Measuring Time: The Clock

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In this book, readers learn what the clock measures and why knowing how to tell time--in seconds, minutes, and hours--is important. They learn the history of the clocks, including sundials and hourglasses. They also learn how to read analog and digital clocks to tell time. Sidebars instruct math by showing readers how to add and subtract hours.

Table of Contents

• Keeping Track of Time
• Rising With the Sun
• The Sundial
• The Hourglass
• The Clock
• Minutes and Seconds
• Telling Time
• Analog and Digital
• Other Ways to Say the Time
• Terrific Timekeeping
• Glossary
• Books and Web Sites
• Index

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Specifications

• Dewey: 529
• BISAC: JNF013000, JNF013030, JNF013080
• Graphics: Full-color photographs and illustrations
• Reinforced book (9781614732822): 9.5 x 8, 24 pages, © 2013
• Hosted ebook (9781623231965): 9.5 x 8, 24 pages, © 2013
• Series: Simple Measurement

Leveling

• Suggested Interest Level: Preschool - Grade 2
• Suggested Reading Level: Grade 1
• ATOS Reading Level: 3.6
• ATOS Interest Level: Lg
• Accelerated Reader® Quiz: 152906
• Accelerated Reader® Points: 0.5

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