Florida SS.1.A.3.1

Social Studies1st GradeChronological Thinking

The Standard

Use terms related to time to sequentially order events that have occurred in school, home, or community.

Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students place familiar events in the order they happened. They use words such as first, next, then, before, after, and last to explain the sequence.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can arrange three or four school, home, or community events correctly. The student can describe the order aloud or in writing with accurate time words.
Common Misconceptions: Students may confuse before and after, or treat first and last as interchangeable. They may order events by preference instead of by when they happened.
How to Assess It: Ask students to number these events from 1 to 4: wet hands, add soap, rinse, dry. Then have them write one sentence using before or after.

Lesson moves

Give pairs four photo cards from the class morning routine to arrange and label first, next, then, and last.
Ask, "What happened before lunch today, and what happened after lunch?" Students answer aloud or write two sentences.
Play Human Timeline by giving four students event cards and having the class place them in the correct order.
Students ask an adult to name three steps used to prepare a meal, then draw the steps in order.

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