January 15

High school (ages 12+)
Holidays & Celebrations

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Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/january-15

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the calendar system?Gregorian calendar
2. What is the day of year?15th day
3. How many days are left after January 15?In a normal year, 350 days remain until the end of the year. In a leap year, 351 days remain because February has an extra day.
4. Why do we have leap years?Leap years add a February 29 to keep the calendar in sync with Earth's orbit around the Sun, which takes about 365.2425 days.

Gregorian calendar: The solar calendar currently used in most of the world, established to correct inaccuracies in the Julian calendar.
Leap year: A year containing an extra day (February 29th) to maintain calendar alignment with astronomical seasons.
Tropical year: The time it takes for the Earth to complete one orbit around the Sun relative to the seasons.
Temporal organization: The structured system of arranging and measuring time.