Virginia SOL 1.MG.3.h
The Standard
Use ordinal numbers first through tenth to describe the relative position of specific days/dates (e.g., What is the first Monday in October? What day of the week is May 6th?).
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 locate dates and determine their weekdays. They use ordinal words to name positions, such as the second Tuesday or tenth day.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can locate a named date and tell its weekday without counting blank calendar spaces. They can also find an occurrence such as the third Friday and explain how they counted.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may say “three Tuesday” instead of “third Tuesday.” They may confuse the date number with the occurrence, thinking the 8th is the eighth Monday.
How to Assess It
- Give students a monthly calendar. Ask them to circle the second Tuesday, then write the weekday for the 9th.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Build a floor calendar with numbered cards, then have students stand on the first Monday, third Thursday, or tenth day.
Display a monthly calendar and ask, “How did you find the second Friday?” Students explain their counting to a partner.
Play Calendar Hunt with prompt cards such as “fourth Tuesday” or “weekday of the seventh,” earning a point for each correct answer.
Use the class calendar to identify the first Friday, the weekday of the tenth, and the second scheduled school event.
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Related Standards
- K.MG.3.e
Distinguish between days of the week and months of the year.
- 1.MG.3.i
Determine the day/date before and after a given day/date (e.g., Today is the 8 th , so yesterday was the ?), and a date that is a specific number of days/weeks ...
- 1.MG.3.g
Identify specific days/dates on a calendar (e.g., What date is Saturday? How many Fridays are in October?).
- K.MG.3.c
Determine the day before and after a given day (e.g., yesterday, today, tomorrow).
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