Epiphany Games - Telling Time Guide

Telling Time

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Features:

7 different activities to help students practice and develop time measurement.
3 different skill levels and 5 different lesson types, starting at telling time by the hour and building up to telling time by the minute.
Students are given a pretest to assess their current understanding, and are then placed at a starting level.
Student Progression – students unlock new activities as they complete lessons (Subscription Website Only)
Student Record Keeping – students’ scores and progress are recorded.(Subscription Website Only)
Teacher Assigned Levels – teachers can assign individual students, groups of students, or the entire class to a specific level to practice. (Subscription Website Only)

Grade Levels:

Appropriate for Grades 1 – 3.

Brief Description:

In this game, the students work on telling time in many different ways. There are six different activities to provide the students with telling time practice. There is a bonus seventh game that students are awarded if they successfully complete a level. Students start off by taking a pretest to determine their ability, and then they are placed at a level close to their skill level.

Lesson Ideas:

Introduction to Telling Time, Time Review

How To Play:

There are six different lessons included in Telling Time divided into five different categories: hours, half-hours, quarter-hours, 5-minute intervals, 1-minute intervals. There are three difficulty levels. Each difficulty level removes a little assistance from the analog clocks. (Easy – 5 minute marks are shown, Medium – only hour marks are shown, Hard – just hash marks are shown). The first time a student plays the game (if there are no previous settings by the teacher) the student will be given a short six to eight question pre-test to assess their current ability level.

Digital to Analog – In this activity the student is given a time in digital format and asked to convert it to an analog time.
Analog to Digital – In this activity the student is given a time on an analog clock and asked to convert it to a digital time.
Words to Digital – In this activity the student is given a time in words and asked to convert it into a digital time.
Words to Analog – In this activity the student is given a time in words and asked convert it into an analog time.
Digital to Words – In this activity the student is given a time in digital format and asked to convert it into words.
Analog to Words – In this activity the student is given a time in analog format and asked to convert it into words.
Bonus Game – Match that time – The student is shown a clock in the center and must click on all the matching clocks below to earn bonus points. In each activity the student will be provided a time and asked to convert it to a different format. Students use the arrow buttons to change the hours and minutes in each level. In the bonus level, awarded if a lesson is successfully completed, the students must find all the clocks that match the clock in the center and click on them. New levels are unlocked after students demonstrate a mastery of their current level.

Connection to Standards

State Standards:

State Goal 6C. Compute and estimate using mental mathematics, paper-and-pencil methods, calculators and computers.
State Goal 7A. Measure and compare quantities using appropriate units, instruments and methods.

NETS Technology Standards:

Demonstrate the ability to navigate in virtual environments such as electronic books, simulation software, and Web sites. (6)
Demonstrate the safe and cooperative use of technology. (5)
Communicate about technology using developmentally appropriate and accurate terminology. (6)