Virginia SOL K.MG.3.b
The Standard
Name the days of the week and state that there are seven days in one week.
Virginia Standards of Learning for Mathematics · The student will describe the units of time represented in a calendar.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students say all day names in order and find them on a calendar. They count one complete cycle and identify it as one week.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can arrange seven labeled cards in calendar order, begin with any named day, and continue the sequence. The student can tell how many days pass before the same day returns.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may leave out Saturday or Sunday because those are not school days. They may mix up Tuesday and Thursday, or think the sequence stops after Sunday instead of repeating.
How to Assess It
- Give each student seven shuffled day cards. Ask them to put the cards in order, name each day, and tell how many days make a week.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give students seven day cards to arrange from Monday through Sunday, then connect the ends to show the repeating cycle.
Partners answer the prompt, “What day comes before and after Wednesday, and how do you know?” using a classroom calendar.
Play Day-of-the-Week Hopscotch, with students jumping to each day in order and saying the names aloud.
Mark school days, weekend plans, and library day on a class calendar, then count the days in each weekly cycle.
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Related Standards
- K.MG.3.e
Distinguish between days of the week and months of the year.
- 1.MG.3.h
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 wee...
- 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.d
Name the twelve months of the year and state that there are twelve months in one year.
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