When Is Your Birthday?
This dates and birthdays ESL lesson helps learners sequence the days, months and ordinal numbers. Students ask classmates 'When is your birthday?', complete a class survey and use a calendar to identify important dates. They create a birthday crown and poster before taking part in a classroom birthday-party roleplay.
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Lesson format
2 × 45 minutes
Level
Elementary
Age group
Ages 8–11
Main focus
Speaking first
What students will learn
Lesson flow
Children chant days and months with clapping actions, sing days-and-months songs pointing to a calendar, and race to order scattered flashcards. The second lesson surveys classmates asking 'When is your birthday?', makes a birthday crown and poster writing their age and month, and roleplays a classroom birthday party wishing a 'birthday star' happy birthday.
Target language
- • 'What day is it?'
- • 'When is your birthday?'
- • Ordinal numbers (first, second, third)
- • Months of the year
Key vocabulary
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Speaking questions students answer
- • What's after Wednesday?
- • When is your birthday?
- • What's the 5th month?
- • What month is Christmas in?
- • How old are you?
Recommended teaching contexts
Why this lesson works
The lesson follows a clear progression: Chant days and months in order, survey classmates about their birthday month, make a birthday crown/poster and roleplay a party. Teachers can open the materials and start immediately, while students move from supported vocabulary practice to purposeful spoken English.