Last week we began focusing on telling time. We started with a week of telling time to the hour. Students quickly and easily mastered this skill. However, this week we have began telling time to the half hour and it has been more difficult. I guide my students through a "self talk" lesson of how to figure out the time. I tell them first we look at what two numbers the hour hand is in between. Then we use the physical movement of stepping back to tell them we aren't going to pick the number moving forward, but we are going to step back on the clock. That way we will pick our hour. Then we already know the minute hand equals 30. I also am using websites to help them each day. I am using:
brainpopjr.com:
Parts of a clock
Time to the Hour
Time to the quarter hour and half hour
Time to the Half Hour Website
http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/JustInTime/time_quiz.html
Time to the Half Hour Website:
http://www.primarygames.com/time/question1.htm
Time to Go Website
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/TimeToGo/default.htm
I also read stories and have them make the time on individual clocks and then model the correct time on my big clock.
How do you approach teaching time?
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