Measuring Time
Integration Ideas and Activities
Lesson 1
Before Clocks

Lesson
Activities to Consider
Tools
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Mathematics

Make a graph of the percentage of on time, early or late responses

Find the percentages of the number of times students were on time, early or late with their responses

Review how to calculate years, days, hours, minutes, seconds

Compare different ways to tell time, for example, how many times can you sing "Happy Birthday" while someone else counts to 20 --math activity

Language Arts

What We Know: Write complete sentences using descriptive words

What We Want to Know: Write complete sentences using descriptive words

List vocabulary as it emerges

Record observations in science journal (sentences, punctuation, capitalization)

Research previous works that deal with time

Illustrate different devices for measuring time on the cover page of science journal


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