Printable Days of the Week Worksheets
Printable days of the week worksheets for kindergarten and 1st grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 2 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as fill in the blank and sorting activities.
Targeted Practice by Skill
About Days of the Week
What this skill is
Days of the week instruction teaches the repeating 7-day cycle from Sunday to Saturday. Children learn to read day names, order them in sequence, and understand relative time terms like 'yesterday was', 'today is', and 'tomorrow will be'. Learning day names helps children understand weekly schedules, routine planning, classroom calendars, and early calendar math concepts in primary grades and daily life.
When children learn it
Day names are introduced in kindergarten during daily morning calendar routines and reviewed in 1st grade. Mastering the 7-day sequence prepares students for reading full monthly calendars, scheduling activities, and solving elapsed time word problems in primary math curriculum standards.
Common Mistakes
- Confusing Tuesday and Thursday due to their similar starting letter 'T' and phonetic starting sounds during oral practice.
- Mixing up yesterday and tomorrow, such as saying "tomorrow we went to the park" instead of yesterday.
- Skipping days when reciting or ordering the sequence, commonly leaving out Wednesday or Friday on calendar sheets.