Lesson Plan
Get There On Time: Elapsed Time Word Problem Strategies
In this lesson, students will practice strategies of subtracting time and apply them to real life scenarios. Also, use this game with the lesson that teaches addition of elapsed time called Beyond Just Addition.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to subtract time from a given endpoint.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Ask students if their families are ever late to gatherings or events.
- Call on a few students to share family stories.
- Ask students to think about how you can plan to be on time - take suggestions (i.e. plan ahead, prepare things the night before, leave earlier, etc.).
- Tell students that if they learn to count time backwards, they can use that skill to plan a timely arrival.
Beginning
- Pair students with a supportive peer to share stories and suggestions.
- Allow them to use their home language (L1) or English as they share.
Intermediate
- Provide sentence starters for discussion, such as "We were late when ________." and "You can plan to be on time by ________."