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3 Easy and Effective Strategies for Teaching Elapsed Time | Elapsed time, Teaching, Elapsed time activities

Teaching elapsed time in 3rd grade can be daunting for any teacher. However, with a bit of creativity & out-of-the-box thinking, it can be a fun & engaging lesson for your students! In this post, I share some tips and tricks to help your students master elapsed time. Using elapsed time number lines and Judy Clocks can give your 3rd grade students the practice they need to solve elapsed time word problems. Elapsed time activities are perfect for whole or small group, or math centers. CLIC

Elapsed Time Teaching Method

Teaching elapsed time…does it kinda make you want to pull your hair out? During my first few years of teaching, I struggled to teach this concept because I didn't have a "trick" for teaching it. We made clocks on paper plates and counted the time as the hands went around (insert visualization of me pulling my hair out of my head here), we calculated the hours and minutes, then converted the minutes to hours (only a smidgen of greater success), and then we started listing the hours and…

Elapsed Time Mastery: Boost Your Students' Skills with this Exciting No-Prep Game Show… | Teaching math strategies, Upper elementary math, Elementary math classroom

Reviewing elapsed time with this no-prep game show is the most engaging way to give your students a review & for you to assess their mastery! This game will make it much more fun, whether you are test prepping or just giving your students a comprehensive review! Concepts include telling time to the minute, elapsed time to the hour & minute, elapsed time on a number line, & word problems. CLICK HERE to see how easy it is to use this PowerPoint game in your classroom!

Teaching Elapsed Time - How You Can Help Your Students Master This Difficult Skill | Teaching, Teaching math, Elapsed time activities

Teaching elapsed time is hard, but this post can help you in so many ways! See how I use number lines and T-Charts to give students two different ways to calculate elapsed time problems. Step by step instructions and photos are included, so that you can confidently teach your 3rd graders. By using these math models and 3 different types of elapsed time activities, your students will gain mastery of this difficult math skill. Click here to learn more! #elapsedtime #teachingintheheartofflorida

Telling Time and Elapsed Time Lesson Plans and Activities | Time lessons, Elapsed time, Telling time

We just wrapped up our elapsed time unit and let me just say….WHEW! It was fun but it was a challenge. Partly because so many of my third graders came to me struggling to even tell time. #yikes Tips to introduce teaching elapsed time: I began by giving my kids a pre-assessment to determine if they even knew how to tell time. I was blown away by how many students couldn’t not correctly write the correct hour. They understood how to find the minute hand, but when the minute had was past 30…

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