Students build a timeline of their own life in this 3-page 2nd grade social studies sheet. Page 1 is a planning page with four questions to answer with a family member, such as when they were born and when they first walked. Page 2 has five stacked boxes joined by arrows, each with a year line, a writing line and a drawing square. The first box says I was born and the last says This year. Page 3 shows a completed sample.
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“Create a chronological sequence of multiple events.”
Students gather years on page 1, then place five events of their own life in order from earliest to latest on page 2.
Four questions with writing lines: when you were born, when you first walked, when you started school, and one more big event.
Five boxes joined by arrows. Each has a Year line, a line for a few words and a square to draw in. The first is labeled I was born and the last This year.
Sample answers for the planning page and a completed five-box sample timeline.
Send page 1 home
Send page 1 home a few days early. Families need time to find baby books and photos, and some students will not know when they first walked.
No family at hand
Offer a school event or a favorite memory in place of a family answer for students who cannot ask someone at home. The timeline works the same way.
Gallery walk
Hang the finished timelines and let students walk the room. Ask them to find the earliest and latest event on a classmate's page.
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