--- title: "Ordering Events in Time" description: "Sequence events in chronological order using language such as before, after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, evening" canonical: https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/ordering-events-in-time-mt_-vvVxpOHG2 source: https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/ordering-events-in-time-mt_-vvVxpOHG2.md retrieved: 2026-11-12 --- > **Agent view.** This is the Markdown twin of the page, for tools and assistants. > When to use this site, and the call that answers each job: https://lightmysky.com/agent-instructions.md > API description (OpenAPI 3.1): https://lightmysky.com/openapi.json · Authentication: https://lightmysky.com/auth.md > Pricing: https://lightmysky.com/pricing.md · Catalog: https://lightmysky.com/llms.txt · Full catalog: https://lightmysky.com/llms-full.txt > Every machine-readable file on this domain: https://lightmysky.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json > Ask for Markdown with `Accept: text/markdown`, a `.md` address, or `?mode=agent`. # Ordering Events in Time Sequence events in chronological order using language such as before, after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, evening Subject: Mathematics · Area: Measurement · Ages 4 to 6 Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/ordering-events-in-time-mt_-vvVxpOHG2 ## Ready when they can - Order three daily events using 'first', 'next', 'last' - Use 'yesterday', 'today', 'tomorrow' correctly - Describe an event as happening in the 'morning' or 'afternoon' ## Lesson: First, Next, and Last First means the start of a list of events. Next means the event just after it. Last means the end of the list. Before means earlier. After means later. An event between two others comes after one and before the other. Use the story's clues to order events. *(drawing: In this routine, waking comes first, dressing comes next, and breakfast comes last.)* **Example.** Ben brushes his teeth first. Next, he puts on his shoes. Last, he walks out the door. Brushing comes before shoes. Shoes come after brushing. Some events must come first: you need to be awake before you can eat. Today is the whole day we are in now. Yesterday is the day just before today. Tomorrow is the day just after today. Events from yesterday already happened. Events planned for tomorrow have not happened yet. When the next day begins, the day we called today becomes yesterday. Morning is the early part of a day, before noon. Afternoon follows noon. Evening follows afternoon and comes before night. These are parts of a day. Yesterday and tomorrow are whole days. An event later today does not have to be tomorrow. You can count places in a story. Read from left to right. Say 1 for first, 2 for second, 3 for third, and 4 for fourth. You can also count events that match a clue. Find each matching event and count it once. Days also have names. Sunday comes just before Monday. Tuesday comes just after Monday. To find yesterday, go back one day from today. To find tomorrow, go forward one day. **Recap.** First, next, and last help you put your day in order. *Lesson, questions and flashcards written for this dataset.* ## Practice 17 questions on this page, each with its working shown. ## Opens up - [Days, Weeks, Months & Years](https://lightmysky.com/learn/mathematics/days-weeks-months-and-years-mt_bj1YCgNWUx)