Indiana Social Studies K.H.4

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The Standard

Explain how calendars are used to represent the days of the week and months of the year.

2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students use a calendar to find dates and days of the week. They see that weekday names repeat and that months follow one another through the year.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can name the month on a calendar page, find a date, and tell its weekday. They can point to where one month ends and the next begins on a year calendar.
Common Misconceptions: Students may mix up weekday names and month names. They may think a new month begins when a calendar row ends, or that every month starts on Sunday.
How to Assess It: Give students a monthly calendar with one date circled. Ask, “What is the month? What weekday is circled? Point to another date in this month.”

Lesson moves

Give pairs a blank calendar page with the first date marked and number cards to place in the remaining squares.
Show a November calendar and ask, “Which labels name weekdays, and which label names the month?”
Call out dates on a monthly calendar; students point to each square and say its weekday.
Mark the next library day on the class calendar; have students find its month, date, and weekday.

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