Title of Book: Pigs on a Blanket – Fun with Math and Time
Author: Amy Axelrod (Author), Sharon McGinley-Nally (Illustrator)
Publisher: Perfection Learning (September 1, 1998)
ISBN: 0613099648
Grade Levels for Recommended Use: 3 rd grade
New TEKS:
Knowledge and skills:
(7) Geometry and measurement. The student is expected to: (C) Determine the solutions to problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes using pictorial models or tools such as a 15-minute event plus a
30-minute event equals 45 minutes
Brief Summary:
Pig family is going to the beach to hide from the heat; during preparing and the traveling, they wasted a lot of time on different sudden events. This is a cute book that teaches students how to count elapsed time and learn how to read the clock.
Materials needed:
The book
Handouts
Papers: To draw a clock with numbers and creative picture(s)
Crayons or markers: For drawing
Twizzlers candies
Suggested Activity:
Reading the book, with explanation-notes for each step of time adding and counting.
Handout:
Pass the handout to each student with the clock.
Show the clock to the class and identify its hour hand, minute hand, and second hand with the handout.
Explain A.M. and P.M.
Activity – Create a candy clock:
Give every student a piece of paper, and then ask them to draw a clock on the paper with numbers 1 to 12 and a dot at the center (without hour hand, minute hand, and second hand).
Each student can take 3 different colors of twizzlers. a.
Minute hand: Pick a twizzler, take ONE BITE, and then put on the paper clock. b.
Hour hand: Pick the second twizzler, take TWO BITES, and then put on the paper clock. c.
Second hand: Take the last twizzler, tear to half (vertical) to make it thin, take ONE BITE, and then put on the paper clock.
Answer the two questions on the handout with the candy clock.

Bonus questions: Whoever gets the right answers can have extra twizzler.
Adapted by Yi-Ju Tien 2012

60 seconds = 1 minute
60 minutes = 1 hour
24 hours = 1 day a.m. = Morning p.m. = Evening
1.
What time did you wake up today? _________

2.
What time is it now? ________
A.
At 5 O’clock, Mr. Pig took a shower for
25 minutes, what time is it now?
5:25
B.
At 5:25 p.m., Mr. Pig went to HEB to buy flowers for Mrs. Pig. He got home at 7:15 p.m. How long did he take?
1 hour and 50 minutes.
C.
Mrs. Pig was very happy about the flowers that Mr. Pig gave her, so she decided to cook a big dinner for Mr.
Pig. She started to cook at 7:30 p.m., and they had dinner at 8:45 p.m. How long did Mrs. Pig spend on cooking?
1 hour and 15 minutes.