Alabama Social Studies SS24.K.10a

Social StudiesKindergartenHistory

The Standard

Differentiate among broad categories of time, including long ago, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students sort events into long ago, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. They use those words to talk about things that happened or will happen.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student puts a photo of a grandparent as a child under long ago and yesterday's lunch under yesterday. They can say that tomorrow has not happened yet.
Common Misconceptions: Students may call anything in the past yesterday, even an event from many years ago. They may mix up yesterday and tomorrow or think tomorrow means later today.
How to Assess It: Say, 'Imagine today is Tuesday.' Ask students to label four cards: grandma as a child, Monday's lunch, Tuesday's breakfast, and Wednesday's field trip.

Lesson moves

Give pairs a four-column mat and event cards to sort, then have them explain where each card belongs.
Ask, 'How is a photo of your grandparent as a child different from a photo taken yesterday?'
Play Time Corners: name an event, such as Monday's lunch when today is Tuesday, and have students move to the matching corner.
At morning meeting, mark today on a calendar, point to yesterday and tomorrow, and name a class event for each day.

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