Time Capsule Activity: A Fun Project for the First Week of School

Your students will love creating this unique and creative time capsule project! Creating a Time Capsule is an awesome critical thinking and fun writing activity to do with students! It works especially well at the end of the year to create a special keepsake! Teachers love it because it's meaningful and students love it because it's a creative project that's all about them! After learning about two famous Time Capsules, students create their very own personal Time Capsule to lock up and discover in the future. There are six parts of the Time Capsule that they will complete during class. Part six is collecting photos or small objects to place into their Time Capsule. Part One: Introducing Me! Part Two: In My World Part Three: The People in My Life Part Four: My Favorite Things Part Five: A Look Into The Future Part Six: A Secret Stash Part Seven: A Letter to Kids in the Future! Students love creating and writing the different parts as they "Build" their own Time Capsule to their future self! For younger students (or if you're limited on time) you might only want to do only one of the pages for each part to complete it quicker. Also, enclosed is a letter to send home to parents with their Time Capsules explaining about it and asking them to put it in a safe place for several years or until they graduate from high school. What a great thinking and fun writing activity to do at the beginning of the school year and continue all year long OR to keep students thinking and motivated during the last weeks of school! This is a Digital Download. No Physical Product will be shipped.  SEE IT ON TPT LEGAL DETAILS: These specific files are ©2018 Heart 2 Heart Teaching, LLC. All rights reserved. • For personal use, classroom use, and non-commercial use only. It is unlawful to distribute any part of this file for any reason (whether they are free or for purchase). Clipart, graphics, photographs, found inside this product are copyrighted. They may not be extracted from this file without written permission from the original artist(s). We'd love to see how you use these activities in your classroom--- Tag @heart2heartteaching on Instagram! FAQ’S: How will I receive my download? Once purchased, you will first receive an order confirmation email. Right after that, you receive a separate email with a link that you will click to download the zipped file. You will receive one or more PDF files. What if I can't find the email with the Printable in it? If you're using Gmail as your mail service, be sure to check the "spam," "promotions," and "updates" folders/tabs! Your email will be sent via our automated system (omitting the potential for human error) so if you ordered the download and entered the correct email address, you can be sure it's in your email somewhere! What's a ZIP file? Many of our resources are in a compressed ZIP file. A ZIP file is a compressed folder with multiple files. A ZIP file takes up less storage space making it easier to download. ZIP files are able to be opened easily, just follow the steps below depending on your system.  For Microsoft Windows: Right click  on the ZIP folder Choose Extract All from the menu Choose a place to save the file Click Extract For Google Chrome: After it finishes downloading Click on the download box at bottom left of the browser page  Click Extract All at the top of the page For Mac Users: Double click on the ZIP folder The file should automatically extract Other Options--try opening the ZIP file using one of these free websites: wobzip.org unzip-online.com Where do I print my download? For BEST RESULTS, print the posters on the premium brochure and flyer paper from Office Depot. Using this paper gives the posters a vibrant look that really makes the colors pop! Or send the file to a print shop. But don't worry about that if you need these quickly! Just print on regular paper on the best quality setting on your printer. Having Printing Issues?   Many of our files are PDF’s are large units with a lot of graphics and photographs. Sometimes, it may look fine on your screen, but may not print out correctly. If you’re having trouble printing a PDF, please be sure that you're opening the PDF with the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader After downloading and installing Adobe Acrobat Reader: Open the PDF Click Print Select Shrink oversized pages Click Advanced Check the box: Print As Image Click Print