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The document provides instructions for a 3-day lesson plan to teach kindergarten students about organizing time. On day 1, students will discuss personal past, present, and future events. They will learn about timelines and practice placing events on sample timelines. On day 2, students will create their own timelines by listing life events and labeling them as past, present or future. On day 3, students will finish and decorate their personal timelines. The goal is for students to understand how to differentiate between and organize times in their lives using timelines.

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SST Lesson Plan

The document provides instructions for a 3-day lesson plan to teach kindergarten students about organizing time. On day 1, students will discuss personal past, present, and future events. They will learn about timelines and practice placing events on sample timelines. On day 2, students will create their own timelines by listing life events and labeling them as past, present or future. On day 3, students will finish and decorate their personal timelines. The goal is for students to understand how to differentiate between and organize times in their lives using timelines.

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How can we organize time?

Activity:
In this lesson the students will be learning about the concept of time and how we can
organize it on paper. We will start with talking about events over time that are personal to them,
then we can branch off and begin talking about the past, present and future in general. We will
then develop our own timelines based on our own life experiences and what might be a part of
our future.

Materials:
● 30 pieces of blank white paper
● 30 pencils
● 30 boxes of crayons
● 30 Rulers

Concepts:
● Change over time
● Organizing time
● Connecting time to personal life experiences

Objectives:
● Students will be able to create a timeline based on their life experiences
● Students will be able to differentiate between past, present and future
● Students will be able understand why timelines are important
● Students will be able to use timelines as way to learn about the past

Michigan Standards:

● K – H2.0.1 Distinguish among the past, present, and future.


● K – H2.0.2 Create a timeline using events from their own lives.
● K – H2.0.3 Describe ways people learn about the past.

Assumed Background Knowledge:

● Coming into Kindergarten the students should have an idea of seasons, and
connect major holidays, events, birthdays to the season.
● Have an understanding of yesterday, today, and tomorrow
● The students should know that the past is when they were a baby and when they
are my age that is the future
Potential Challenges:
● Having a stable understanding of when yesterday, today and, tomorrow are
● Understanding how long ago last week, last month, and last year were

Instructional Sequence:

Day 1:

1. Today we will start by reading over our learning goal for the day, “I can
differentiate between past, present, and future”. I will ask the class who knows
what each of these words mean and what an example might be representing them
(past: when I was a baby, present: we are kindergarteners, future: what do you
want to be when you grow up?) Individually, I will have the students brainstorm
some ideas that they think represent the past. Then we will discuss as a group.
Next, the students will brainstorm ideas about the present, individually. Then we
will discuss as a group. Lastly, the students will individually think about examples
of the future. Then we will discuss as a group. Now we have a better idea of the
past, present, and future. I will then talk about why we use timelines and what
type of information they provide for us. To give the students a better visual I will
show them three examples of timelines and ask questions about what they notice
and how they are organized. At the end of the activity today we will look at
examples of timelines, and place some events on the timelines as a whole class.
We will end the lesson with talking about why timelines are important. Timelines
are important because they break time down for different parts, past, present and
future.

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Day 2:
2. Today we will briefly review what we discussed in class yesterday (which is an
example of the past). We start by reading our learning goal for today, “I can
create a timeline based on their life experiences”. We will start the activity by
listing major events in lives, and predictions about our future. Once we have
generated a detailed list of events, we will begin labeling which ones are past,
present or future. I will be coming around the class to make sure the students do
not have any questions and to clear up any confusion. Once the students have
their completed lists we might share a few examples to class on what they wrote
down. I will end today's activity with an example of a timeline based on my life.

Day 3:
3. On our last day our learning goal is the same from day 2, we are just finalizing
our own timelines. I will give the students paper, crayons and pencils to create
their own unique timelines. They will have 20-30 minutes to work on their
timelines and add color if they so choose. At the end of the work time I will ask
for a few volunteers to come to the front of the class and share their completed
timelines with their peers.

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