Tick-Tock Time: Learning to Tell Time on a Clock!

Math Grades 1st Grade 2:51 Video
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Lesson Description

Let's learn how to read an analog clock and tell time to the hour and half-hour. We'll find out where the hour and minute hands are and what they mean!

Video Resource

Telling time exercise example 1 | Measurement and data | Early Math | Khan Academy

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Key Concepts

  • Hour hand
  • Minute hand
  • Analog clock
  • O'clock

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify the hour and minute hands on an analog clock.
  • Students will be able to tell time to the hour on an analog clock.
  • Students will be able to tell time to the half-hour on an analog clock.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what they already know about clocks and time. Show them a real analog clock and point out the hour and minute hands. Explain that the hour hand is shorter and the minute hand is longer.
  • Video Time (7 mins)
    Watch the Khan Academy video 'Telling time exercise example 1' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjJFJ7ge_qk) as a class. Pause the video at different points to ask questions and check for understanding.
  • Practice Together (8 mins)
    Draw several analog clocks on the board, labeling the numbers 1-12. Position the hour and minute hands to show different times (e.g., 1:00, 3:00, 6:00, 1:30, 7:30). Have students identify the time shown on each clock. Guide them through the process of first identifying the hour hand and then the minute hand.
  • Independent Practice (10 mins)
    Give each student a worksheet with pictures of analog clocks showing different times. Have them write the time shown on each clock. Provide assistance as needed.
  • Wrap-up (5 mins)
    Review the key concepts of the lesson. Ask students to share what they learned about telling time. Play a quick game where you call out a time and students point to that time on a demonstration clock.

Interactive Exercises

  • Clock Hand Game
    Give each student a small paper plate and two different colored strips of paper (one shorter, one longer). Have them create their own clock and move the hands to different times as you call them out.

Discussion Questions

  • What are some things we do at different times of the day?
  • Why is it important to be able to tell time?

Skills Developed

  • Number recognition
  • Problem-solving
  • Following directions
  • Visual discrimination

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

Which hand on the clock is shorter?

Correct Answer: The hour hand

Question 2:

When the minute hand points to 12, it means it's:

Correct Answer: O'clock

Question 3:

If the hour hand points to 3 and the minute hand points to 12, what time is it?

Correct Answer: 3:00

Question 4:

Which hand tells us what hour it is?

Correct Answer: The short hand

Question 5:

What does a clock help us do?

Correct Answer: Tell time

Question 6:

If the minute hand points to 6, it means it's:

Correct Answer: Half past

Question 7:

The long hand is also known as the ______ hand.

Correct Answer: Minute

Question 8:

If the hour hand is between 1 and 2, but hasn't reached 2, what hour is it?

Correct Answer: 1

Question 9:

If it's 8:00, where is the minute hand pointing?

Correct Answer: 12

Question 10:

Which number is not on a clock?

Correct Answer: 15

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

The short hand on the clock is the ______ hand.

Correct Answer: hour

Question 2:

The long hand on the clock is the ______ hand.

Correct Answer: minute

Question 3:

When the minute hand points to 12, we say it's ______.

Correct Answer: o'clock

Question 4:

There are ______ numbers on a clock.

Correct Answer: 12

Question 5:

When the minute hand is pointing at the 6, we say it is half ______.

Correct Answer: past

Question 6:

The hour hand tells us what ______ it is.

Correct Answer: hour

Question 7:

We use a clock to tell the ______.

Correct Answer: time

Question 8:

On a clock, the numbers go in a ______.

Correct Answer: circle

Question 9:

If the minute hand is on the 12 and the hour hand is on the 5, the time is ______.

Correct Answer: 5:00

Question 10:

The minute hand goes all the way around the clock in one ______.

Correct Answer: hour

Educational Standards

1.MD.B.3:Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks. 1.NBT.A.1:Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.

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