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Days of the Week: How We Measure a Week

Students learn the seven days of the week in order, discovering which are school days and which are the weekend — an important first step in understanding how we keep track of time.

Grade 1Time35 minutes1 class periodC3 InquiryExplicit teaching4 StandardsC3 + CCSS
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name the seven days in order.
  • ✓Know 7 days make a week.
  • ✓Tell weekdays from the weekend.
  • ✓Use “yesterday, today, tomorrow.”
Essential Question

How do we know what day it is, or when the weekend is coming? How is a week put together?

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Interactive Task
Calendar · Interactive

The Days of the Week

Project this and tap each day. Have students learn the order of the week and which days are school days or weekend days.

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📅 7 days make one week!
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The Lesson · C3 Inquiry Arc (Question · Investigate · Conclude)

35 minutes, five moves

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1

Big Question — What Day Is It?

5 min

How do you know the weekend is coming?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask what day it is today.
  • Ask when the weekend is.
  • Set the goal: days of the week.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say today’s day.
  • Wonder about the week.
  • Predict the order.
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Investigate — The Days of the Week

10 min

Students investigate.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to The Days of the Week.
  • Tap each day.
  • Learn the order.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each day.
  • Say the order.
  • Note school/weekend.
3

Explore More — Seven Days a Week

10 min

Explore more.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show 7 days make a week.
  • Name weekdays vs. weekend.
  • Use yesterday/today/tomorrow.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Count the days.
  • Sort weekday/weekend.
  • Use time words.
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Think It Through — Think It Through

10 min

Think it through.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask what day comes after Friday.
  • Name yesterday and tomorrow.
  • Point out days on a calendar.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say the next day.
  • Name yesterday/tomorrow.
  • Find days on a calendar.
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Share & Act — Share & Act

5 min

Students take action.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Sing a days-of-the-week song.
  • Say the days in order together.
  • Hand out the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sing the days.
  • Say them in order.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies and Common Core literacy in social studies.

C3
D2.His.1.K-2

Create a chronological sequence of multiple events.

C3
D2.His.2.K-2

Compare life in the past to life today.

C3
D2.His.3.K-2

Generate questions about the past and present.

CCSS
RI.1.1

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Days-of-the-week song with motions.
  • Sentence frame: “After ___ comes ___.”
  • Point to days on a big calendar.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Focus on today and tomorrow.
  • Use a picture calendar.
  • Learn a few days at a time.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Learn the 12 months in order.
  • Use a calendar to find a date.
  • Count the days until an event.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Projector / board
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 💻The Days of the Week
  • 🗓️A wall calendar
  • 🎵A days song
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

dayone part of the weekweekseven days togetherweekdaya school day (Mon–Fri)weekendSaturday and Sundaycalendara chart of days and monthsyesterdaythe day before todaytodaythis day, right nowtomorrowthe day after today
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
How many days are in one week?
Seven.
QUESTION 2
What day comes after Friday?
Saturday.
QUESTION 3
Which days are the weekend?
Saturday and Sunday.

Going deeper? Months of the year.

Have students learn the 12 months in order and find their birthday month on a calendar. A printable months chart is in the Social Studies library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: calendar, day, today, tomorrow, week, weekday, weekend, yesterday
  1. one part of the week
  2. a chart of days and months
  3. a school day (Mon–Fri)
  4. the day after today
  5. this day, right now
  6. Saturday and Sunday
  7. the day before today
  8. seven days together

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How many days are in one week?
  2. What day comes after Friday?
  3. Which days are the weekend?
Answer key — Part A: 1) day · 2) calendar · 3) weekday · 4) tomorrow · 5) today · 6) weekend · 7) yesterday · 8) week
Part B: 1) Seven. 2) Saturday. 3) Saturday and Sunday.