Days of Our Lives

Ms. D’s 3rd grade classApril 12, 2010

Years

How many days are in a year?

365 days is the amount of time it takes for the earth to go one revolution around the sun.

Years

• 365 days = 1 year

• 52 weeks = 1 year

• 12 months = 1 year

days < weeks < months < years

Years

You can estimate how many days old you are with this formula:

8 years X 365 days = days old

9 years X 365 days = days old

Years• 2001 or 2002 – The years most of you were

born.• 2010 – now• 1998 – Year this school opened. How many

years old is this school?

2010 -1998 =

Decades

• A period of 10 years• Examples: 1651-1661; 1983-1993;

2000-2010• It has been two decades since 1990 (20 years).

Centuries• A period of 100 years

• 10 decades = 1 century

• Examples: 1776-1876; 1910-2010

• It has been one century since 1910.

days < weeks < months < years < decades < centuries

1752 was in the 18th century.We are now in the 21st century.

Ordering Events

Can you put these events from today

in order of when you did them?-eating lunch

-getting dressed

-arriving at school

-writing in your journal

-waking up

1st -waking up2nd -getting dressed3rd -arriving at school4th -writing in your journal5th -eating lunch

What is a timeline?

• Timeline - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

• Function: noun

• 1 : a table listing important events for successive years within a particular historical period2usually time·line \ˈtīm-ˌlīn\ : a schedule of events and procedures : timetable 2

What do these definitions mean to you?

• Let’s look at an example from a website. This is Maria’s timeline:

• How to Make a Timeline Part 1: Timeline Basics

What is a timeline?

Creating Your Own Timeline!

• Think of important events from

your own life.

Creating Your Own Timeline!

• Examples: – day you were born– siblings’ birth– moving to a new house– getting a new pet– starting kindergarten – starting 3rd grade – starting your favorite sport– going on a fun vacation

What ideas did you storm up?

Creating Your Own Timeline!• Narrow down your ideas from brainstorming to

your favorite 5-10 ideas.• Put the ideas in order, starting with the first one

that happened. Try to remember the dates of them.

• Use Microsoft Word to create your own timeline of the events.

Creating Your Own Timeline!

Press “enter”Make a creative title, and bold it and center itPress “enter”Write title of 1st event that took place, then – the

date it occuredpress “enter” type 1-2 sentences describing the event and why it

is special to you

On top of page put header:nameApril 12, 2010Ms. D’s class

Creating Your Own Timeline!

Jennifer RogersApril 12, 2010Ms. D’s class

Highlights of My LifeMy birth – January 3, 1982I was born in Dallas, Texas. I lived with my

mom, dad, and 2-year-old brother, Jacob.

Example:

• Underneath each event, insert a picture from Clip Art

– Click on “Insert” on toolbar– Enter a search keyword

For example, if you want a picture of a dalmation, you could type in “dog”

- Choose which Clip Art picture you want, click it, and it will appear in your Word document.

Creating Your Own Timeline!

Creating Your Own Timeline!

• After completing 5-10 events with Clip Art pictures, print document.

• On right side of paper, use a ruler to draw a vertical (up and down) line from first event to last event.

• Draw a small horizontal (side to side) dash next to each event on the vertical line

• Next to each small dash put the date that the event occurred.

Creating Your Own Timeline!

• It should appear somewhat like this:

I was born – February 9, 2002

I was born in Miami, Florida. I lived with my mom, dad, and cat, Lucy.

My baby sister was born – March 12, 2004

My parents named her Isabel and she already had a head full of curly blonde hair. I liked teaching her all kinds of new things

Feb.2002

March 2002

You’ve made your own timeline of

your life!

References

• www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/timeline

• http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/howtomakeatimeline1.htm