Plan and reflect
Plan My Drawing
Before you draw: choose your idea, shapes and colors. After you draw: look back and set a goal.
Thinking sheet · Plan and reflect
Time Estimate Challenge
Guess how long tasks will take, time them, then see how good your guesses were.
- Grades
- 2–5
- Time
- about 25 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- time awareness, estimation, planning
What kids do
“How long does it really take? Guess, then time it!”
- Guess vs real
- I’m better at guessing… because…
How to run it
- Use a stopwatch or a classroom timer.
- Discuss why we underestimate.
- Link it to homework planning.
Talk about it
- Which task fooled you most?
- Did you get better?
- Why is guessing time useful?
Take it further
Time your homework for a week.
Pairs well with
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