The reason I created the calendar book in the first place is because my students were bored, and they were not grasping the concept of the calendar what so ever! Now, they have taken ownership of their calendars and this is probably their favorite part of our day. Not only has it been awesome getting them to stay on task, it has helped me visually show them a concept they have not been able to grasp for years: the changing of months.
Everytime a month comes to an end, we say "goodbye" to the month. We wave goodbye, and then change our month title at the top of our page, and then (the best visual to show them we have started over) they remove all their calendar numbers! It has been absolutely ah-mazing. For some reason each of them having their own book, and their own calendar, it has really sparked an interest in this concept for them, and they take care of their books so nicely!
I just put my template on TpT! Here is a preview of our Calendar Books:
Have a great night!
Rachelle
Interactive Calendar Book by Rachelle Hughes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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