Virginia SOL K.MG.3

K.MG.3 is a Standards of Learning standard. These are the knowledge and skills expectations under it.

• K.MG.3.a

  Identify a calendar as a tool used to measure time.

• K.MG.3.b

  Name the days of the week and state that there are seven days in one week.

• K.MG.3.c

  Determine the day before and after a given day (e.g., yesterday, today, tomorrow).

• K.MG.3.d

  Name the twelve months of the year and state that there are twelve months in one year.

• K.MG.3.e

  Distinguish between days of the week and months of the year.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students use a calendar to talk about days, weeks, and months. They name weekdays and months in order, find days before and after, and tell the two groups apart.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students name the seven weekdays and twelve months in order. Given any weekday, they name the day before and after it. They explain that calendars track days, weeks, and months.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may mix up weekday names and month names. They may think the week starts with today, or confuse before with after. Some know the names but not their correct order.

04

How to Assess It

Give an exit ticket: A week has __ days; before Friday is __; after Friday is __; a year has __ months; circle the month, Tuesday or March.

1. 01

   Give pairs weekday cards and month cards to sort, then place each set in order beside a classroom calendar.

2. 02

   Ask, “How are a week and a year different?” and have students draw and label one fact about each.

3. 03

   Play Calendar Detective by naming a day or month, then having students point to the one before or after on card strips.

4. 04

   Mark a class event or birthday on the calendar, then count the days until it and name its month.

• 1.MG.3

  The student will demonstrate an understanding of the concept of passage of time (to the nearest hour and half-hour) and the calendar. 

• 2.MG.2

  The student will demonstrate an understanding of the concept of time to the nearest five minutes, using analog and digital clocks.

• 3.MG.3

  The student will demonstrate an understanding of the concept of time to the nearest minute and solve single-step contextual problems involving elapsed time in o...