Tick-Tock Time: Learning to Tell Time on Analog Clocks

Math Grades 1st Grade 2:16 Video
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Lesson Description

Learn to tell time to the hour and half-hour on analog clocks! This lesson will help you understand the hour and minute hands and how they work together to show the time.

Video Resource

Telling time exercise example 2 | Measurement and data | Early Math | Khan Academy

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Duration: 2:16
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Key Concepts

  • Hour hand
  • Minute hand
  • O'clock
  • Minutes past the hour

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 and minutes using an analog clock.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what they already know about telling time. Show them a large analog clock and point out the hour and minute hands. Explain that the hour hand is shorter and tells us the hour, while the minute hand is longer and tells us how many minutes have passed since the hour began.
  • Video Viewing (7 mins)
    Watch the Khan Academy video 'Telling time exercise example 2 | Measurement and data | Early Math | Khan Academy' together as a class. Pause the video at key points to discuss what is being shown and to answer any questions students may have.
  • Guided Practice (10 mins)
    After watching the video, work through some examples together as a class. Draw analog clocks on the board and ask students to identify the time shown. Start with times on the hour (e.g., 1:00, 2:00) and then move on to times with minutes past the hour (e.g., 1:05, 2:10). Have students count by 5s to determine the minutes.
  • Independent Practice (10 mins)
    Provide students with worksheets or printable analog clocks where they can practice telling time on their own. Offer assistance as needed.
  • Wrap-up (3 mins)
    Review the key concepts of the lesson and answer any remaining questions. Ask students to share what they learned about telling time.

Interactive Exercises

  • Clock Face Activity
    Give each student a paper plate and have them draw the numbers 1-12 around the edge to create a clock face. Then, provide them with two different colored straws or pipe cleaners to use as the hour and minute hands. Call out different times, and have the students move the hands on their clock face to show the correct time.
  • Time Matching Game
    Create cards with analog clock faces and matching cards with the corresponding digital times (e.g., 3:00). Have students play a matching game to pair the analog clocks with the correct digital times.

Discussion Questions

  • Which hand tells us the hour?
  • Which hand tells us the minutes?
  • How many minutes are in an hour?
  • How do we count the minutes on a clock?

Skills Developed

  • Time Telling
  • Counting by 5s
  • Number Recognition
  • Problem Solving

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

Which hand on the clock is shorter?

Correct Answer: Hour hand

Question 2:

Which hand tells us the minutes?

Correct Answer: Minute hand

Question 3:

If the minute hand is pointing at 12 and the hour hand is pointing at 3, what time is it?

Correct Answer: 3:00

Question 4:

How many minutes are in one hour?

Correct Answer: 60

Question 5:

If the minute hand is pointing at 6, how many minutes past the hour is it?

Correct Answer: 30 minutes

Question 6:

What does 'o'clock' mean on the clock?

Correct Answer: Exactly at the hour

Question 7:

If the short hand is a little past 1 and the long hand is on 12, what time is it?

Correct Answer: 1:00

Question 8:

If the minute hand is pointing to 2, how many minutes after the hour is it?

Correct Answer: 10 minutes

Question 9:

What number does the long hand point to at half past the hour?

Correct Answer: 6

Question 10:

How do you count the minutes on the clock face?

Correct Answer: By 5s

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

The short hand on the clock tells us the ____.

Correct Answer: hour

Question 2:

The long hand on the clock tells us the ____.

Correct Answer: minutes

Question 3:

When the minute hand is at 12, we say it is ____.

Correct Answer: o'clock

Question 4:

There are ____ minutes in one hour.

Correct Answer: 60

Question 5:

Halfway around the clock is ____ minutes.

Correct Answer: 30

Question 6:

We count the minutes by ____ around the clock.

Correct Answer: 5s

Question 7:

If the minute hand is on 1, it is ____ minutes past the hour.

Correct Answer: 5

Question 8:

If the hour hand is pointing at 4 and the minute hand at 12, the time is ____.

Correct Answer: 4:00

Question 9:

On an analog clock, the numbers go from 1 to ____.

Correct Answer: 12

Question 10:

When the minute hand points to the 6, it means it is _____ past the hour.

Correct Answer: 30

Educational Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.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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