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These clocks show bedtime and wake-up time.
Take a close look at each clock.
Think about these questions:
Tell what you think and why.
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Source: Mathbeforebed
Telling the Time is a fun online game that helps you practice reading the time. You look at clocks and choose the correct time shown. The game starts with easier times and gets a little trickier as you go, helping you build confidence with both analog and digital clocks.
A calendar is a system of organizing days.
It helps keep track of the days, weeks and months in a year.
It also helps keep track of special dates and events!
Make a calendar for the month of April. Include the month, the days of the week and the numbered dates. Add special days or events.
Look at the April calendar and answer the following questions:
At home, families often do small jobs that take a bit of time. Choose one simple task that can be repeated, such as:
Different family members try the same task while someone else keeps track of how long it takes.
Families can choose how they measure time (unit):
Each attempt should use the same unit within the family, but different families (or different tries) might use different units.
After completing the challenge, reflect on the following questions:
Source: Adapted from the E2.4 Measurement Sample Task in Grade 2
This is the fourth strategy in our series of featured math strategies. This month, we’re focusing on Part–Whole Models, which are also known as bar models or strip diagrams.
Part–whole models support students in developing a flexible understanding of numbers by visually representing how quantities are related. By showing the whole and its parts, students can break problems into meaningful pieces and reason about what is known and unknown. This helps students see addition and subtraction not as isolated procedures, but as connected relationships within a situation. Over time, students build stronger number sense, increased clarity, and a deeper understanding of how quantities work together.
Try these math problems:
Source: Ontario Mathematics Curriculum 2020, Grade 1, B2.4 Examples
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow!
Check out our past e-newsletters for more fun and exciting math games and challenges to do at home.
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