Study guide: Families and Time

Ideas to explain in your own words

• Families can include different people and live in different homes. A family is not defined by one size or one set of jobs. Children need care, and people can share that work. Our fictional examples are possibilities, not rules for every family.
• Time words help describe change. Before means earlier than the time we are discussing. Now means the present moment. Later means after now. A repeated activity happens again; it is not the same as saying the clock has moved backward.
• People grow and learn over time. A photograph can show what was in front of the camera at one moment. A memory is what someone recalls. Neither a photo nor a memory shows every part of a person’s day, so we ask simple questions about each.
• A sequence tells what happened first, next and last. Pictures can be arranged to show a day. The order must follow the supplied story, not a guess about every household. Different families can follow different routines.

Useful vocabulary

Care

helping someone meet a need

Play

doing an enjoyable activity

Before

earlier than now

Now

at the present moment

Photograph

a picture made with a camera

Memory

a person’s recalled experience

First

the earliest event in the stated sequence

Next

the event immediately after the first stated event

Watch your reasoning

• Mixing up Care and Play. Re-read what each note says before choosing.
• Adding a detail that is not on the card. Point to the words that help explain your answer.

Make a practice plan

1. Read or listen to the notes in the four lessons. An adult can read aloud.
2. Try each lesson’s main question and three practice questions. Say, draw or write what helped you choose.
3. Use the review cards, then try the changed card in any lesson you want to practice again.
4. Complete the four-box task. Then try the separate subject-test cards.