Sunday, March 19, 2006
What time is it? SAND TIME
Hello Class!
Well wasn't it interesting to see all the different things that the class brought in today, everything from light cotton balls to heavy boots. Isn't it fun to see how you compare things in real life? We do it all the time.
Today in class we learned how to tell time. It was fun looking at all the different types and shapes of clocks wasn't it? We talked about the 12 numbers, the hour, minute and second hands, and how to read time.
We finally got to play with sand in the classroom today. Our timed sand experiment showed you that sand moves slower or faster depending on the size of the hole it travels through. Timing an experiment, like we did today, is just one way to use time differently in the classroom. Who would have guessed that keeping track of time would be so fun!
Tonight for homework, I would like to keep track of your schedule. I want you to write down what time you start your homework, what time you eat supper, what time you watch tv and so on, anything that you do on a normal school night.
Here are some websites that you can use at home to help practice telling, and reading time.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snapdragon/yesflash/time-1.htm
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/time/index.htm
http://www.lil-fingers.com/games/time/index.html
http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/games/game10.htm
Remember have fun!!
Miss Herridge
NOTE TO PARENTS: Today in class we brainstormed and discussed the characteristics of clocks such as there are the numbers from one to twelve on the clock, with twelve at the top, there is a long skinny hand it moves fastest, the long hand moves second fastest, and the short hand moves very slowly. I then introduced students to the proper terms for the hour hand, the minute hand and the second hand. I explained how to tell time, and moved the hands to help the children practice. After the basic concepts were acquired I had the children time their very first experiment. Each group of 2, had paper cups and sand. They placed different size holes in the bottom of the cups and times how long it took for the sand to fall out. Groups used pencils holes, nails holes, and even finger holes. One student was the timer, and other the performer, of course they rotated roles with each new hole. We then discussed their results as a class adn discussed why the big holes allowed the sand to fall out fastest and so on.
