How to teach telling time on an analog clock (1st–3rd grade)
How to teach telling time on an analog clock: hour hand first, then half hours, five minutes, to the minute, then elapsed time in 3rd grade and daily anchors.
Read more →How to teach telling time on an analog clock: hour hand first, then half hours, five minutes, to the minute, then elapsed time in 3rd grade and daily anchors.
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Read more →Addition within 20 strategies for 1st graders: counting on, doubles, near doubles, make ten and known facts, plus a 2-week plan and a fluency-not-speed rule.
Read more →1st grade math skills checklist: add and subtract within 20, place value to 120, compare two-digit numbers, tell time to the hour and half hour, measure, shapes and halves.
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