Moore Math Messages

February 17th 11:00 - 12:00 (recording will be sent if you register)

How do students across the learning continuum build meaningful, lasting understanding in math? This first edWebinar of Math the Way Every Brain Learns: Engaging All Learners Week introduces the neuroscience behind visual-first, spatial-temporal learning and reveals why instruction aligned to how the brain naturally learns creates powerful access points for all learners.

Attendees will see examples of students making sense of math through visuals, feedback, and exploration, and hear how schools are using this approach to elevate engagement, deepen thinking across diverse learner groups, and improve student achievement. This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK-12 teachers, school leaders, district leaders, and education technology leaders.

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February 18th 11:00 - 12:00 (recording will be sent if you register)

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When math class becomes a space for sense-making rather than answer-getting, every learner finds a way in. This second edWebinar of Math the Way Every Brain Learns: Engaging All Learners Week explores how to build discourse structures that invite all students—quiet thinkers, multilingual learners, struggling students, and gifted problem solvers—to express ideas, test strategies, and learn from one another.

Educators will learn simple routines that reduce cognitive load, lift student agency, and strengthen classroom community through shared mathematical thinking. Real classroom stories will highlight the impact of inclusive math talk on learners across the spectrum. This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK-12 teachers, school leaders, district leaders, and education technology leaders.

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February 19th 11:00 - 12:00 (recording will be sent if you register)

Play is a universal language, and one of the most powerful tools for opening math to every learner. This third edWebinar of Math the Way Every Brain Learns: Engaging All Learners Week highlights how puzzle-driven, exploratory learning creates low-floor/high-ceiling entry points that support students who need more scaffolding while offering rich challenge for those ready to stretch.

Attendees will see how play lowers stress, fuels curiosity, and drives deep reasoning for learners of all profiles, from those who typically struggle to those who crave greater complexity. Practical strategies and real classroom examples will bring the power of play to life. This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK-12 teachers, school leaders, district leaders, and education technology leaders.

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Use string, colorful beads, or uncooked pasta, like penne or macaroni. Have your child add a bead for each number they count up to, creating a visual and tactile representation of the whole numbers.

Use beads in various colors and have children create bracelets by following or making a specific pattern sequence (like red, blue, red, blue).

Use different-shaped beads (like circles, cubes, and cylinders) to create pattern necklaces. Discuss the shape and the sequence as they string the beads.

Label each section of an egg carton with numbers and use small items like marbles or dried beans to match the number in each section.

Use a variety of buttons and a muffin tin. Challenge your child to place the correct number of buttons in each muffin slot according to your labeled numbers.

Provide an assortment of buttons differing in color, size, or shape. Children can arrange them into repeating patterns based on one or more attributes.

Use cereal boxes as a non-standard unit and have children measure the length or height of items by stacking and counting the boxes.

Use a cut-out of a child’s shoe or their actual footprint to measure distances across a room, recording how many steps it takes. Then, compare their footprints to those of other family members.

Cut pieces of string or ribbon into various lengths, and have the children use a ruler or measuring tape to measure and record each length.

Play music and let children move around; when the music stops, hold up a clock showing the time. Have children point to that time on their own paper clocks or call out the time that you are showing.

Tap or clap along while counting, reinforcing number patterns through rhythm. (Counting by multiples or odd/even)

This musical approach connects math with sound, helping children learn through their ears as well as their eyes.

Draw a hopscotch grid with numbers, and let children hop to solve simple addition and subtraction equations.

You can also draw a number line and have them physically move back and forth, adding and subtracting numbers.

Write various daily activities that take place at a specific time of day onto index cards. Have your student arrange the cards chronologically, understanding the time sequence.

Print out a worksheet with multiple clockfaces and give one to each student. On a large clockface, demonstrate to your students how to read the time between 12:00 and 12:59. Color in the triangle between the center point, the 12, and the 1. Explain: If the hour hand is anywhere in this color zone, the time is read as 12-something. Move the hands on your clock and demonstrate: 12:05, 12:20, 12:45, and finally 12:59. Once the hour hand is directly over the 1, the time is read as 1-something. Color in the triangle between the 1 and 2 a different color and proceed as above. Have students follow along on their worksheets as you work together, then fill in the rest of the triangles on their own.

If your students love to play musical chairs, they will love this telling-time version of the game. Pass out a clockface worksheet to each student and have them draw a time on their clock. Then, have them leave it on their desk. Give each student a recording sheet, then have them grab a pencil and get ready to move!

Start the music and let kids dance around from desk to desk. When the music stops, students will record the time on the clock of the desk in front of them. (Have them also write the name of the student who wrote that time to check for accuracy.) Start the music again and keep on going!

This clever time-telling trick will help your students master reading the minute hand as the hour hand shifts. To demonstrate, use a large clock without the plastic cover over the face. Attach a piece of pipe cleaner in the shape of a backward J to the hour hand. Set the clock to the top of an hour—for example, 3:00. Now slowly rotate the minute hand and watch the hour hand as it moves to the right. Explain to students that until the pipe cleaner is cleanly aligned with the 4, all the times will be written as 3:something. The hook of the J will remind them to look back, not forward. If possible, have students practice on mini clocks of their own.

Write the Room activities are a fun way to get your students up and moving. For this fun time-telling activity, post paper analog clocks with times filled in around the room. On each clock sheet, also write a challenge question such as “What time was it 10 minutes ago?” or “What time will it be in half an hour?” etc. Have students travel with a record sheet, pencil, and clipboard. When they find a clock, they record the time on their record sheet. They get a point for each correct answer. For each challenge question they get right, they get two points. When you check your students’ work, you will be able to tell who needs more work and who needs more instruction.

Are your students ready to tackle elapsed time? This visual activity will help them apply telling time to their everyday lives. Create a worksheet with three columns and three rows. In the first two columns, insert an analog clock without arms. Leave the third column blank. Label the three rows Activity #1, Activity #2, Activity #3.

To begin, ask students to choose three activities they do. For instance: soccer practice, art class, eating breakfast, doing homework, etc. To fill in their chart, have students label each row with the name of the activity. Then, on the first clock, they will draw in the time the activity started. On the second clock, they will draw in the time the activity ended. In the third column, they will write the total time the activity took. Repeat for each activity.

This is a fun game to play with partners or small groups. Each student will need their own mini teaching clock (like a Judy clock) and each pair or group will need a die. To begin, have each student set their clock to 12:00. To play, students will take turns rolling the die, reading the direction card, and moving their clock the correct amount of time. The direction cards should read as follows:

1. Move ahead 5 minutes.
2. Move ahead 10 minutes.
3. Move back 5 minutes.
4. Move ahead 15 minutes.
5. Move ahead 20 minutes.
6. Move back 10 minutes.

The round ends when the first player makes it all the way around the clock to 1:00.

Kids love to play bingo so why not use it for time-telling practice? Search the internet for a customizable analog clock bingo card template or create your own. Label the clocks on the card with whatever time skills your students are working on, whether it’s hours, half hours, quarter hours, or to the minute. Copy the card and pass one out to each student. Then, play a few rounds of bingo using the usual rules.

Materials:

• Blocks or legos in multiple colors.
• Pieces of paper that match the color of the blocks.

Directions:

1. Mix up all the blocks/legos.
2. Spread out the pieces of paper.
3. Place the block/lego on the matching color of paper.
4. Count the number of items on each card.

Materials:

• Popsicle Sticks
• Clothespins
• Marker

Directions:

1. Write numbers 0 -10 on the craft sticks skipping some of the numbers (leave those sticks blank.)
2. Write the missing numbers on the clothes pins.
3. Students need to put the sticks in order and clip the clothespin on the blank stick to fill in the missing numbers.

Materials:

• Spatula or fly swatter
• Post-in Notes (numbered 1 - 6)
• Regular Die (1-6)

Directions:

1. Spread out the post-it notes on the table.
2. A student roll the die.
3. Students swat the numeral that matches the number they rolled.

Materials:

• Pom Poms
• Straw (for each child)
• Container
• Post-it notes

Directions:

1. Using the post-it notes, label the containers with numerals.
2. Students will use the straws to pick up the pom poms.
3. They will place the correct number of pom poms in each container matching the number on the container.
4. For an extra challenge, mix the containers so they are not in number order.

This one is great for circle time or small group time.

Materials:

• Color Spinner
• (Here's a digital one)

Directions:

1. Working in small groups, spin the spinner.
2. As quickly as possible, students in that group will need to get something from around the room that matches the color.

This one is great for circle time.

Materials:

• Different colored balls

Directions:

1. Start out passing one ball around the circle.
2. Yell, "Change!" to change the direction the ball is being passed.
3. To increase difficulty, have multiple balls. Some can be going the same direction or different directions. You can call out one color of ball to change direction .
   
   

As children follow the Grouchy Ladybug on her journey, they will learn the important concepts of time, size, and shape, as well as the benefits of friendship and good manners.

For generations, The Grouchy Ladybug has delighted readers of all ages with the story of a bad-tempered bug who won't say "please" or "thank you," won't share, and thinks she is bigger and better than anyone else. Readers will love how this testy ladybug introduces them to many new animals and learns that maybe being grouchy isn’t always the best option.

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Join in the fun with this new twist on Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme, and see how many different kinds of clocks you can find When the clock strikes one, a fun-loving mouse runs up the clock. But what happens when the clock strikes two? A cat gets hungry for mouse-tail stew . . . and the chase is on! Hour by hour, more animals - and even a few people - join in. The crowd charges into the barnyard, dashes through the kitchen, and eventually heads right into the middle of town. Keep your eye on the many clocks in this book and follow along until this twelve-hour race comes to a surprising end! In each of these unique titles, poetry, stories, and trivia combine to illustrate math principles for young readers. The lighthearted illustrations and storylines show students how fascinating the world of numbers can be.

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It's fun to tell time as you dance around the clock! Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to boogie! It's American Bat stand - a twelve-hour rock and roll extravaganza with Click Dark as your host. Decked in go-go boots and bobby sox, the buoyant bats bebop their way around the clock. And there's a special guest appearance at the end! With their swinging text and groovy illustrations, the creators of Bat Jamboree and Bats on Parade don't miss a beat when it comes to the basics. Telling time has never been so much fun!

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The zany CATegorical cats introduce the measurement of time, from seconds, minutes, and hours up to decades. Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable bring their winning teamwork to this playful, fun look at learning about time.

From the author and illustrator duo of the best-selling Words Are CATegorical® series, Math Is CATegorical® introduces basic math concepts for young readers and reveals that sometimes math is easier to show than explain! Pairing clever rhyming verse with comical cartoon cats, Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable help children add up just how fun math can be!

This book talks about seconds, minutes, hours, days, week, month, year, and decade.

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Game Time! is perfect for teaching time to second, third, and fourth graders. Keep an eye on the clock as the Huskies and the Falcons gear up for their championship soccer match. Weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds—it's all game time!

Kids will love the story and the illustrations by Cynthia Jabar. Parents and educators will love how the story and pictures make understanding the math concepts a breeze—as well as the concrete examples of how math works. The book contains activities for adults to do with kids to extend math into their own lives.

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What happens in just a second?

A bat makes 200 high-pitched calls.

A hummingbird beats its wings 50 times.

A woodpecker hammers a tree trunk with its beak 20 times.

A human can blink 7 times.

A vulture in fight flaps its wings once.

This nonfiction picture book explores the concept of time as a series of events in the natural world that take place in given units of time. Steve Jenkins's stunning collage illustrations and fascinating collection of facts create an engaging and interconnected look at time, animals, science, and the natural world.

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Discover Math Matters! With over 15 million books sold worldwide, this award-winning series of easy-to-read books will help young readers ages 5–8 approach math with enthusiasm. Great for fans of MathStart or Step into Reading Math.

Max has problems when he loses his beloved digital watch. He can't tell time on the analog watch that replaces it. What should he do?

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Do you find yourself repeating, "We are running out of time, let's go?" This book is perfect for teaching little kids real-life time management concept.

A fantastic and tool as a parent for teaching time for kids!’ – Parent Review

- Helps children understand the concept of time.

- Beautifully illustrated to engage young readers.

- Relates to common phrases parents use like "Hurry up" or "We're running out of time."

Is your child always asking about time? Discover the concept of time in a way they understand. Follow the adventure of a boy who learns valuable lessons about time management when his clock breaks.

Teach the basic concept of time and balance between structure and fun with this engaging story. Join the adventure today!

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A group of young space travelers can't wait for their pizza party later, but how many hours away is dinner? What are hours anyway?

Readers follow along as a loveable crew of kid astronauts and their Martain friends go about their daily routine, exploring the differences between seconds, minutes, and hours; what A.M. and P.M. mean; and how to tell time on both digital and analog clocks. Ten seconds to liftoff! Are you ready?

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