Creating Timelines

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Objective

I can draw a timeline to show events in order.

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Warm-up video

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Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    A timeline is a tool that helps us show events in the order they happened.

  2. 2

    The past means something has already happened, the present is happening right now, and the future hasn't happened yet.

  3. 3

    We read timelines from left to right, and they help us understand what happened first, next, and last.

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Practice

4 questions

1

What is a timeline used for?

2

Think about your morning. What is one thing you did FIRST today?

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Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

Draw a timeline with three boxes. In the first box, draw a picture of what you do first in the morning. In the next box, draw what you do in the middle of the day. In the last box, draw what you do at night.

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