[Cheerful music plays] Hey, everyone! I'm Justin, and
welcome back to the clubhouse, our special place where we get together
and learn about the world around us. I just got back from my family vacation at the
beach. It was so much fun. We were there for three days, and we did and saw so many amazing things.
I can't wait to tell you all about it. That's why today we are going to talk about the words we
use when telling the order of events happening and about a helpful tool called a timeline
that helps us show them. Let's get into it. Welcome back. I am so glad to have you here
with me today. I can't wait to tell you about everything my family did during our vacation. We
spent three days at the beach, soaking up the sun and playing in the sand. I took a lot of great
pictures, too. I want to make sure I tell you everything in the right order, from beginning
to end. I don't want to leave anything out, so I'm going to show you by using
a special tool called a timeline.
A timeline is a way to show events in the
order they happened. They can also help us understand the past and how things change
over time. If something is in the past, that means it has already happened, like my
beach trip. The present is the current moment, like how you're watching this video right now.
And when we talk about the future, we're talking about something that hasn't happened yet, like how
you haven't finished watching this video just yet. A timeline looks like this. It starts with a line,
then we add smaller lines to show when each event happened. The points on a timeline can stand for
any amount of time: days, weeks, months, or even years. You can even put your best guess about when
something in the future will happen on a timeline. The lines might be really close together
if all the events happened right after each other, or, if there was a long time
in between, they might be farther apart. Some timelines might use words or dates to
tell us more about the events they show, but I'm going to add these boxes so that
we can use the amazing pictures I took. We also read timelines from left to
right, just like a book or a calendar.
This is an example using something that you're
doing right now. Growing up, we all start as babies. Babies can't do anything for themselves,
so other people have to take care of them. Then we get a little bigger and turn into
toddlers. This is somewhere between being a baby and a kid. Toddlers can do some things for
themselves, but they still need a lot of help. Finally, we grow into a bigger kid, just like you.
I bet you could do a lot of things for yourself that you couldn't do before, like get dressed
in the morning or even make your own snacks. Wow, things really do change fast. My story happened over three days,
so each point on my timeline will represent one day. So let's start
with the first day of my vacation. On the first day of vacation, I relaxed
on the beach and I made a sandcastle. It was a lot of work, but so fun to see
the end result. We'll add this picture to our timeline. Now we can see that I built a
sandcastle on the first day of my vacation. On the second day of vacation, I went
snorkeling.
I saw all kinds of amazing creatures who live under the water, like these
fish and this beautiful sea turtle. Now we'll add this picture to the timeline so we can see that I
went snorkeling on the second day of my vacation. On the last day of my vacation,
I had a picnic on the beach and watched the sunset. [sighs contentedly]
It was so beautiful, don't you think? And now we see that I had a picnic on the last
day of my vacation. We can talk about our timeline using the words first, next, and last. First, I
built a sandcastle. Next, I went snorkeling. Last, I had a picnic. The words first, next, and last
help us know the order these events happened in. Wow, it was such a fun trip. I can't believe it's
already over. I am so happy that I could share those experiences with you through my timeline. I
think you're ready to make your own timeline now. Luckily, you can use the PDF that goes with this
lesson to do just that.
Remember to ask yourself what happened first, what happened next, and
what happened last as you're adding each event. Thank you so much for joining me
today, and I will see you next time..
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