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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Converting Minutes & Hours

Another common core target that we are working on for 4th grade is converting between minutes and hours.  Using my yard bug as a starting point, I came up with Miss Ticktock who teaches her  little clocks how to find either the minutes or hours for conversion problems.  The first little clock says, "I know the hours, so I multiply by 60!"  The second little clock says, "I know the minutes, so I'll make a chart!"
The chart that the students use is a t-chart much like the one used for teaching inches and feet.  I've also attached an example below: