I am currently teaching grade 4 about telling the time and needed a fun game to play.
I remember playing What's the time Mr Wolf at school, as a child.
I remember playing What's the time Mr Wolf at school, as a child.
I would love to take the kids outside and play this as a class activity, but I think my co-teachers would explode in shock at such a radical suggestion (this is Korea, after all)
If you don't remember how to play, here is a link :
If you don't remember how to play, here is a link :
not suitable for a classroom...
However,
I have found a way that we can play this in the classroom.
The teacher or one pupil is the wolf, facing away from the group.
(easy version)
The students pick a time andhold up 1 to 10 fingers, 1 arm in the air for 11, two arms in the air for 12 or
(more difficult version)
make their arms in a clock position. e.g. right arm up left arm to the side for 3 o'clock.
The class say "What's the time Mr Wolf?"
Mr Wolf says a time, e.g. "It's 3 o'clock". Anyone who made 3 o'clock becomes the wolf.
Then either those students have to sit down and are out - or we swap the wolf, wolf can choose who will be the next wolf if there is more than 1 person out.
Mr Wolf says a time, e.g. "It's 3 o'clock". Anyone who made 3 o'clock becomes the wolf.
Then either those students have to sit down and are out - or we swap the wolf, wolf can choose who will be the next wolf if there is more than 1 person out.
I will blog again about how well this works as a classroom activity.
