Elapsed Time Unit (middle school and high school special education math)

Are your students working on learning how to manage their time and schedules? Maybe they need to figure out how to get to their workplace on time, or how to make arrangements to get a ride home after that homecoming football game. Teach students 2 basic strategies for calculating elapsed time, with lots of real-life word problems to practice it in a relevant and applicable way!

This unit is designed specifically to present elapsed time in a simple and practical way for a self-contained special education classroom, to teach, practice, and assess. Please view the unit outline and preview carefully to decide if it may be a good fit for your students before purchasing! The Google Docs allow you to make adaptations to a certain extent for your specific student needs.

UNIT OUTLINE:

1 UNIT PACKET (33 pages) Printable + Google Docs

• Learn about what elapsed time is and why it’s important for life!

• Learn 2 different strategies for calculating elapsed time: using analog clocks and using the “mountain” diagramming strategy

• Includes comprehension checking questions throughout the unit

5 WORKSHEET SETS (18 pages, 50 problems total) Printable + Google Docs

• Elapsed time: Using analog clocks

• Elapsed time: How much time has passed?

• Word problems: Tell me how long!

• Elapsed time: What time will it be?

• Word problems: Come back when?!

5 SCAFFOLDED WORKSHEET SETS (50 pages, 50 problems total) Printable + Google Docs

• The same problem sets but with additional scaffolding

• Guides students through the some of the steps to help them solve the problems

ANSWER KEYS FOR ALL WORKSHEETS - Printable

*BONUS* BLANK WORD PROBLEM TEMPLATE - Printable

REVIEW GAME: TASK CARDS (10 problems) - Printable

• Template and answer key for the “Room Hunt” game included!

ASSESSMENT (20 points total) Printable + Google Forms

· Can be used for pre-, practice, and post- tests

THINGS TO TAKE NOTE OF:

* You will receive 1 Zip file with all of the printable materials.
* There is also a document called "DIGITAL MATERIALS" that provides download links to the Google Docs and Form! Please read the instructions carefully in order to access.

* If you need any help, please email me at lifeskillsthinker@gmail.com. I am more than happy to help! :)

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