Time Text Set

1. Time Text Set Brittany Crowe

2. Axelrod, A. (1998). Pigs on a blanket • Kindergarten to 3rd grade • Fiction • Summary: Mr. Pig, Mrs. Pig, and the piglets are hot, hot, hot and they really want to go to the beach. But time is running out for the Pigs! Will they be able to count the seconds, minutes, and hours and enjoy a swim in the ocean? • This book works with hours all the way down to minutes. This is exactly what my unit will be doing also.

3. Hutchins, P. (1994). Clocks and more clocks. • Preschool to 3rd Grade • Fiction • Summary: When the hall clock reads twenty minutes past four, the attic clock reads twenty-three minutes past four, the kitchen clock reads twenty-five minutes past four, and the bedroom clock reads twenty-six minutes past four, what should Mr. Higgins do? He can't tell which of his clocks tells the right time. He is in for a real surprise when the Clockmaker shows him that they are all correct! • This book with help students with learning their special words as well as learning time down to the minute.

4. Pinto, S. (2006). Clockwise: A time-telling tale. • 1st grade to 3rd grade • Fiction • Summary: Thomas's family is always late for things. Thomas thinks that if he only knew how to tell time, he could help his family get where they need to be. Then Thomas meets a clockmaker, who gives him a very special clock and some tips to help him learn to tell time. Award-winning designer and artist Sara Pinto shares what Thomas learned in this beautiful and unique book that teaches kids how to tell time in a unique way. • This book works with some of the special words that students sometimes struggle with.

5. Murphy, S. (2006). Rodeo Time. • 2nd grade and up • Fiction • Summary: Yee–hah! It's rodeo time! • Bareback bronc riding, barrel racing, calf roping, the livestock show, the fiddling contest, and don't forget lunch –– how are Katie and Cameron going to fit it all in and still have time to help their uncle, Cactus Joe, with chores? By making a schedule, of course. But making a schedule and sticking to it turn out to be two very different things! • This will allow students to see how they can use the information that they are learning in their daily lives.

6. Akaishi, S. (2006). My book of telling time: Learning about minutes • Kindergarten and Up • Workbook • Summary: This second book in the Telling Time sequence helps children learn how to tell time down to the minute. By using a variety of different activities to keep children engaged, this workbook helps children learn this difficult skill without feeling frustrated or anxious. • This book is great to use with third grade students as it gives them not only work with telling time to the minute, but it also provides a practice of telling time to the whole and half hours to reinforce the skills that should already possess

7. Murphy, S. (2000). Game time! • 1st to 5th grade • Fiction • Summary: Last year, the Falcons were the soccer league champs. Can the Huskies beat them this year? The big game is only seven days away—just one week. Then it's only one day away—24 hours. Then it's only an hour away—60 minutes. At first the Falcons come on strong, scoring during the first 15-minute quarter. Will the Huskies catch up by the half, 30 minutes into the game? It's a nail-biter, right down to the last second! The relationships between the various units of time—seconds, minutes, hours, days, and weeks—and how clocks and calendars represent these units are important concepts for children to understand. • This can be used in the classroom to work on multiple things: telling time to in fifteen minute increments as well as the various forms that time can come in.

8. Harris, T. (2009). The clock struck one: A time-telling tale. • Kindergarten and up • Fiction • Summary: When the clock strikes one, a fun-loving mouse runs up the clock. But what happens when the clock strikes two? A cat gets hungry for mouse-tail stew . . . and the chase is on! Hour by hour, more animals - and even a few people - join in. The crowd charges into the barnyard, dashes through the kitchen, and eventually heads right into the middle of town. Keep your eye on the many clocks in this book and follow along until this twelve-hour race comes to a surprising end! • This book can be used with my unit not only as a review of telling time to the hour, but also as a means to discuss how the analog and digital clocks on each page are similar and different

9. Richards, K. (2000). It’s about time, Max! • 2n grade and up • Fiction • Summary: In IT'S ABOUT TIME,MAX!, the focus is on telling time and the analog clock. Max has problems when he loses his beloved digital watch. What should he do? • This would be a good book for the beginning of the unit to help familiarize the students with an analog clock since they are most used to working with digital clocks.