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Learning Resources Ler2980 Elapsed Time Line Opinions - Help students visualize, calculate and understand elapsed time with this linear color-coded ruler. To determine elapsed time, students place a sliding marker at both start and end times, then count the time in between the markers. Features red AM hours, green PM hours and blue minute increments. Markings offer flexibility of 5- to 60-minute intervals. Plastic ruler measures 24"L x 2 1/2" W and folds in half for convenient storage. Activity Guide included.\n
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Time for Time . At the learning center I've worked with students from five to sixty, and with students of any age one sometimes encounters stumbling blocks, obstacles that arrest or slow progress. These boulders in the road might be the times tables, use of apostrophes in possessives, sight word mastery, long division, potato agronomy, sequencing of events in a passage, word problems, counting money, or telling time. A common difficulty youngsters encounter when studying time is calculating elapsed time. For these students the difficulty is compounded when the event begins before noon and ends in the afternoon.
I like using manipulatives to teach an abstract concept like elapsed time. For the one to one lessons I've sometimes used real clocks, but mostly use a model clock designed for young learners. Students physically turn the hands of the clock and count the revolutions to determine elapsed time. Some require more practice than others despite extensive use of the visuals and manipulatives. Even a snack of cookies fortified with thyme doesn't always help. Recently we acquired a new tool for those having difficulty mastering elapsed time. It's a product called Elapsed Time Line from Learning Resources.
Elapsed Time Line
Learning Resources? calls their product a linear, color-coded ruler, and it does indeed look like a bright yellow ruler. In fact it looks like two bright yellow rulers joined in the middle with a plastic hinge. When unfolded the elapsed time line device measures 24" by 2.5 inches. Amazingly the height is a constant 2.5" whether or not the elapsed time line is folded or unfolded!
The ruler on the left is the AM side. The numbered hours are inside red circles; the lines between the circles are in increments of five minutes with the numbers 15, 30, and 45 shown as numerals. On the PM side the hours are inside green circles.
On the top of the time line is a blue starting time marker that slides inside a channel. On the bottom of the time line is a red indicator also sliding inside a channel. A clever child or a potato head can figure out how to remove the markers making the time line almost useless.
The included activity guide is of marginal usefulness. It's a small tri-folded sheet of paper that mostly describes the time line. Two example problems are illustrated on the back of the activity guide. The user is cautioned not to force the time line to close because it could cause it to break. Perhaps one should ask it nicely to close instead of using force.
Random Thoughts and Opinions
The elementary grade teachers with whom I shared the Elapsed Time Line weren't familiar with it and questioned its usefulness and longevity. A kindergarten teacher said many of her students would break the thing in less than five minutes or discover how to remove the sliding arrows. She said that the time line might be useful for one to one instruction, but she wouldn't want to distribute these to a class.
One teacher questioned the difficulty of transition from the linear time line to a real clock. I don't thing that transitioning will be a problem.
The unit looks like a ruler, generic and utilitarian. I'd like to see bigger numbers, more colors, and even some illustrations to give this time tool some pizzazz. The back of the Elapsed Time Line is totally blank, a vacuum begging to be filled.
The sliding arrows don't slide easily making it difficult for youngsters to place the markers precisely. Even this Spudman had some difficulty placing the arrows on target.
The students with whom I shared the Elapsed Time Line were somewhat underwhelmed though they welcomed this new approach to an old topic. Most found it easier to determine elapsed time using the "time line" than using fingers, pencil and paper, or a model clock with moving hands. After ten minutes or so with the Elapsed Time Line students and teacher were ready to move on to something else.
I found prices online for this tool ranging from 15 to thirty dollars. Don't pay more than fifteen dollars for it. For years I've presented the same concept of linear time by using an actual ruler or simply writing out the hours on a sheet of paper with time increments marked between the hours. The cost for my homemade paper and pencil timeline? Nothing but a little time.
Time for Time . At the learning center I've worked with students from five to sixty, and with students of any age one sometimes encounters stumbling blocks, obstacles that arrest or slow progress. These boulders in the road might be the times tables, use of apostrophes in possessives, sight word mastery, long division, potato agronomy, sequencing of events in a passage, word problems, counting money, or telling time. A common difficulty youngsters encounter when studying time is calculating elapsed time. For these students the difficulty is compounded when the event begins before noon and ends in the afternoon.
I like using manipulatives to teach an abstract concept like elapsed time. For the one to one lessons I've sometimes used real clocks, but mostly use a model clock designed for young learners. Students physically turn the hands of the clock and count the revolutions to determine elapsed time. Some require more practice than others despite extensive use of the visuals and manipulatives. Even a snack of cookies fortified with thyme doesn't always help. Recently we acquired a new tool for those having difficulty mastering elapsed time. It's a product called Elapsed Time Line from Learning Resources.
Elapsed Time Line
Learning Resources? calls their product a linear, color-coded ruler, and it does indeed look like a bright yellow ruler. In fact it looks like two bright yellow rulers joined in the middle with a plastic hinge. When unfolded the elapsed time line device measures 24" by 2.5 inches. Amazingly the height is a constant 2.5" whether or not the elapsed time line is folded or unfolded!
The ruler on the left is the AM side. The numbered hours are inside red circles; the lines between the circles are in increments of five minutes with the numbers 15, 30, and 45 shown as numerals. On the PM side the hours are inside green circles.
On the top of the time line is a blue starting time marker that slides inside a channel. On the bottom of the time line is a red indicator also sliding inside a channel. A clever child or a potato head can figure out how to remove the markers making the time line almost useless.
The included activity guide is of marginal usefulness. It's a small tri-folded sheet of paper that mostly describes the time line. Two example problems are illustrated on the back of the activity guide. The user is cautioned not to force the time line to close because it could cause it to break. Perhaps one should ask it nicely to close instead of using force.
Random Thoughts and Opinions
The elementary grade teachers with whom I shared the Elapsed Time Line weren't familiar with it and questioned its usefulness and longevity. A kindergarten teacher said many of her students would break the thing in less than five minutes or discover how to remove the sliding arrows. She said that the time line might be useful for one to one instruction, but she wouldn't want to distribute these to a class.
One teacher questioned the difficulty of transition from the linear time line to a real clock. I don't thing that transitioning will be a problem.
The unit looks like a ruler, generic and utilitarian. I'd like to see bigger numbers, more colors, and even some illustrations to give this time tool some pizzazz. The back of the Elapsed Time Line is totally blank, a vacuum begging to be filled.
The sliding arrows don't slide easily making it difficult for youngsters to place the markers precisely. Even this Spudman had some difficulty placing the arrows on target.
The students with whom I shared the Elapsed Time Line were somewhat underwhelmed though they welcomed this new approach to an old topic. Most found it easier to determine elapsed time using the "time line" than using fingers, pencil and paper, or a model clock with moving hands. After ten minutes or so with the Elapsed Time Line students and teacher were ready to move on to something else.
I found prices online for this tool ranging from 15 to thirty dollars. Don't pay more than fifteen dollars for it. For years I've presented the same concept of linear time by using an actual ruler or simply writing out the hours on a sheet of paper with time increments marked between the hours. The cost for my homemade paper and pencil timeline? Nothing but a little time.
Product Details
EAN : 0765023029802UPC : 765023029802
MPN : LER2980
Brand : Learning Resources
Weight : 1 pounds
Height : 1 inches
Length : 13 inches
Width : 5 inches
Binding : Toy
Department : Supply
Manufacturer : LEARNING RESOURCES
Publisher : LEARNING RESOURCES
SKU : EDRE21530
Studio : LEARNING RESOURCES
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