Blooming with Time!

Recently we learned how to tell time by 5-minute intervals.  The students have been doing a pretty good job with this skill but were still making the common error distinguishing between the tricky hour hand and the minute hand.  Today we created these fantastic clocks to reinforce our skills. The visual really helped the kiddos that needed a bit of practice and I LOVE how bright and sunny they turned out! 

After each student made a clock I gave them a card with a time on it.  They were instructed to represent that time on their clock paying close attention to the placement of the hour hand and minute hand.  After everyone was done we played a few rounds of a super fun game called "I have...Who has..." 

Lots of listening and careful thinking was involved as the first student would read their card, "I have 12:35.  Who has 3:15?"  Then the student who had 3:15 would respond, "I have 3:15.  Who has 11:45?"  The game continues until all times were mentioned.  A "blooming" fun time was had by all!