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School Life: Past & Future

Ari, Isla and Manaia are on a road trip to visit three schools: one from long ago, one today and one in the future. Read each clue and help them sort out what changes and what stays the same.

Clues from the road trip

A long time ago, some schools had wooden desks and slate boards. Children wrote with chalk or slate pencils. Today, many schools have books, tables, whiteboards and computers. Schools can look different, but children have learned together in the past and learn together today. In the future, schools might use new tools that have not been invented yet.

1.Write 1 beside the earliest time, 2 beside the next time and 3 beside the latest time: today, the future, the past.

2.Which item in the clues was used by some children to write at school long ago?

A slate board
A computer
A video screen

3.The clues say that every school in the past looked exactly the same.

TrueFalse

4.Write P for a thing mentioned in the past-school clue and T for a thing mentioned in the today-school clue: slate board, computer, wooden desk, whiteboard.

5.Ari says, “Children learned together long ago and children learn together today.” Is this a change or something that stayed the same?

Something that stayed the same
A change

6.Today comes the past and the future. Choose from before and after.

7.Choose one difference between the past-school clues and the today-school clues. Finish the sentence: “In the past, some children used ____. Today, many schools have ____.”

8.The clues say future schools might use tools that have not been invented yet. Draw one tool that could help children learn, then tell what it does.

Show the tool clearly. Add one detail that tells how it helps children learn.

9.Choose one thing from school life you think will still be important in the future. Say why.