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The math for third grade math focuses on 4 critical areas:
The skill of telling time involves reading and writing time on an analog and digital clock. The kids start learning this skill in grade 1 and gradually develop fluency by the end of grade 3. They begin by relating a circle partitioned in 12 parts by an analog clock. They learn about the rotation of hour and minute hands.
They then develop an understanding of the number of minutes in an hour. They understand the vocabulary associated with time. For example, half past 6, quarter to 6 and quarter past 6. They first learn to tell time to the hour and to the half hour. They then learn to tell time to quarter past and quarter to. They also learn to relate a.m. and p.m. to the time of the days. They also learn to read time to nearest 5 minutes and nearest 1 minute on a number line. The kids also use subtraction skills to solve problems based on elapsed time. Once the kids get a good grasp over the topic, they no longer need time calculator hours to tool to manage their daily routine.
Skills required for understanding formula for time
Understanding the concept of time involves using many smaller skill sets earlier learned.
Thus, learning the concept of time enables kids to masters the skills learned earlier.
Telling time is an important skill to be learned in early childhood. It can be tricky to learn the concept of time. A balanced mix of fun and fact can make learning time easier. These days many websites offer telling time games. The skills to read and write time require practice. This skill can be developed while playing time games. This keeps the kids engaged and makes learning interesting.
There are learning games that focus only on time. Such educational games let kids read time on the online analog clock and interactive clock. This helps kids get fluent with measurement of time. The kids can also practice telling time worksheet online.
Grade 1: The kids’ relate their understanding of partitioning circles to an analog time clock. They see an analog clock as a circle partitioned into 12 equal parts. They learn about the hour hand and minute hand. They are able to tell time to the hour and to the half hour on an analog time clock and digital clock. The kids’ get familiar with the vocabulary like 3 o’ clock and half past 3. They also are able to discriminate between time to the hour and time to the half hour. They learn about the position of a minute and hour hand.
Grade 2: The kids’ understanding of partitioning the circle into halves and quarters help them understand the concept of quarter hours. They understand that an analog time clock can be divided into four equal quarters. They learn about the terminologies like half past 9, quarter to 9, quarter past 9 etc. The kids use skip-counting to count by fives. They relate 60 minutes to 1 hour, 30 minutes to a half hour and 15 minutes to a quarter hour. For example, they relate half past 4 with 4:30, 4:15 with quarter past 4 and 4:45 with a quarter to 5. They relate numbers on the face of the clock with the intervals of 5 and use this understanding to tell time to the nearest 5 minutes. The kids also learn about a.m. and p.m. They also solve problems based on elapsed time using their subtraction skills.
Grade 3: The kids learn to tell time to the nearest minute on analog and digital clocks. They use number line as a tool to count minutes within an hour. The kids use both clock and a number line to solve telling time worksheets involving addition and subtraction of intervals of minutes.
Grade 4: The kids use four operations to solve word problems involving intervals of time. These problems also involve conversions. They are expected to convert minutes to hours or vice versa to solve problems.
Answer the following questions.
For how many minutes did Jack read the book?
