Tick-Tock Time: Telling Time with Digital and Analog Clocks

Math Grades 1st Grade 5:21 Video
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Lesson Description

Learn to tell and write time to the hour and half-hour using both digital and analog clocks. We'll explore the parts of a clock and practice reading different times.

Video Resource

How to Tell and Write Time (Digital and Analog Clocks) - 1st Grade Math (1.MD.3)

Boddle Learning

Duration: 5:21
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Key Concepts

  • Digital clocks display time using numbers.
  • Analog clocks use hands to show the hour and minutes.
  • The short hand on an analog clock shows the hour.
  • The long hand on an analog clock shows the minutes.
  • The minute hand pointing at 12 means 'o'clock'.
  • The minute hand pointing at 6 means '30' or half-past.

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 half-hour on digital clocks.
  • Students will be able to tell time to the hour and half-hour on analog clocks.
  • Students will be able to write time to the hour and half-hour in digital format.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what they already know about clocks and time. Show them different types of clocks (digital and analog) and ask them to describe what they see. Introduce the video.
  • Video Viewing (7 mins)
    Play the Boddle Learning video: 'How to Tell and Write Time (Digital and Analog Clocks) - 1st Grade Math (1.MD.3)'. Encourage students to pay attention to how time is read on both digital and analog clocks.
  • Digital Clock Practice (5 mins)
    After the video, focus on digital clocks. Write different times on the board (e.g., 3:00, 7:30, 10:00). Have students read the times aloud. Ask them questions like, 'What time do you eat breakfast?' and have them write the digital time.
  • Analog Clock Exploration (10 mins)
    Introduce or review the parts of an analog clock: the hour hand and the minute hand. Explain that the short hand tells the hour and the long hand tells the minutes. Practice with 'o'clock' and 'half-past' (30 minutes). Use a demonstration clock to show different times and have students identify them.
  • Matching Game (8 mins)
    Prepare cards with analog clock faces and corresponding digital times. Have students work individually or in pairs to match the analog clocks to the correct digital times. This can be adapted into a class-wide activity where students hold up the card they think is the matching time.
  • Wrap Up and Assessment (5 mins)
    Review the key concepts of the lesson. Ask students to summarize what they learned about telling time. Briefly introduce the quiz for a quick assessment of their understanding.

Interactive Exercises

  • Clock Drawing
    Give each student a blank clock face. Call out a time (e.g., 2:00, 6:30) and have them draw the hour and minute hands to show the time. Circulate to provide assistance.
  • Time Bingo
    Create bingo cards with different times written in digital format. Call out times as analog clocks (e.g., 'The hour hand is on 9 and the minute hand is on 12'). Students mark off the corresponding digital time on their cards.

Discussion Questions

  • What are some things you do at different times of the day?
  • How is a digital clock different from an analog clock?
  • Why is it important to know how to tell time?

Skills Developed

  • Time telling
  • Reading comprehension
  • Clock recognition
  • Critical thinking
  • Following directions

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

Which hand on the clock is SHORTER?

Correct Answer: The hour hand

Question 2:

On a digital clock, what does '00' after the colon mean?

Correct Answer: O'clock

Question 3:

If the long hand is on the 6, it means it is:

Correct Answer: Half past

Question 4:

What time is shown on the digital clock: 9:00?

Correct Answer: Nine o'clock

Question 5:

If the short hand is pointing to the 3 and the long hand is pointing to the 12, what time is it?

Correct Answer: 3:00

Question 6:

Which clock shows 6:30?

Correct Answer: Short hand between the 6 and 7, long hand on the 6

Question 7:

What does the colon (:) mean on a digital clock?

Correct Answer: It separates the hour from the minutes.

Question 8:

Which hand tells us the hour?

Correct Answer: The small hand

Question 9:

If it is half past 4, which digital clock is correct?

Correct Answer: 4:30

Question 10:

When the minute hand is pointing at the 12, we say it is:

Correct Answer: O'clock

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 long hand is on the 12, we say it is ________ o'clock.

Correct Answer: o

Question 4:

When the long hand is on the 6, it means it is half ________.

Correct Answer: past

Question 5:

On a digital clock, 8:00 is read as eight ________.

Correct Answer: o'clock

Question 6:

On a digital clock, 2:30 is read as two ________.

Correct Answer: thirty

Question 7:

If the short hand is a little past 5 and the long hand is on the 6, the time is five ________.

Correct Answer: thirty

Question 8:

On a clock, the number after the colon (:) represent ________.

Correct Answer: minutes

Question 9:

The numbers before the colon (:) on a digital clock shows the ________.

Correct Answer: hour

Question 10:

On a digital clock, if both numbers are the same, for example 1:1, then it is read as one ________.

Correct Answer: o'clock

Educational Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.B.3:Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

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