Days of The Week Worksheets

As early as preschool, some children are exposed to the days of the week. By second grade, both of my children were expected to spell both the days of the week and the 12 months correctly.

Days of the Week

We offer free worksheets to help your child learn the days of the week. These worksheets assist a child in learning to read, write and spell the days of the week as well as put them in the correct order, which is as follows: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Practice Writing the Days of the Week We offer a free worksheet that encourages a child to say, trace and write the days of the week.	Practice Writing & Matching Game We offer a free worksheet to practice writing each day and to play a fun matching game.
Fill in the Missing Letters We offer a free worksheet that allows a child to play with the letters in each day – by filling in the missing letters.	Alphabetical Order We offer a free worksheet that encourages a child to write the days of the week in alphabetical order.
Word Search – Easy We offer a free worksheet that contains a word search in capital letters. A child will need to locate each day of the week -either vertical or horizontal.	Word Search – Difficult We offer a free worksheet that contains a word search in lower-case letters. A child will need to locate each day of the week -either vertical or horizontal.
Word Scramble We offer a free worksheet that scrambled each day so a child will need to figure out each word and then write it on the line. We also encourage saying and tracing each day.	Tic-Tac-Toe We created a free worksheet that contains tic-tac-toe grids. It’s played just like the game except you must read the day of the week before you put an “x” or “o” in the square.
Chronological Order We offer a free worksheet that encourages a child to write the days of the week in chronological order.	Get Organized We created a weekly student planner. It contains the days of the week as well as space to write tasks.

List of the Days of the Week

We also created free worksheets for each day of the week – just click on the day below to obtain a PDF file.

Day of the Week	Named After
Sunday	Sun
Monday	Moon
Tuesday	War (named after a war god, Tiw)
Wednesday	Woden or Odin (Germanic god)
Thursday	Thunder, Weather & Crops (named after the god, Thor)
Friday	Love & Beauty (named after the goddess Frigga or Frig)
Saturday	Time & Harvest (named after the Roman god of agriculture, Saturnus)