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1 March 2017
Elementary
Time and tide wait for no man Note to the teacher
century
Tick! Tock!
DIFFErENT cultures view time differently. For example, in the Japanese train system, being “on time” means expecting delays of less than one minute. What’s a reasonable time span in your culture when you are expected to be “on time”?
NiE Activity
learning skills
Our children are riding the great wave of technology today. They now have facts and procedures at their fingertips. Teachers have to equip their students with a new set of skills that allow them to thrive in today’s global economy. The activities in The Star’s Newspaper-in-Education pullout combine literacy skills with content to build this set of skills. The key below indicates the skills integrated into the activities in this pullout.
Critical thinking l Identify
l Measure
l Reason
l Organise
The pace of modern life today is something people from a hundred years ago would not understand. These days, people are so rushed for time that they seem to constantly look for “shortcuts”. Scan The Star for things and systems that show how precious time has become to us. here are a few general categories to help you along the way.
Creative thinking l Imagine l Connect l Brainstorm
Problem solving l Question l Research
l Recreate l Present
Look for a word or picture to place in the correct box. In pairs, discuss why you think each of these items or systems have come about.
Critical thinking l Identify
A fast food
l Reason
An item that uses speed dial
An instant drink
An express delivery system
Activity
l Measure
Critical thinking
l Organise
l Identify l Reason l Measure l Organise
Creative thinking l Imagine
Creative thinking
Problem solving
l Imagine l Brainstorm l Connect
l Question l Research l Recreate l Present
Communicating l Oral l Written l Aural
l Brainstorm l Connect l Invent
Problem solving l Question l Research l Recreate l Present
Communicating l Oral l Non-verbal
Many people shudder when they think about doing a time management schedule. • Do you think that having a timetable means a loss of freedom? • Does following a timetable mean you can no longer do anything at the spur of the moment? • What’s your opinion about having a personal one for yourself?
l Listen l Contribute respectfully l Compromise l Attain goal
Answer the three questions on the left after you have completed the activity below. here are six tasks you have listed down for the week. Write the order of how you would get them completed by making a time schedule. Write down how much time doing these tasks would take and how you would accomplish them (for example, forgoing the movie if time is tight for you).
Your tasks begin today, Monday, and your week ends on Friday the same week: 1. Your dad is out of town so, you have to keep an eye on your younger brother from 3.30pm to 4.30pm until your mother gets home. 2. You have a Science test tomorrow. You scored a C in the last one and your parents would confiscate your mobile phone if you don’t score a B. 3. You have a piano lesson this evening from 7pm to 8.30pm. 4. The Monday night movie is titled Godzilla Versus Predator. It runs from 8pm
to 10pm. You’ve been dying to watch this movie on the television. 5. You have to straighten your room before going out this weekend (a requirement from your mother). 6. You have a Geography project due in two days but you are required by your group to go to the store to purchase the supplies they will be using in class on Wednesday.
Template:
l Written l Aural
Collaborating
Task to do in sequence
1. 2.
Collaborating
3.
l Listen
4.
l Contribute respectfully
5.
l Compromise
6.
How each task will be done
How much time each will take When everyone has completed his schedule, discuss sample schedules as a class. volunteer your answers.
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