Elapsed Time Word Problems – Third and Fourth Grade Elapsed Time Task Cards

Description

Struggling to help your students solve elapsed time word problems? I found that I didn’t have nearly enough practice problems for my students–and certainly not problems that interested and engaged them!  I created these to help my students, and boy–did they work!

(Make sure you read on to see how they are even differentiated!)

NOW INCLUDES A DIGITAL COMPONENT AS WELL! All problems can be sent digitally and recorded either on the problem slides or an included answer sheet.

The problems are written in such a way that third graders should be able to access them—perhaps (if needed) with the support of pictures, manipulatives, or teamwork. 

4th graders should be able to handle them independently. They are great problems for students to work on persevering, for deciding which operation to use, and for sharing different solution strategies.

This set of 20 “Elapsed Time” task cards are perfect to use

• as whole class warm ups
• for small group instruction
• in math stations or centers
• as intervention groups
• with a digital option for even more flexibility

Although designed to be used with third and fourth graders, these cards would also be perfect to use with older students needing additional review with real world time problems.

What do I get?

• Answers are included as are three rubrics to use to help in scoring the Standards for Mathematical Practice!
• The 20 task cards are included in both color and low-ink, black and white, and digital versions for ultimate flexibility. 
• Each task card has a great word problem AND an “extra” component for students ready for additional challenge. That’s 20 cards but 40 problems! Built-in differentiation!
• There are blank recording sheets that can be used for students to track their work, or they can simply do their work in a notebook.

How can I use these?

The obvious answer is when you are teaching a unit on elapsed time!

But wait…maybe there is another way to use these as well. Over the years I have noticed that students tend to look for routine in math class. If it’s a division unit, they will divide any two numbers they find! If it’s a subtraction unit, they try to regroup everything!

For that reason, I try hard to sprinkle in a variety of problems all year that require students to think and apply what they have learned—perhaps draw a picture or make a table to help . . . but, most importantly, to THINK about math. 

I hope you find these elapsed time task cards useful–whether you are teaching that topic or are looking for a way to get students really thinking about problem solving.

Check out the preview for more details!

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PLEASE NOTE:

This set of task cards is a version of THIS RESOURCE for people who prefer the problems in task card format. If you already own this resource, please know that the problems are the SAME but in a new format! If you prefer having the problems in three different formats, check the link above to see if that resource better suits your needs!

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