The students will use dictionaries to find the definitions. List other words related to time such as millennium, epoch, progression, prehistoric, periodic, semester, futuristic, regression, static, seasonal, hourly, weekly, daily, age, ageless, infinite, annual, perennial, biennial, semi-annual, quarterly. Have students define and use the words in sentences. Have students identify when the action or activity in the story took place. Have students identify the connection when the activity took place with when the story was reported.
Time is one of the elements found in any story.
It is an important concept students must recognize which affects logical sequence of events, cause and effect, inferencing, and referents to other aspects in the story. Time is also important to the development of social studies and science development. With a parent or relative, have students refer to a calendar and list important dates which that person identifies from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. Identify dates as March 15, June 14, December 7, July 14, February 12. Students will take a spelling test related to time works.