Calendar Clues

This detail-focused worksheet helps students in Grades 3, 4, and 5 strengthen informational reading, evidence-based reasoning, and functional literacy skills by working closely with a December library calendar. As students answer questions about events and dates, they must also identify and highlight the exact calendar clues-such as times, locations, or room names-that support each response, reinforcing careful reading and accountability.

Learning Goals

• Evidence-Based Answers (Grades 3-5): Answer questions using specific details taken directly from the calendar.
• Locating Key Information: Identify important clues such as dates, times, locations, and event titles.
• Informational Text Comprehension: Practice extracting accurate information from a structured schedule.
• Detail Identification & Reasoning: Explain how selected details lead to correct answers.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to support upper elementary reading and life skills standards.
• Accountability for Evidence: Requires students to show how they found each answer.
• Real-World Application: Builds practical skills for reading schedules, calendars, and public event listings.
• Low-Prep & Versatile: Ideal for classwork, homework, small groups, assessments, or intervention.

This printable worksheet helps students develop stronger attention to detail, evidence-based comprehension, and confidence when working with informational texts. By highlighting the clues that guide their answers, learners build habits of careful reading and logical reasoning. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this resource provides meaningful practice with schedule interpretation, textual evidence, and precise information tracking.

This worksheet is part of our reading calendars worksheets collection.