Ordering Events in Time
Sequence events in chronological order using language such as before, after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, evening
What a learner can do afterwards
- Order three daily events using 'first', 'next', 'last'
- Use 'yesterday', 'today', 'tomorrow' correctly
- Describe an event as happening in the 'morning' or 'afternoon'
1 · Read
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.
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.
First, next, and last help you put your day in order.
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Clues in a story
First tells you where an event list starts. Next tells you what follows. Last tells you where the list ends.
Before and after help too. A toy is inside a closed box. To take it out, you need to open the box first. Check each event against the story's clues.
Parts of one day
Morning is before noon. Afternoon follows noon. Evening comes after afternoon and before night.
People may do the same activity at different times. Use the story's time clues. If it is morning now, something planned for this afternoon is later today. It is not tomorrow.
Days around today
Today names the day we are in. Yesterday is the day just before it. Tomorrow is the day just after it.
These names change as days pass. When a new day begins, it becomes today. The day that just finished becomes yesterday. Something planned for tomorrow is still to come.
Count events and places
Read an event list from the start. Point once to each event and count 1, 2, 3. These numbers tell the events' places. The event at 2 is second.
You can count events that match a clue too. To count events from yesterday, find each one marked yesterday. Count each matching event once.
2 · Watch
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Where it sits
Learn first
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Where this leads
17 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.