The THRASS English Calendar Chart instructions are available as free downloadable size A4 Word and pdf files to people located in the THRASS UK licensed territory, that is, people located in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South America, Central America and the United States of America. The associated size A3 pdf images (see ‘FREE charts for English and other languages’ on the home page of www.thrass.co.uk) and associated interactive software (see THRASS Phoneme Machine on www.phonememachine.com) are also free and downloadable to people in the TUK licensed territory.

Questions & Answers
Use the printed and interactive THRASS calendar charts, in one or more of the languages, to develop speaking and listening skills, reading and spelling skills, social skills, general knowledge, memory and intellect by playing 'Questions & Answers' using the words, letters and numbers. Here are some QUESTIONS, to give you some ideas for the questions that you might ask and the different ways that you might ask them!

For information, throughout these instructions, letter names are indicated by two apostrophes e.g. say "Ay" for ‘a’, "Bee" for ‘b’ and "See" for ‘c’ and so on. To use the printed chart, it is recommended that you place the chart on a table, or wall, or simply hold it in your hands.

Which day comes after Monday? Which day comes after Sunday? What are the seven days of the week, starting with Monday? How many days are there in a week? If you spend the weekend somewhere, how many days will you be away? A: Two – Saturday and Sunday (though some people think two-and-an-evening because they also include Friday evening!) How many weekdays are there? A: Five – any day of the week except Saturday and Sunday. Which day do we go swimming? Which day is Granny coming to see us? When is your birthday? Which is the first month? Which is the last month? Which month was last month? Which month comes before March? Is February the first month of the year? In which month was Mummy born? Can you point underneath the words and count from one to ten? Where is the number 6? Where is the word ten? Can you point to the colour blue? Can you point to the last colour and tell me which colour it is? How many colour-boxes are there? Can you slide your index-finger underneath all the lower-case letters? Can you slide your index-finger underneath all the capital letters? Which is the first letter? Which is the last letter? Can you point underneath the lower-case letters and name the first seven letters? What are the next seven letters called? Which is the letter at the start of your name? Which letter is at the end of your name? Which letter is at the start of the town we live in? Which three letters are at the start of the word STREET? Can you point to BBC? Can you show me the motorway M1? What are the last three letters of all seven days? Which day begins with a W? Which day starts with something that is in the sky? Which day sounds like you should be cooking on that day? A: Fry-day. On which date is Bonfire Night? On which date is Christmas Day? How many days are there in September? How many days are there in February? In which month do we usually go on holiday? Can you tell me more than twenty words that rhyme with the month May? A: bay, day, jay, clay, drey, grey, play, slay, sleigh, neigh, pay, ray, bray, spray, tray, stray, say, stay, they weigh, whey, way, sway, yea. What does two plus two make? What does ten plus ten come to? If we had nineteen apples and ate two of them, how many apples would we have left? Where is the word seventeen? Where is the word seventeen? (and, yet again) Where is the word seventeen? Where is the word seven? Where is the word seventeen? Where is the word seven? Where is the word Thursday? Where is the word seven….teen? Where is the word May? Which word comes after May? In which month does spring begin? How many months end with the letters ‘e’ ‘r’? How many months start with a capital ‘J’? How many colours have a ‘g’? How do you spell the word blue? Which four letters do we have to remember in the middle of Wednesday? How do you spell the word February? Which two letters do we have to remember after the ‘b’? Which two words begin with ‘e’ ‘i’ ‘g’ ‘h’? Which word has four letter ‘e’ s? Can you show me anything in this room that is green? What colour are your shoes?….and your socks? What colour is the sky? Where is the number 17? Ten and ten is twenty. Where is the word twenty?.…and the number 20?

Answers & Questions
Here are some ANSWERS to give you some ideas – and how you might ask them. "If the answer is Saturday and Sunday…. What might the question be?" Q:" Which two days are in the weekend?"

What might the question be for these answers? Monday? Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday? Seven? Five? Saturday? Sunday? 13 January? December? Second? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten? Yellow? Ten boxes? Sliding your index finger underneath the letters abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz? Sliding your index finger underneath the letters ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ? A? Z? abcdefg? M1? ‘d’ ‘a’ ‘y’? Wednesday? Sunday? Friday? 5 November? 25 December? Thirty days? Twenty-eight or twenty-nine? August? day, clay, play, pay, ray, tray, say, stay, stray way? Four? Twenty? Seventeen? June? Three? ‘b’ ‘l’ ‘u’ ‘e’? ‘d’ ‘n’ ‘e’ ‘s’? ‘r’ ‘u’? ‘e’ ‘i’ ‘g’ ‘h’?

Naming the letters in the correct order
Most dictionary definitions of the word ‘spell’ include some reference to "naming the letters in the correct order" so encourage your learners to "name the letters in the correct order" – and help them to point underneath the correct lower-case or capital letters, in the words and/or at the bottom of the chart, as they name the letters - until they can spell the words without needing to point. Encourage your learners to "Say the word" first, before naming the letters. To get a really good idea of how you can help – try these words and part-words yourself!

Can you "Point and Name" to make ….day? Mon? Monday? Tues? Tuesday? Wed? nes? day? Wednesday? Thurs? Thursday? Fri? Friday? Sat? ur? ur? day? Saturday? Sun? day? Sunday? Monday? Tuesday? Wednesday? Thursday? Friday? Saturday? Sunday? ur? ary? Jan? u? ary? January? Feb? ru? ary? February? January? February? March? April? May? June? July? Au? gust? August? ber? Sep? tem? ber? Oc? to? ber? ber? Sep? tem? ber? Oc? to? ber? No? vem? November? De? cem? December? Sunday? nes? Wednesday? ary? January? February? March? April? May? June? July? August? September? October? November? December? one? two? three? one? two? three? three? three? four? three? one? two? three? four? five? five? three? five? five? one? two? three? four? four? five? six? seven? seventeen? teen? seven? seventeen? eight? eighteen? nine? nineteen? twenty? seventeen? day? Monday? Tuesday? ber? October? November? November? October? November? Wednesday? four? five? six? seven? eight? nine? ten? black? black? blue? bl? black? blue? brown? brown? black? blue? brown? green? grey? green? grey? black? blue? brown? green? grey? orange? orange? orange? grey? grey? orange? brown? pur? ple? purple? purple? Friday? October? purple? purple? seventeen? twenty? purple? nes? ur? Saturday? purple? red? white? blue? red? red? white? white? orange? purple? white? yell? yellow? yellow? yellow? day? Wednesday? Thursday? Friday? October? November? December? one? two? three? four? five? six? seven? eight? nine? ten? teen? thir? thirteen, fourteen? fif? fifteen? thirteen? eleven? eleven? eleven? twelve? twelve? eleven? twelve? thirteen? week? month? year? numbers? lower-case? case? lower-case? caps? capitals? ENGLISH? ENGLISH? CALENDAR? CALENDAR? CHART? CHART? THRASS? THRASS? (in one go) ENGLISH CALENDAR CHART? day? say, stay, stray? day, clay, play, pay, ray, tray, say, stay, stray way? drey, grey, they? neigh, sleigh, weigh?

The basis of the THRASS philosophy and methodology was initially conceived by Alan Davies, using the International Phonetic Alphabet. A copy of the original work was lodged with Stationers Hall Registry, London, England in 1989. The first THRASS phonographic charts and resources were published in England in 1992 and 1994. In 1995, Alan was joined in the venture by Denyse Ritchie and together they created and designed the THRASS professional development courses and various THRASS resources. The English Calendar Chart is a revision of Alan’s 1989 "Wallgame" chart and his THRASS Name and Calendar Chart (Class Size), published in England, in 1994.

Alan Davies, Educational Psychologist, CPsychol AFBPsS
THRASS ENGLISH CALENDAR CHART INSTRUCTIONS © 2005, 2007 ALAN DAVIES

THRASS Phoneme Machine software ~ designed by Alan Davies and programmed by Mike Meade