CWFI English Spelling Lesson Months, Days, Holidays, and Planets

The months by the Roman Ancient Calendar Year. Fill in the blanks

January has 31 days. Ja__ __ary. Janus god of gates
February has 28 days. Febru __ __y. Februa feast of purification.
March has 31 days. M__ __ch. Mars Roman god of war.
April has 30 days. __ __ ril. Aprilis/Avril
May has 31 days. __ __y Maius-Maia Roman goddess.
June has 30 days. __ __ __e. Junius.
July has 31 days. J __ __y. Julius Gaius Caesar.
August has 31 days. Au__ __ __t. Augustus Caesar.
September has 30 days. S__ __ __ember.
October has 31 days. O__ __ __ ber. Octobre-Octo meaning eight.
November has 30 days. N__v__ __ber. novem-Novembre
December has 31 days. De __ __ __ber. decem means ten

Abbreviations:

Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr. May. June, July, Aug, Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

There are seven months that have 31 days in it: Jan, Mar, May, July, Aug, Oct, and Dec.
There are four months that have 30 days in it: Apr. June, Sept. and Oct.

Only one month of the calendar year has 28 days and that's February. But every fourth year is called leap year and February gets 29 days. For example Feb. had 28 days in 2001, 2002, 2003, but 2004 February had 29 days.

Jan 31 days+Feb 28 days+March 31 days+April 30 days+May 31 days+June 30 days+July 31 days+August 31 days+September 30 days+October 31 days+November 30 days+December 31 days=365
With February having 29 days in leap year the total days would be 366.

With the 1st letter of month spells one name, what is that name? J,F,M,A,M,J,J,A,S,O,N,D.= JASON
The next leap year is in 2012.

Odd and even numbers. Odd numbers are numbers that can't be divided evenly. Even numbers can be divided evenly and distributed evenly.

Fill in the blank:

Sunday-S__ __ day-1st day of the week. The Christian Sabbath.
Monday-M__ __ day
Tuesday-T__ __ __ day
Wednesday-W__ __ __ __ __day
Thursday-Th__ __sday
Friday-F__ __day
Saturday-Sa__ __ __day-The Jewish Sabbath.

Holidays:

January-New Year's Day & Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February-President's Day
March-Sometimes Good Friday, Palm Sunday, & Easter falls in this month.
April-Sometimes Good Friday, Palm Sunday, & Easter falls in this month.
May-Memorial Day
June
July-Independence Day
August-
September-Labor Day
October-Columbus Day
November-Thanksgiving Day
December-Christmas Day & New Years Day

The Solar System of Planets:

Mercury-Mer__ __ry. The smallest planet
Venus-Venus. The brightest planet
Earth-Earth. The World
Mars-M__ __ __. The redness planet.
Jupiter-J__ __ __ter. The largest planet.
Saturn-S __ __ __ __n. The 2nd largest planet.
Uranus-Ur__ __ __s. Ouranos sky personified as god
Neptune-N__ __ __une. The 4th largest planet.
Pluto-P__ __ __ __. The furthest planet from the sun.

Sun-Su__. A celestial body giving light and heat,.
Moon-M__ __n. A celestial body revolving around the orbit of the Earth.

Two out of nine planets have rings. Saturn and Uranus.

The word planet means to wander, revolve.

The planets are to revolve around the sun.

That's the end of this lesson.