Teaching Kids to Tell Time Using An Analog Clock

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I’m sure that you’ve heard the stories in the news about some schools getting rid of analog clocks in their testing rooms because it created stress on the students because they can’t tell what time it is when they’re doing their testing. Now,...

Teaching Kids to Tell Time Digitally

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So, how do you say this time? Well, I had a debate that got sparked between my four-year-old and my six-year-old about how to say times like that one. I hope you will stick around, because we’re going to take a look at, teaching kids to tell time digitally in...

Leftover Candy Canes? Do some 3 Act Math!

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So here we are after Christmas and I still have boxes of candy canes sitting in my pantry.  I don’t want to eat them and I don’t want my kids to eat them….so let’s do some 3 Act Math with them instead. Candy Cane Act 1 What do you notice? What...

My First 3 Act Math Tasks

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The other day I had one of the best days I’ve had in a long time out in the schools.  After watching Dan Meyer’s webinar about the 3 Act Math Tasks and then reading everything I could on Dan’s blog as well as many others, I created two of my own 3...

Using number lines for Time problems

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The newest addition to our family finally slept through the night.  So besides the panic wake up at 3:30, rushing to his bedside to ensure he was in fact still alive, it was a great night of sleep.  When he woke up at 5 am, I was feeding him and of course figuring out...