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We are going to:• learn how to measure time in the past. • read and discuss a story about a boy and the dream he had.
Unit 3 Time in Nature - Lesson 7
Which of these can tell time?
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Warm- up
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Timothy’s grandpa gave him an hourglass for his birthday.
His grandpa told him he could use it to tell time.
Let's read and discuss. hourglass: an object used to tell time with the use of sand or liquid.
How can the hourglass help tell the time?
What is in an hourglass?
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Timothy watched the hourglass before he fell asleep. That night, he had a strange dream. He dreamt that he was grown up and was living in the past.
past: a time long ago.Let's read and discuss.
Did dinosaurs live in the past?
What happened to Timothy?
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Checkpoint.
Where do you think Timothy went?
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He was in a pyramid in Egypt.
The Egyptians were the first to use an hourglass to tell the time. The hourglass they used had water in it.
Let's read and discuss. pyramid: a solid triangle structure that the Egyptians built in the past.
How did Egyptians tell the time?
Where do we find the pyramids?
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Timothy saw something in the sand. It was a sundial.
The part sticking up made a shadow in the sun. The shadow points to a number to show the time of day.
Let's read and discuss. sundial: a tool that tells the time using a shadow.
What does the sundial show?
What does the shadow point to?
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HINT: Fill in the blanks and make sentences.Let's retell the story.
Word Banksand hourglass pyramidsundial
1. An hourglass uses ____________ to tell time.
2. The shadow on a _______________ tells the hour of day.
3. Timothy was in an Egyptian ____________________. 4. The _________________ was used to tell time in the past.
Practice
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Let's discuss.
Have you used an hourglass?
What does an hourglass tell?
Have you seen a sundial?
What other things can tell time?
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hourglass, pyramid, dream, past, sundial, shadow, sand
In this lesson, we...
read a story about Timothy and his dream.
learned new words:
Do research online on how Chinese people measured time in the past.
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Wrap- up
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