February

____________________ ____________________

March April

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 Write the name of the month that is Write the name of the month that is
missing. The months are in order. missing. The months are in order.

March April

____________________ ____________________

May June

Write the name of the month that is Write the name of the month that is
missing. The months are in order. missing. The months are in order.

May June

____________________ ____________________

July August

Write the name of the month that is Write the name of the month that is
missing. The months are in order. missing. The months are in order.

July August

____________________ ____________________

September October

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 Write the name of the month that is Write the name of the month that is
missing. The months are in order. missing. The months are in order.

September October

____________________ ____________________

November December

Write the name of the month that is Write the name of the month that is
missing. The months are in order. missing. The months are in order.

November December

____________________ ____________________

January February

Write the date one month Write the date two months
from now. from now.
(long and short) (long and short)

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 Write the date three months Write the date six months
from now. from now.
(long and short) (long and short)

Write the date nine months Write the date 12 months

from now. from now.
(long and short) (long and short)

Write the date you were

Write today’s date.
born.

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 Write the name of each
month in stair steps. Using the general year
e.g. calendar, close your eyes,
J point to a date and then
Ja write the long and short form
Jan of that date.
Janu Repeat this five times.
finish the word (total of 7 lines for
January).

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 Word Recognition Drill
Read each table of Month words.
You may want to just work on one table at a time until student recognizes each word in the table by sight.

January February March

February March January
March January February
January March February
February January March
March February January

April May June

May June April
June May April
April June May
May April June
June April May

July August September

August September July
September July August
July September August
August July September
September August July

October November December

November December October
December October November
October December November
November October December
December November October
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 Write the beginning of each month properly.
Laminate this page to make a re usable activity.

anuary
ebruary
arch
pril
ay
une
uly
ugust
eptember
ctober
ovember
ecember

ebruary
uly
une
arch
anuary
ay
ecember
ugust
ovember
eptember
pril
ctober
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