Curriculum Guides

Grade Level: Third

Content Area: Measurement-Time

Skills: Elapse time, compare measurement terms, time to the nearest intervals, A.M. and P.M.-

Prerequisites: Measure with Nonstandard Units

Instructional Practices: Estimations, Reasoning and Connections to the Real World

Materials Needed:

Books (Refer to Section: Mathematics-related children's literature and concept books, time), Judy Clock for each child or teacher made clock for each child-

Technology: It's About Time

Talking Clock

Activity:

This is a hands-on-activity in which children will move hands of clock to show minutes and hours. This can be used along with classroom clock to show elapsed time. Leave Judy or Teacher-made Clock on child's desk all day. At various times during the day, ask children to tell you the time and whether it's A.M. or P.M. Let them use their clocks to figure elapsed time and the things they have been able to do during the elapsed time.

Theme Idea: Use with Write-to-Write Form II Unit 4, Newspaper Education