Virginia SOL 1.MG.3.g
The Standard
Identify specific days/dates on a calendar (e.g., What date is Saturday? How many Fridays are in October?).
Virginia Standards of Learning for Mathematics · The student will demonstrate an understanding of the concept of passage of time (to the nearest hour and half-hour) and the calendar.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students use a monthly calendar to connect weekday names with numbered dates. They find particular dates and count how often a weekday appears.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly locate a named weekday or numbered date on a monthly calendar. They can count how many times a weekday occurs and explain how they checked.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may confuse a weekday name with a numbered date. They may count calendar rows instead of counting each occurrence of a weekday.
How to Assess It
- Give students a May 2027 calendar. Ask, “What date is the second Saturday, and how many Mondays are there?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Build a class calendar by placing numbered date cards under weekday headings, then check each row for the seven-day pattern.
Display a monthly calendar and ask, “How can you find every Friday without checking each square?”
Play Calendar Hunt by calling clues such as “the third Tuesday” while students cover the matching date with a counter.
Use the school calendar to find the date of the next field trip, library day, or class celebration.
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