Math Blog #4- Katie Hall

Unfortunately I was unable to actually witness the students work on this math assignment this week. However, after looking at this particular worksheet, it is apparent that this student definitely understands how to read a clock and how to tell time. You can see that on problem #2, there was a slight confusion, and instead of reading "30 minutes before 7" the student thought it was "30 minutes after 7." They originally wrote 7:30, but fixed their mistake and corrected the time to 6:30. 

In addition to filling out worksheets such as this one, I think giving the students paper clocks whose minute and hour hands move would be a very beneficial way to practice telling time. The teacher could announce a particular time, then ask the students to set their clocks to that time as well. When they were finished, the students would hold their clock up in the air to be checked. 

I have noticed that while the students were in their literacy centers, a number of students would come up to me and ask me if it was "2 o'clock yet?" This worries me, because even though the students may be able to fill this particular worksheet out, they seem to still be having issues reading clocks in the real world. Again, the student who filled out this worksheet may have been advanced and have a better understanding of how to tell time compared to the other students in the class. The situation might also be that the students who would ask me what time it was were the few students who have issues with reading clocks and telling time. I plan on attending the classroom next during their math lesson, so I am excited to get a better insight of their skills in this area.