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By lis3569

To help my students master this I just gave them lots and lots of practice. I created worksheets that contained stories that they coudl relate to. I used their names and events in their lives. On the worksheets I also provided
quick of telling time. I kept it easy to get their confidence up. I also wrote a problem of the day everyday on the board to practice this skill. Another act. we did was create mini-books. On page one- they wrote a something along the lines "On Monday, Tom woke up at 8:15 a.m.. 15 minutes went by before he actually got out of bed. What time did Tom get out of bed?" They drew a

clock with the starting time and a picture to go along with their story. Then they switched books. Child #2 solved the problem and then drew the clock with the new time and a picture to go along with the story o npage 2. This child then created the story prob. on page three and gave it to another child to solve on the next page. This went on and on over weeks... some books were quite long- but the kids loved it! I left some books in the book area and the children love reading them and solving the prob. SOme kids have also added more pages! Like I said it is all about practice, practice, practice. Another act. would be to give each child (or make) small clocks and do whole class problems out loud. They can manipulate the clocks to show the time (great for those kinesthetic learners). Have them hold up their clocks so yo ucan see who is and is not getting it. Practice often! My students love this too!

Good luck.

email me if you want- I have a few websites you can look at. lismac@comcast.net