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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 14

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

Time words, putting events in order and stories of the past.

What your child practices

Practices yesterday, today and tomorrow, words that describe parts of a day or order of events (first, then, last), telling events in order, and learning from stories of the past told by family and Elders.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: K.14(A); K.14(B) · putting events in order and the words yesterday, today, tomorrow, before and after

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Yesterday and long ago are the past.
  2. Today is now.
  3. Tomorrow and later are the future.

Example: “I will play later.” Is it past, now or future? “Will” and “later” mean it has not happened yet. That is the future. Answer: future

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 7 of 14 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after Fair & Kind and before Days, Weeks & Months.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which word tells what comes after?

    • then
    • first
    • start

  2. Question 2

    Which is about today?

    • I was a baby long ago.
    • I will be old someday.
    • I am at school today.

  3. Question 3

    Why do people tell stories of the past?

    • To make us sleepy
    • Because they forgot
    • So we can learn from them

  4. Question 4

    Put in order: first, next, last. Which word is the end?

    • first
    • next
    • last

  5. Question 5

    Which will happen in the future?

    • I will have lunch later.
    • I had lunch.
    • I ate my snack.

  6. Question 6

    Your field trip is next week. It is in the…

    • past
    • future
    • yesterday

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