Transcript Days of the Week and Months of the Year ESL Vocabulary Mrs. Coverdale

Days of the Week and
Months of the Year
ESL Vocabulary
Mrs. Coverdale
Days of the Week
 Days of the week are written with Upper case
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letters (capital letters)
The first day of the week is Sunday.
The last day of the week is Saturday
The weekdays are Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
The weekend days are Saturday and Sunday.
With the days of the week you use the
preposition “on”
What day is it?
Look carefully at the following expressions:
 Today
 Yesterday
 Tomorrow
 Next week
 Last week
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 School starts on Mondays.
 During Tuesdays and Thursdays we do
our AR reading.
 We go to the library on Fridays.
 Today I worked on a passage of Fluent
Reader.
 What day is it?
 Today is Monday.
 What day was
yesterday?
 Yesterday was Sunday.
 What day will be
tomorrow?
 Tomorrow will be
Tuesday.
Abbreviations
 Notice that "weekdays" and "days of the week" are not the same.
"Days of the week" are all 7 days from Monday to Sunday.
"Weekdays" are only the 5 days from Monday to Friday. The
"weekend" is Saturday and Sunday.
weekdays
weekend
Day
Abbreviation
Monday
Mon.
Mo.
Tuesday
Tue.
Tu.
Wednesday
Wed.
We.
Thursday
Thu.
Th.
Friday
Fri.
Fr.
Saturday
Sat.
Sa.
Sunday
Sun.
Su.
Months of the Year
 There are 12 months in a year.
 The months of the year are written with Upper
case letters (capital letters)
 All months have 30 or 31 days, except for
February which has 28 days
 The year has 365 days except on “leap” years.
 Every fourth year, the month of February has 29
days instead of 28. This year is called a "leap
year" and the 29th of February is a "leap day".
A leap year has 366 days instead of the normal
365
With the months of the year you use the
proposition “in”
First month:
January
Second month:
February
Third month: March
Fourth month: April
Fifth month: May
Sixth month: June
 Seventh month: July
 Eighth month: August
 Ninth month:
September
 Tenth month: October
 Eleventh month:
November
 Twelfth month:
December
Abbreviations
Month
Short Form
Days
Season
1 January
Jan.
31
Winter
2 February
Feb.
28/29
3 March
Mar.
31
4 April
Apr.
30
5 May
May
31
6 June
Jun.
30
7 July
Jul.
31
8 August
Aug.
31
9 September
Sep.
30
10 October
Oct.
31
11 November
Nov.
30
12 December
Dec.
31
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
January
 My friends and I built some snowmen in
January
 This year there was not too much snow in
January
 January is the first month of the year.
February
 Valentine’s day is
in February.
 February is the
shortest month of
the year.
 Valentine’s day is
on February 14th.
March
 Saint Patrick’s day
is in March.
 We have to get
ready for the DSTP
in March.
 March is the third
month of the year.
April
 April is the fourth
month of the year.
 My birthday is in
April.
 My birthday is on
April 29th.
 We celebrate
Eastern in April.
May
 We celebrate
Mother’s Day in
May.
 May is the fifth
month of the year.
 My brother’s
birthday is in May.
June
 The school is over in June.
 Summer season starts in June
 June is the sixth month of the year.
July
 Independence day
is on July 4th.
 July is the seventh
month of the year.
 My family and I will
go on vacations in
July.
August
 We go back to
school in August.
 August is the last
month of the
summer.
 August is the
eighth month of
the year.
September
 September is the
ninth month of the
year.
 September has 30
days.
 The Fall starts in
September.
October
 We celebrate
Halloween in
October.
 October has 31
days.
 October is the
tenth month of the
year.
November
 Thanksgiving is
celebrated in
November.
 November is the
eleventh month of
the year.
 November is the
month before last
of the year.
December
 December is the last
month of the year.
 Christmas is
celebrated in
December.
 We celebrate
Christmas on
December 25th.
Review
 Days of the week and months of the year are written with
capital letters.
 For the days of the week , use the preposition “on”
 For the months of the year, use the preposition “in”
 Be careful with dates, use preposition “on”
on Monday
in July
on May 8th
 Remember the terms: today, yesterday, tomorrow, first, last,
before, after.
today is …
yesterday was…. tomorrow will be…
the last day of the week , the first day of the month,
the day before yesterday , the day after today