{"id":70946,"date":"2020-04-20T12:19:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=70946"},"modified":"2020-05-25T11:32:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T15:32:23","slug":"time-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/math\/math-grades-1-3\/investigations\/time-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-70947\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/veri-ivanova-p3Pj7jOYvnM-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"a pocket watch\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/veri-ivanova-p3Pj7jOYvnM-unsplash.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/veri-ivanova-p3Pj7jOYvnM-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/veri-ivanova-p3Pj7jOYvnM-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/veri-ivanova-p3Pj7jOYvnM-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/veri-ivanova-p3Pj7jOYvnM-unsplash-165x110.jpg 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/veri-ivanova-p3Pj7jOYvnM-unsplash-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/veri-ivanova-p3Pj7jOYvnM-unsplash-945x630.jpg 945w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/veri-ivanova-p3Pj7jOYvnM-unsplash-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Investigations<\/h5>\n<p>Estimation helps students use logic and reasoning in problem-solving situations with numbers and helps to judge how appropriate an answer is.<\/p>\n<h2>Materials:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>copy of the chart below, (just draw your own if you don\u2019t have a printer)<\/li>\n<li>Pencil or pen<\/li>\n<li>Something to keep track of time with (clock, watch, stopwatch or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;sxsrf=ALeKk00F88NdNlxpI0vDe_HvKXn6eDHc-g%3A1587141980025&amp;ei=XN2ZXqyCAdHStAXTxr_AAQ&amp;q=stopwatch&amp;oq=stopwatch&amp;gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIECAAQQzIICAAQgwEQkQIyBggAEAcQHjIGCAAQBxAeMgQIABBDMgYIABAHEB4yBggAEAcQHjIGCAAQBxAeMgYIABAHEB4yBggAEAcQHjoECAAQRzoICAAQCBAHEB5KEAgXEgw5LTExMGcxMDFnNjFKCwgYEgc5LTFnNWc0UKk6WMlCYPFEaABwAngAgAF0iAGMBpIBAzYuMpgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXo&amp;sclient=psy-ab&amp;ved=0ahUKEwisoLXP9O_oAhVRKa0KHVPjDxgQ4dUDCAs&amp;uact=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">virtual stopwatch<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Have your child choose an activity from the chart.<\/li>\n<li>Have your child estimate how long it will take to complete the<br \/>\nchosen activity.<\/li>\n<li>Use a clock, watch, or stopwatch to time how long it actually<br \/>\ntakes.<\/li>\n<li>Switch roles; now you can do the task while your child keeps<br \/>\ntrack of the time.<\/li>\n<li>Complete the other activities from the chart or make<br \/>\nup your own activities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<th style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\">Activity<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\">Estimated Time<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\">Actual Time<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\">Brush My Teeth<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\">Make My Bed<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\">Set The Table<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\">Wash My Hands<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Let\u2019s Talk About It<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>How close were your estimates to the actual times to do the activity?<\/li>\n<li>Were some activities more difficult to estimate? Why?<\/li>\n<li>What strategy did you use to estimate?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(adapted from <a href=\"https:\/\/mathies.ca\/files\/Number%20Sense%20and%20Numeration%20Grade%202.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mathies.ca<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estimation helps students use logic and reasoning in problem-solving situations with numbers and helps to judge how appropriate an answer is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72786,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70946","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70946\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}