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Time to Get Clean WorksheetTime to Get Clean Worksheet
Publisher
Noyce Foundation
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3rd - 5th
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Math
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Duration
15 mins
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Year
2008
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Time to Get Clean

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It's assessment time! Determine your young mathematicians' understanding of elapsed time with this brief, five-question quiz.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

elapsed time, time word problems, hours, minutes, time intervals, measurement, word problems, time

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Implement this assessment during a lesson series on elapsed time in the upper-elementary grade levels
  • Pass out the student work samples included with this resource, having children work with a partner or in small groups identifying the mistakes that were made

Classroom Considerations

  • Assessment assumes children have an understanding of fractions and how they apply to time

Pros

  • Assessment includes word problems that give elapsed times in both minutes and fractions of an hour
  • An answer key and grading rubric are provided for the assessment
  • Multiple samples of student work are included with written descriptions analyzing the mistakes made in each
  • Offers teaching tips for addressing common misconceptions about time

Cons

  • Note that the images of student work included in this resource do not appear when using the Chrome web browser, but they do show up when using other browsers

Common Core

3.MD.A.1 4.MD.A.2 MP1 MP5

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