3rd Grade Using a Calendar worksheets

About this worksheet

This worksheet extends 3. MD. A. 1, which asks third graders to solve problems about time intervals in minutes, out to the bigger units a calendar uses: days, weeks, and months. A calendar looks simple, but it hides real math. Every month has a different number of days, so "three weeks from now" lands on a different date depending on where you start. Finding a weekday for a date later in the same month means counting forward from a known day, and children often lose track partway through the count or forget that exactly seven days later always falls on the same weekday. This worksheet builds that skill in steps. Some questions count days in weeks, find the date one or two weeks later, or name the month a few months before or after another.

Others give the weekday of the first of a month and ask for the weekday of a later date, which is the heart of the skill, since it asks a child to count forward through the seven-day cycle. Word problems ask how many days remain until an event, sometimes crossing from the end of one month into the next. A few questions ask why a calendar has seven columns and what is special about a leap year. Support versions count within one week or one month, standard versions count on by weeks and months, and challenge versions cross the end of a month or a year. If your child gets stuck finding a weekday, have them count forward one week at a time first, then count the few days left over.

What your child will learn

• Count the days in a number of weeks and find the date one or two weeks later
• Name the month a few months before or after a given month
• Find the day of the week for a later date, given the day of the week for the 1st
• Solve word problems about how many days are left until an event
• Explain why a calendar has seven columns and what a leap year is