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Today I want to talk about telling time! (I know it's not very fall like, but hopefully you're going to be teaching this soon.) Now, I know in third grade it's assumed that kids know how to tell time already and are ready to move on to elapsed time. That would be great, wouldn't it?! Well, I always reviewed telling time for, I would say, at least a week before I ventured in to elapsed time when I taught third grade math. We got out our Judy clocks and practiced, practiced, practiced.
One little trick that I liked to do to practice throughout the day was use sticky notes for a quick check assessment. Basically, I just used my clock stamp to stamp blank clocks on a bunch of sticky notes or I would put my sticky notes on a template I had made in Power Point and then print off blank clocks on all the sticky notes. Each student would have a blank clock sticky note on the corner of their desk and randomly throughout the day I would call out a time and my students would have to draw the hands on the clock and write the time. I would collect it and look them over to easily be able to see who got it or who still needed more practice.
1. Print the template or make your own.
I created a really simple template for printing on sticky notes in Power Point. You can grab it
here.
I included the blank clocks on the second slide for you to use when printing.
2. Stick the Post-It Notes on the page.
Put your six
Post-It Notes on the printed template. Make sure you have the adhesive side at the top of the square each time.
3. Print what you want on the Post-It Notes.
Find your printer's manual feed tray to put your sticky note paper in. If you're not sure which way your printer prints paper then you will want to run a quick test print page to figure it out. Make sure the adhesive end on the Post-It Note is going into the printer first! If you don't do this then it could damage your printer. Then, print one page at a time of your design.
Obvi, you can use this sticky note template to print ANYTHING on sticky notes! It's awesome! I also loved using pre-printed sticky notes in guided reading and for easy writing rubrics for students to evaluate their writing. This is also great to use in interactive notebooks or journals- instead of printing labels (which can be expensive), just print straight onto the sticky note.
This is just so easy- I promise!
If you need more practice with telling time check out my
Telling Time Centers. These five centers were designed to meet the second grade standards, but would be great to use throughout the year for your third graders to review!
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Happy Fall Y'all!