A great primary school teacher will their stopwatch to prepare for teaching test, Stopwatches can as Elementary first-graders solve 16 addition problems in a matter of minutes，Teacher the ths stopwatches help student math skills.
A great primary school teacher will their to prepare for teaching test, can as Elementary first-graders solve 16 addition problems in a matter of minutes，Teacher the ths stopwatches help student math skills.
"For one thing, it's fun," teacher said. "It gives them ownership in knowing their addition facts. It teaches them to understand that the quicker they get, the easier it gets. The timers also help them with telling time."
An expert, together with the teacher bought the earlier this year with money from the Education Foundation,School officials said in the past, teachers only had one stopwatch in each classroom.
"So, the whole class had to look at one on the board," School officials said. "We ordered for every student in first grade, so each one can have one in each class."
"It's used for multi-purposes," she said. "But it gives students confidence and responsibility. It helps them show their own growth as they go along."
The also help students get more tech savvy. Before each timing, they must reset their to zero by pressing two buttons simultaneously,For the math drill, School officials distributed digital to each student. She reminded her class "Remember, you're not racing your neighbor."
"When I say go, we're all going to push the button, and when I say Stop, we're all going to push the stop," she said.
Some students finished the 16 questions in less than three minutes. Some took longer,School officials said students race their own time. She said they check their papers against previous drills to see if their time is any better,School officials said students also use the stopwatches for reading.
"Like a one-minute verbal passage, where they can work with each other and time each other," she said. "They are reading passages for one minute and counting the number of words read correctly. They work with each other to get their reading fluency up."
A classmate said said she likes working with the buttons on the
Another good classmate said he could get his addition finished "really fast ... like four seconds."
Education Foundation funding also help At time tell stories better and build skills.