MA.3.G.5.3Archived Standard

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Tell time to the nearest minute and to the nearest quarter hour, and determine the amount of time elapsed.

Remarks

Elapsed time may include days, weeks, months, years, decades, and centuries.
General Information
Subject Area: X-Mathematics (former standards - 2008)
Grade: 3
Body of Knowledge: Geometry
Idea: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
Supporting Idea: Geometry and Measurement - Geometry and Measurement
Date Adopted or Revised: 09/07
Content Complexity Rating: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 06/07
Status: State Board Approved - Archived
Assessed: Yes
Test Item Specifications
  • Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: MC item(s)
    • At Grade 3, this benchmark will be assessed using MC items.
  • Clarification :
    Students will identify the time displayed on an analog clock to the nearest minute or quarter hour.

    Students will determine the amount of time elapsed.
  • Content Limits :
    Items may include determining elapsed time of days, weeks, months, or years.

    For elapsed time greater than 1 hour and less than or equal to 24 hours, only increments of hours and half hours will be assessed.

    For elapsed time less than 1 hour, only increments of quarter hours, and 5 minutes will be assessed.

  • Stimulus Attributes :
    Graphics will be used in most of these items.

    Items may use digital or analog clocks.

    For elapsed time less than one hour, an analog clock must be used.

    For elapsed time greater than one hour, a digital clock may be used.
Sample Test Items (1)
  • Test Item #: Sample Item 1
  • Question: Trina went to see a play. The clock below shows the time that Trina got to the theater.

    clock

    if the play started at 8:00, how many minutes did trina wait at the theater before the play started?
  • Difficulty: N/A
  • Type: MC: Multiple Choice

Related Access Points

Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.

Related Resources

Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Educational Software / Tools

Bedtime Bandits:

This online interactive game is a great way for students to practice identifying time on analog clocks.

Type: Educational Software / Tool

Clockworks:

This online game helps your students practice time on an analog clock.

Type: Educational Software / Tool

E-lab Elapsed Time on a Clock interactive game:

Students can practice elapsed time on this easy-to-use online math game. It also comes with a printable recording sheet for tracking progress.

Type: Educational Software / Tool

Image/Photograph

Clipart ETC: Clock Menu:

This website has over 2,000 illustrations of analog clocks. There are clocks with a variety of numeral fonts, and plain faces showing all possible times in one-minute increments. There are also an assortment of antique clocks, pocket watches, pendulums, hour glasses, and the interior devices of time pieces.

Type: Image/Photograph

Lesson Plans

Hands on the Clock:

This lesson gives students an opportunity to apply time knowledge to identify time intervals to the nearest minute.

Type: Lesson Plan

Discovering Math: Beginning Measurement:

Demonstrate the basic measures of length, width, height, weight, and temperature by measuring objects and recording the information.

  • Demonstrate how time is measured by recording it to the nearest minute.
  • Count money using coins and bills.

Type: Lesson Plan

Teaching Idea

Seal Scientists-SeaWorld Classroom Activity:

In this activity, students will review their knowledge of time and clocks during imaginary seal watching.

Type: Teaching Idea

Student Resources

Vetted resources students can use to learn the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Educational Software / Tool

E-lab Elapsed Time on a Clock interactive game:

Students can practice elapsed time on this easy-to-use online math game. It also comes with a printable recording sheet for tracking progress.

Type: Educational Software / Tool

Parent Resources

Vetted resources caregivers can use to help students learn the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Educational Software / Tool

Clockworks:

This online game helps your students practice time on an analog clock.

Type: Educational Software / Tool