Grade 1 Fall History — Then and Now, Family Histories, and How We Know What Happened
History · CHR G1 (TEKS 1.3.B) hist.g1.f.chr.sequence_life_events

Sequence 5-7 events in one's own life on a personal timeline

Place 5-7 personal life-event cards (birth, first steps, started preschool, first day of kindergarten, sibling born, started first grade, lost first tooth, etc.) in chronological order on a personal timeline strip.

Mastery threshold
80%
Min instances
4
Typical minutes
30
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30
Prereqs
Successors
Common misconceptions
  • Sequencing by what they like most rather than by time order
  • Treating events as simultaneous (everything happened 'when I was little')
  • Putting today first or birth last (timeline direction reversal)

Exercise pool (3)

Diff Stem Type
2 Arrange your 5 personal event cards in order: born, walking, preschool, kindergarten, first grade. sequence 5 personal events
3 Narrate your personal timeline using ALL 5 sequence words: FIRST, THEN, NEXT, AFTER, LAST. narrate with sequence words
4 For each of your 5 personal events, estimate your age and write it next to the event. add age to each event