Curated OER
Brown Bears
Students read books and facts to learn about the brown bear. In this brown bear lesson plan, students also color coloring pages, and make a paper bag craft.
Curated OER
Weights in Pounds
Second graders define "pound," estimate and compare weights, and classify objects as weighing more or less than a pound.
Curated OER
Group Rope Squares
Students study how to better their cohesion and communication skills. In this investigative lesson students work in teams and learn how to communicate better as they help to solve problems and communicate their needs.
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Magical Creatures
Students investigate entertaining characters within stories. In this writing lesson, students review nouns and adjectives and discuss magical characters. Students ask themselves questions about their selected characters and write a...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Robo Clock
Students learn various topics associated with the circle through studying a clock. Topics include reading analog time, understanding the concept of rotation (clockwise vs. counter-clockwise), and identifying right angles and straight...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Portable Sundial
In this activity students will investigate the accuracy of sundials and the discrepancy that lies between "real time" and "clock time". They will track the position of the sun over the course of a relatively short period of time as they...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What Time Is It?
Can your students tell time? Use this instructional activity that includes a getting started, an activity, and practice to help students be able to tell time.
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Time
An extensive collection of teacher resources to aide in teaching time. There are smartboard and PowerPoint presentations, and many worksheets and ideas for teachers. Includes activities on time, calendar, months, and days.
Curated OER
Cbc Kids: 10 of the Latest Inventions to Make Life a Little Easier
Learn about some of the nifty inventions that add more functionality to common objects. With the Smart toothbrush, your teeth will be clean in no time. The Albert Clock forces you to answer a Math question before it tells you the time....
Topmarks Online
Topmarks: Teaching Clock
Teaching Clock is a teaching resource to help children explore telling the time in both analog and digital formats. Ideal for use in full-screen mode on an interactive whiteboard, where teachers can demonstrate the relative movement of...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Clock Facts
Students calculate elapsed time using analog clocks. Included in this lesson are a detailed plan, clock template, and video of students making their clocks.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Fractional Parts of an Hour: An Investigation
Third graders explain that an hour can be written as several different fractions. They will color representative segments on a clock.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Clocks Teaching Time
This site from The Franklin Institute presents a number of activities, games, exhibits, scavenger hunts, resources, links related to clocks and telling time.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Time Assessment for Prior Knowledge
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a short re-teaching of telling time to the hour, half hour, quarter hour, and 5 minute intervals.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: "Time" for My Catch
The day has come for students to create their own fish and to make sure that it is a keeper. The students will also be introduced to the clock face and the idea of hour notation.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Telling Time Activity
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart teaches the concept of time while providing a practice activity. Use as a center or whole group instruction. Your students will be telling time in no time!!! :0)