Put the months in order games

Put the months in order games

Instructions for teachers

Choose which set of cards below you want to use and photocopy and cut up one set per class (or one set per group of two to four students if you want them to play in groups).

There are several activities which can be done with these cards, maybe in this order:

• Drill the names of the months as you lay them on the table in order, move some of the cards while students are looking and ask them to put them back in order as quickly as possible (working together or on their own)
• Put all the cards into a pack, shuffle them, then ask students to put them in order
• Put all the cards into a pack, secretly remove one, shuffle the other cards, then ask students to put them in order and spot which month is missing

If students will find this difficult due to reading level etc, you can start with fewer cards, e.g. initially just laying out and mixing up on the January to April cards.

The other students can take the teacher’s role in any of these games, and the games are also easy enough to be played in pairs or small groups.

The written practice at the bottom below can be done before, between or after any of these activities.

 

Full names of months version

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

 

Common abbreviations for months version 

Jan	Jul
Feb	Aug
Mar	Sept
Apr	Oct
May	Nov
Jun	Dec

 

Shortest abbreviations for months version 

Ja	Jul
F	Au
Mar	S
Ap	O
May	N
Jun	D

Months spelling practice

Without looking at the cards or below, try to write the beginning of each month below. They are in the right order.

___________anuary

___________ebruary

___________arch

___________pril

___________ay

___________une

___________uly

___________gust

___________eptember

___________ctober

___________ovember

___________ecember

 

-------------------------------fold, cover or cut----------------------------------

 

Use the mixed answers below to help, then check with the cards.

A

Au

D

F

J

J

J

M

M

N

O

S

 

Put the usual abbreviations into the gaps below to make the whole names of months. The months are in the right order.

________________uary

________________ruary

________________ch

________________il

________________

________________e

________________y

________________ust

________________ember

________________ober

________________ember

________________ember

 

 

Use the mixed answers below to help with the task above.

Apr

Aug

Dec

Feb

Jan

Jul

Jun

Mar

May

Nov

Oct

Sept

 

Without looking above or below, write the ending to the usual month abbreviations below.

Jan___________________

Feb___________________

Mar__________________

Apr___________________

May

Jun___________________

Jul____________________

Aug___________________

Sept___________________

Oct____________________

Nov___________________

Dec___________________

 

-------------------------------fold, cover or cut----------------------------------

 

Use the mixed answers below to help.

ch

e

ember

ember

ember

il

ober

ruary

uary

ust

y