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Activity 3 Time Relationships

jOb ective Know how a year, month, week, and day are related.

1. Textbook Instructions Activity 3 Time Relationships

Explain the time relationship of a year, a 1 Write more than, less than, or the same as to complete the
month, a week, and a day taught in Activity 1
and 2. sentence.

1. Change the time units of the problems and a Ann has been on a trip for 1 year.
write “more than,” “less than,” or “the same This is the same as 12 months.
as.”
b The math test is 7 days later.
1a. 1 month.
How can we convert a year into months? This is less than
We can divide a year into 12 months from
January to December. So, we refer to 1 year c The car traveled for 24 hours.
as 12 months. 1 day.
If Ann traveled for 1 year. Is this more This is the same as
than, less than or the same as 12 months?
It is the same as 12 months. d Thomas lived at his grandfather’s house
for 52 weeks. This is the same as
1d. Have students use the calendar from 1 year.
Activity 1 to count the weeks and confirm that
e Ricky went on a tour of Europe
1 year 52 weeks.
with his family for 21 days.
1e. Since 1 week is the same as 7 days, have 2 weeks.
students skip-count by 7 and convert 2 This is more than
weeks into days.

2 weeks 1 week 1week
7 days 7 days 14 days

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2. Build Understanding

Teaching the time relationships between different time units.
Ask questions like the following to help students understand the time relationship between different time
units.
Example: Is 1 month longer or shorter than 1 year?
Example: Is 1 week longer or shorter than 1 month?
Or have students write the time units in order.

Long: year > month > week > day > hour > minute: Short

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