1-2-3 Come Tell Digital and Analog Time With Me!

I was pretty happy; after I got done with the Whooo knows the time? owl clock. Everyone I showed it to thought it was cute.

A friend commented that she felt a smaller version might be better for students.

I know that some teachers might not have the time for their kiddo’s to create the larger ones, so I decided to make mini Whooo knows the time? owl clock PADDLES. My “coin paddles” are one of our most downloaded items, so perhaps these will be a winner too.

While frogging around gluing the analog owl to the Popsicle stick, I thought why not put a digital one on the back, so teachers could review both Common Core State Standards. (1.MD.3a) They can use the big one and call out a time. Using dry erase markers, children draw the hands on their clock, and the numbers on the digital side, and then hold it up. Does it match the clocks that the teacher is holding? You can whole-group assess in seconds!

Print off the colored ones, or run off the black and white template on white construction paper. Students color their owls any color they want. Laminate and return to them to cut and glue to a Popsicle stick, gluing the analog owl on one side and the digital clock on the other.

If you want to use your owls each year, instead of having students make their own, print off the colored owl template and laminate.

Mr. Clean Erasers do a nice job of cleaning dry erase, and even permanent marker off laminate! Students only need a small square of the eraser, so cut your Mr. Clean ones in 8 pieces.

You could also make a few of the big clocks and have students partner up. One plays the teacher, and the other shows their student-paddle.  This is a great way to pair up a strong student, with a struggler, for more one-on-one review time.

Click on the link to view/download the large owl analog clock, the owl clock paddles, and/or the large digital owl clock.

Thanks for visiting today. Feel free to PIN anything on my site. My “Pin it” button is at the top. To make sure that pinners return to THIS blog article, click on the title of the blog article, so that it turns black, then click the "pin it" button. It's maddening clicking on  pins, only to find yourself at some other blog article and then have to scroll around to find what you're looking for.  If you’d like to take a look at all of the other awesome things I fritter hours away pinning, (should I even admit that?) click on the “Follow me” heart on the right.

“There is no failure except in not trying.” –Elbert Hubbard     It’s also nice to remember and remind, that failure is NOT permanent!