Task Cards · K–1st Grade · 14 pages
Before, After and Between Task Cards | K–1st Grade Math
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Before, After and Between: cut-apart cards for centers, scoot or early finishers. Answer key included.
What’s inside this download
- 14 printable pages of Before, After and Between task cards
- 144 problems for Kindergarten to 1st grade
- Cut-apart cards for centers, scoot or early finishers
- Answer key included
- One print-ready PDF, US Letter
Why choose this over a free worksheet
- Gaps in different positions, not just the end
- Builds the sense of neighbors on the number line
- Keys give the hidden neighbor, so you can see if before and after got flipped
Printing, license and file formats
- One PDF, US Letter 8.5 × 11 in. On A4 choose “fit to page”
- One teacher or one household. Print unlimited copies for your own students, this year and next
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How do I get the files?
- The download link is on the order page the moment you pay, and in your inbox at the same time
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- Wrong or broken file? Email support@pencillane.com and we fix it or refund you
Why get the bundle
- Seeing missing numbers in cards, games and color-by-code keeps children thinking about number order, not only chanting the next word.
The problem
What comes after 19?
Children can recite counting but still stumble when asked for the number before or after, or the one in the middle.
Mixing up before and after
Before and after are easy to flip. A child may say 12 comes before 13, but when asked what comes before 12 they say 13.
Reciting from the beginning
A child can chant 1 to 20 yet stall when asked what comes after 12. They have learned the song, not how to start in the middle.
Between needs two neighbors
To find the number between 11 and 13, children must hold both ends in mind. Many just repeat one of them.
Sequences with a single gap show before, after and between. Children fill in the missing number, so they use the counting line they know in both directions.
What’s inside
14 pages of Before, After and Between, ready to print.
Cut-apart cards for centers, scoot or early finishers. One instruction line and a name line on every page.
Task Cards
Cut-apart cards for centers, scoot or early finishers.
Before, After and Between
Written for Kindergarten to 1st grade.
Print and go
US Letter, black and white, answer key included.
Look inside
Same layout on every page, so kids stop re-learning the instructions.
How it works
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Print
Any printer, plain paper, black and white. Print one page or the whole stack.
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Hand out
Morning work, centers, small groups, the kitchen table. Same format every day, so the routine sticks.
US Letter 8.5 × 11 · PDFOutcomes
Name the number that goes before, after or between
Fill the gap in a short run of numbers.
- 12 comes between 11 and 13
- 11 comes before 12
- 13 comes after 12
- 69 comes between 68 and 70
- 68 comes before 69
- 70 comes after 69
- 4 comes between 3 and 5
Who it’s for
Built for the kitchen table and the classroom.
Parents & homeschool
Use a number path or a line of cards on the floor. Cover a number and ask what is hiding. Take turns being the one who hides it.
Teachers
Works for a quick number-sense check. Mix before, after and between to see who relies on reciting from one.
Kindergarten & first grade
Early counters who can say the sequence but cannot pick out a missing number need exactly this practice.
Questions
Before you buy.
Does this go backward as well as forward?
Yes. Missing numbers appear in different positions, so children think about what comes before as well as after.
Which numbers does it use?
Short runs of numbers in the teens, such as 11, 12, 13. Children use the counting they know and fill in the one that is hiding.
How do I get the file?
The download link appears right after checkout and lands in your inbox at the same time. One PDF with 14 pages. No account needed.
Can I print it more than once?
Yes. One teacher or one household can print unlimited copies for their own students, this year and next.
Will it print in color?
The pages are designed to print in black and white, so they print clean on any home or school printer and do not eat a cartridge.
What if it isn’t right for us?
Email support@pencillane.com within 30 days and we refund the full $5. No form, no questions.
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Before, After and Between: cut-apart cards for centers, scoot or early finishers. Answer key included.
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