Build essential time‑measurement and literacy skills with The Calendar: Beginning Math Series, a cross‑curricular resource aligned to Canadian provincial standards and U.S. Common Core. Students learn months, days, seasons, holidays, ordinal numbers, graphing, reading comprehension, vocabulary, and written expression through engaging monthly poems, stories, and calendar activities.

This resource meets curriculum expectations in Ontario, BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, Atlantic provinces, and WNCP territories. It also aligns to Common Core standards in Math (1. MD.B.3, 2. MD.C.7, 3.MD.A.1) and ELA (RL/RI/L/W/SL for Grades 1–3). Reproducible calendars, diary pages, and teacher rubrics make implementation seamless for classrooms, homeschoolers, and intervention programs.

Perfect for morning work, math centers, literacy blocks, seasonal units, and cross‑curricular learning.

Introduction:

• At A Glance – List of Skills
• Teacher Assessment Rubric
• Student Self-Assessment Rubric
• Teacher Input Suggestions

Monthly Poetry Activities

The monthly poems can be used at the beginning of each month as a student reading activity. Some of the poems may have to be read to younger students and the activities discussed orally.

Monthly Stories and Activities

The calendar stories with a follow-up can be used as a reading activity at the beginning of each month. Some of the stories may have to be read to the younger students and the activities discussed orally.   

Calendar Fun Activities

Phonics and writing activities that connect to time concepts.

• Months of the Year – Skill: Ordering
• Syllables in a Month – Skill: Syllabication
• Short Forms – Skill: Abbreviations
• Sights and Sounds of the Months – Skill: Classification
• My Birthday Month – Skill: Creative Expression
• My Favorite Month – Skill: Creative Expression
• My Favorite Special Day Survey – Skill: Survey and Graphing
• Birthday Survey – Skill: Survey and Graphing
• Reading a Calendar – Skill: Reading and Writing the Date
• Using Ordinals to Read the Calendar – Skill: Reading and Writing Ordinals
• Using Ordinals to Read the Calendar – Skill: Writing the Date Using Ordinals
• Reading the Calendar – Skill: Researching for Information
• Name That Day – Skill: Main Idea
• Special Days in a Year – Skill: Recalling Details
• Celebrating a Special Day – Skill: Creative Expression
• Where are the Months of the Year Hiding (Word Search) – Skill: Vocabulary Review
• Special Day Word Search – Skill: Vocabulary Review
• Seasons in a Year – Skill: Recalling Details
• In Which Season Does it Happen? – Skill: Classifying Seasons 

Reproducible Calendars

• Blank Calendar Page
• Student Weekly Diary Page
• Individual Monthly Calendar Pages 

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