tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134654362159100854.post1462114846677235594..comments2023-09-18T06:26:02.660-07:00Comments on Ms. Fiorini's Stadium: Introducing the Hour HandAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05852459384046522888noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134654362159100854.post-72511671797983300022013-04-09T03:54:14.603-07:002013-04-09T03:54:14.603-07:00Here's the trick to help my kids identify the ...Here's the trick to help my kids identify the name and function of the hands. <br /><br />Hour has 4 letters.<br /><br />Minute has 6 letters.<br /><br />Hour = short word, short hand.<br /><br />Minute = longer word, longer hand<br /><br />Look at the hour hand FIRST<br /><br />Write the hour hand FIRST. <br /><br />Repeating this often will help it sink in. <br /><br />PattyPatty Rutenbarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01326196976806184546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134654362159100854.post-64195049861970527792013-03-29T18:11:43.202-07:002013-03-29T18:11:43.202-07:00Glad to hear that this works. I feel much better ...Glad to hear that this works. I feel much better about trying this now with my kiddos. <br /><br />I like the expression "the minute hand fell off the clock". I will have to borrow that when I try it next week. I hope you don't mind. <br /><br />Thank- you for sharing your experience with us.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05852459384046522888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134654362159100854.post-47401668181525726872013-03-29T17:29:26.084-07:002013-03-29T17:29:26.084-07:00I always do something like this, too. I call it &...I always do something like this, too. I call it 'the minute hand fell off the clock'. I cover the minute hand on our large teaching clock with my hand (and I tell the students that isn't where it really is!), move the hour hand somewhere and ask the students to write what time it is. They do really well!<br /><br />(If the clock had a different fastener, I would take it off entirely.)Suzy Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00116459704218000838noreply@blogger.com