Texas TEKS 1.17

1.17 is a TEKS knowledge and skills statement. These are the student expectations under it.

• 1.17.A

  use a simple timeline to distinguish among past, present, and future

• 1.17.B

  use a calendar to describe and measure time in days, weeks, months, and years

• 1.17.C

  communicate information visually, orally, or in writing based on knowledge and experiences in social studies

• 1.17.D

  create and interpret visual and written material

• 1.17.E

  use social studies terminology correctly

• 1.17.F

  apply and practice classroom rules and procedures for listening and responding respectfully.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students place events on a simple timeline and use a calendar to tell how much time passes. They share social studies ideas through speaking, drawing, labels, and short writing while using topic words and respectful listening routines.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student correctly sorts familiar events as past, present, or future and counts calendar days or weeks between dates. The student explains a map, chart, picture, or timeline using accurate words, then listens and responds appropriately.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may think the past means yesterday only, confuse a month with a week, or count calendar dates incorrectly. They may treat pictures as decoration instead of evidence, reverse timeline order, or interrupt rather than respond to a classmate.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a three-event picture timeline and a monthly calendar. Ask them to label past, present, and future, count days until a marked event, and explain one answer aloud.

1. 01

   Give pairs school-day event cards to order on a floor timeline, then label each event as past, present, or future.

2. 02

   Ask, "How can a calendar prove how long until our next school event?" and have students write or share one answer.

3. 03

   Play Calendar Detective: students draw date cards, locate each date, name its month and weekday, then count days from today.

4. 04

   Mark a class birthday or field trip on a calendar, then update a countdown and record the weeks and days remaining.

• 4.21

  Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

• 5.25

  Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

• 2.16

  Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to:

• 3.15

  Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms. The student is expected to: