Activity Number	Objectives	Procedures	Material
1.  A time-line of special days	Develop Concept of sequence of events	Students discuss time-line and make personal time-line of special days. (class discussion, individual, class sharing.)	paper strips; recording materials
2.  All in a day	Develop concept of sequence of events	Students discuss activities they do in the morning, in the afternoon, and the evening and make picture records.	recording materials
3.  Collecting times	Develop awareness of different timers, how they are used, and how they work.	Students build collections of timers and use them for 1) discussion concerning their use, function, and reading of time, 2) sorting.  (class discussion, individual, partners)	collection of timers (student contributions and commercial items provided by teacher)
4.  How many can you do?	Develop concept of duration of events.	Students estimate and time length of time needed to do activities.  They record using a graph.  (partners, class sharing)	timers; balls, skipping ropes; recording material
5.  Making books about time	Develop the concept of duration of time	Students make books about a) timers, b) speed.  (individual, class sharing)	recording materials
6.  Reading Digital Numbers	Read and compare printed and digital numbers.	Students print numbers and make digital numbers with rods.  The discuss similarities and differences.  (class discussion, partners)	cards (5cmx5cm); counting rods
7.  Reading digital times to the hour	Read digital times to the hour.	Students read and discuss examples.  Two activities provide practice.  (individual, class sharing)	flash cards; counting rods; paper circles
8.  Reading digital times to the minute	Read digital times to the minute	Students read and discuss examples.  Two activities provide practice.  (class discussion, individual, partners)	counting rods, digital timer)
9.  Time to the Hour	Read time to the hour on clock faces.	Students use a clock face to show and discuss movement of hands.  In small groups students mime mystery time as set on clock hidden from view.  (class, group)	clock faces or old clocks
10.  Time to the half-hour	Read time to the half-hour	Students discuss time in shown example.  They play game of concentration to practice reading time to half-hour.  (class, groups)	clock faces or old clocks, cards 5cmx5cm; clock face stamp
11.  Time: 5 Minute intervals	Read five minute intervals	Students discuss time shown in the example.  They play dominoes to practice reading  clock face to five minute intervals. (class discussion, individual, partners, class sharing)	demonstration clock, clock dominoes
12.  Time experiments	Design experiments involving time	Two student activities. 1) Determine a question and design an experiment to answer it.  2)  Make timers and create questions related to their use.  (individual, class sharing)	candles, paper cups, funnels, etc. as needed
13.  Think about time	Develop understanding of 1) length of time, 2) digital time	Two problem solving activities involving time (class, individual, partners)
14.  Fun time	Enjoy verses, songs, and games about time	Students research verses, songs, and games about time and enjoy them.  (class, individual, partners)	song books; poetry books; game books
15.  What I have learned about time	Evaluate understanding of time and skill in reading time.	Four evaluation tasks: a) digital clock; b) face clock; c) journal; d) story writing, (individual)

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