This week we began learning about telling time to the fifteen minute and the five minute. We learned how to tell the time in many different ways. Ask your kids if they can tell another way to say 2:15, 3:30, and 5:45. Hopefully, they will say "quarter past/after", "half past", and "quarter til". They had lots of fun using the clock manipulatives to watch the how as the minute hand moves, the hour hand does too. We spent a lot of time describing where the hour hand is when the minute hand is in different places on the clock.
Next week, we dive deeper down with time to the minute and discovering the difference between AM and PM. We will look at a "flattened clock" which looks like a time line that starts and ends at midnight. I want them to see that, just like a number line, even though all of the numbers aren't there, they ARE all there. Please spend any free time counting and identifying coins and telling time.
Next week our homework will be back on paper with practicing telling time.
A few other notes/important events:
- We are still collecting donations for our carnival silent auction baskets. Please send all donation with your kiddos and we will add to the box.
- Mrs. Halligan's and Mrs. Ashley's homeroom is collecting "Classic Disney" stuff
- Mr. Garrett's homeroom is collecting "Star Wars" stuff
- Carnival tickets are on sale!! Tickets are $5 before or $6 at the door. The carnival is April 10th from 5:30-8.
- Cox Coyote Chase - March 28th
- March 30th and 31st - 4th Grade STAAR Writing test - no visitors will be allowed on campus during testing. Please do not plan on eating lunch with your student on these days.
- April 2- Snow day make-up day
- April 3 - Good Friday No school!
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