KZE students showed their baby photos, shared changes they had observed. We were wondering how to show changes – write our own personal timeline. But how??? After discussion, we decided to look at books written by professional authors. We read mentor texts “When I was Little” by Jamie Curtis and Marcia Williams, “Before You Were Big” by Jennifer Davis, and “When I Was Five” by Arthur Howard. We shared what we noticed in these books, and chose three things we noticed to try it out in our personal timeline writing. After trying, we went back to mentor texts and noticed more things. We decided to try them out again. We learned a lot from other authors on writing personal timeline.
Reading books and trying to notice helped me to write my personal timeline. – Lisa
I like sharing ideas about what we should do because it helped us to find answers on how to write person timeline. – Trace
When we put ideas on our chart, it helped me to remember what to write on my personal timeline. – Emerson
Sharing what we notice helped me to write personal timeline. – Liam
I think the chart helped me to write personal timeline. – Lizzy
I think the noticing chart helped me to write personal timeline better. – Scarlett
I like to share ideas on how to write my personal timeline. – Kyle
When people came up with ideas, I think about my ideas, and those ideas helped me to write my personal timeline. – Freddie
Such a great exercise! We all should do this more often. 🙂