1. Topic-
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Telling Time- Two Ways to Read the Time
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2. Content-
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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| Students will be introduced to telling time reading both by analog
and digital. |
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4. Objectives-
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1. To reinforce telling time in five minute intervals.
2. To teach reading time before the hour.
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5. Materials and Aids-
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Student Clocks
Telling Time Book
Pencil |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
Discuss the two different ways of reading time. e.g. 2:40 and 20
minutes to 3
Why is it important to have schedules? What are some of the schedules
that children keep?
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B. Development-
1. Prepare sets of 15 matching game cards. On one card draw a clock
and write the time in standard notation. On the matching card write
the time as "__ minutes to ___" Score one point for each correct response.
The team with the most points wins. Game Cards
2. Display the time on a large clock. Divide the class into teams.
Each member must read the time on the clock in two ways: in standard
notation and as "__ minutes to __" Score one point for each correct
response. The team with the most points wins.
Students point both hands of their clocks to 12. What time does the
clock show? 12:00
Have students move the minute hands of their clocks, counting the
minutes by fives as the hands pass each number until they get to 15.
What time is it now? 12:15
Write 12:15 on board and fifteen minutes after 12 on the board
Children continue moving the minute hands around the clocks and counting
by fives, stopping at each quarter hour and saying the time. Write
each time on the chalkboard.
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C. Practice-
| Guided practice will be the the class game played in two teams. |
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D. Independent Practice-
| Have students complete the "What Time Is It?" worksheet. |
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