Days and Months Word Search

Year 1 MathsMeasurement2 pages

About this worksheet

A word search on time vocabulary for Year 1 maths. Pupils hunt for eleven words, from MONDAY through to WEEK, MONTH, YEAR and TODAY, in a 12 by 11 grid, reading across and down. The answer key lists where each word starts and its direction. It supports the England National Curriculum objective on language relating to dates.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Measurement

Recognise and use language relating to dates, including days of the week, weeks, months and years

Finding the words fixes the spelling of the days and date vocabulary.

Measurement

Sequence events in chronological order using language [for example, before and after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening]

TODAY and the day names feed straight into sequencing talk.

What's inside this worksheet

Instructions

A short explanation that words run across and down.

Word list and grid

Eleven hidden words, including all seven days of the week, in a 12 by 11 grid.

Answer key

Each word's row, starting column and direction.

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