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Grade K, Math Std 9: Use vocabulary associated with the measurement of time, including words related to clocks and calendars. Examples: before, after, first, last, hours, days, weeks, months

Lesson Plans: Calendar Students will watch a PowerPoint presentation, manipulate word cards, and color a calendar to develop knowledge of days of the week and months of the year. How Many Days Are Left? This lesson is a fun lesson counting the days until Christmas. Students will use a calendar, a number line, and the Internet to count up by 20 and backward from 10. Take a Walk Through My Day: Students will practice how to tell time on an analog clock. Students will pantomime activities that they do in a typical day and the class will guess at what time the student does a particular activity. Grouchy Lessons of Time: This lesson provides an introduction to and practice with the concept of time. The activities focus students' attention on the attributes of time and enables students at varying levels to develop knowledge and skills in using time. Time Is On My Side! This is the first of three lessons introducing time to students. The other two lessons are Time, Time Is On My Side and Time, Time, Time Is On My Side. Seven Days of Trouble! In this lesson, students will listen to the story Cookie's Week by Cindy Ward and Tomie dePaola to review the days of the week. Students will then make their own book off days in which they create their own adventure like Cookie.

Resources: A Math Glossary An illustrated math dictionary. Includes an audio player to read the word and definition aloud to the student. Teaching Time: This website offers printable worksheets and games. Scroll down the page to access the free games. Clock Program: With this program, the user can practice setting the time on analog and digital clocks. Nursery Rhymes that Use Time Measurement Vocabulary: This site offers links to nursery rhymes use they days of the week, the months of the year, and holidays.
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