GRASPS Title: First Grade Telling Time
Submitted by: Susan Douglas
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Performance Task - GRASPS
Goal – The goal of this fun activity is for you to
learn how to tell time and understand how time is apart of our lives. You will
gain a sense of time awareness of the order and length of different events. You will learn how to create a schedule with a
beginning, middle, and end sequence.
Role – Your role in this activity will be to become
a birthday party coordinator for yourself for the day. Your job is to make a
fabulous birthday agenda for yourself that no one will want to miss. You will
put together a birthday schedule with a list of activities and coordinating
times in a personalized book.
Audience – Your audience will be your family and
friends, who will be apart of celebrating your special day. They will use the
birthday schedule book to know the order of events on your birthday and how to
best honor you on your day.
Situation – It is that wonderful time of year again, your
birthday! It is important you understand the time of year for your birthday. You
will need to decide what day in the month your birthday falls on and what you
would like to do to celebrate your special day. Think about your birthday from
the moment you wake up, to the time you lay your head down on your pillow that
night. Explore and dream up what fun things you want to do on your birthday and
make sure the order of events make sense. Would you like to wake up to
breakfast in bed, get a hair cut, get your nails done (if you’re a girl), shop
for a new outfit, have a big party, set up decorations, greet and spend time
with party guests, play games, open presents, ride your bike in the park, enjoy
a family movie night, take a bubble bath, read a new bedtime story. Your task is to make a creative list of
activities and their time of day in order from beginning to end. When you’re
done with your list, you’ll make an illustrative “My Birthday Celebration
Schedule Book.” It will highlight your fantastic activities in a fun manner.
Get excited, it is time to prepare for your celebration!
Product/Performance – The final product of this activity will be
for you to have made a “My Celebration Birthday Book,” highlighting all the key
events of your special day in sequence from the beginning, middle, and end of
the day. You will need to include a minimum of 5 activities in your birthday
book. You are welcome to do more than 5 activities. This will include
illustrating a detailed and creative image of each birthday activity on each
page. You will need to write a short description of what you are doing in the
picture. The correctly written time and length of the activity on your birthday
should also be reflected. All of your work needs to be completed in an
organized manner and should be written with your best handwriting. You will
have an opportunity to practice sharing your special birthday books with partners.
Please practice using good eye contact, reading your activities and time
fluently, and speaking with a strong volume. Overall, you will want to present
your book in a confident and clear manner. Then, you will have the chance to
showcase your creative and detailed work with the entire class during an
exciting and festive “Around the Clock” themed culminating telling time party.
Standard/Criteria for Success – see rubric
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RUBRIC Telling Time and the Ordering of Events |
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Improvement |
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Fabulous |
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Time Skills - Correctly
written time to the hour and half hour |
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Organization – Displayed
birthday schedule in the correct length/order of events |
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Journal- Complete
schedule with a minimum of 5 activities |
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Attractiveness – Creative,
colorful, and neat display of information |
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Present – Communicate
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