Tick-Tock Time Explorers!

Math Grades 1st Grade 4:50 Video
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Lesson Description

Learn to tell time to the hour and half-hour using analog clocks!

Video Resource

How to Tell Time

Miacademy Learning Channel

Duration: 4:50
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Key Concepts

  • Hour hand
  • Minute hand
  • O'clock
  • Half-past

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to identify the hour and minute hand 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 a large analog clock and point out the hour and minute hands. Explain that this video will help them learn to tell time.
  • Video Viewing (5 mins)
    Play the 'How to Tell Time' video from Miacademy Learning Channel. Encourage students to pay attention to how the hour and minute hands move.
  • Discussion (5 mins)
    After the video, review the key concepts. Ask students to identify the hour and minute hands on the classroom clock. Practice telling time to the hour and half-hour together.
  • Activity: Clock Creation (10 mins)
    Have students create their own clocks using paper plates, construction paper, and brads. They can draw the numbers on the clock face and attach paper hands with a brad. Use these clocks for further practice.
  • Wrap-up (5 mins)
    Review the learning objectives and answer any remaining questions. Encourage students to practice telling time at home.

Interactive Exercises

  • Time Matching Game
    Create matching cards with analog clocks and corresponding digital times. Students match the cards to reinforce their understanding.
  • Interactive Clock App
    Use an interactive clock app or website to allow students to manipulate the hands and practice telling time.

Discussion Questions

  • What are the two hands on a clock called?
  • When the minute hand points to the 12, what time is it?
  • When the minute hand points to the 6, what time is it?

Skills Developed

  • Time telling
  • Number recognition
  • Fine motor skills (clock creation)

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

Which hand is shorter on the clock?

Correct Answer: Hour hand

Question 2:

When the minute hand points to the 12, we say it is...

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:

What does the long hand on the clock tell us?

Correct Answer: The minutes

Question 5:

If the minute hand points to the 6, we say it is...

Correct Answer: Half past

Question 6:

If the hour hand is halfway between 4 and 5 and the minute hand is on the 6, what time is it?

Correct Answer: 4:30

Question 7:

What number does the minute hand point to at 'half past'?

Correct Answer: 6

Question 8:

What does a clock help us to do?

Correct Answer: Tell time

Question 9:

How many numbers are on the clock face?

Correct Answer: 12

Question 10:

Which hand moves slower?

Correct Answer: Hour hand

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

The short hand on the clock is the ______ hand.

Correct Answer: hour

Question 2:

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

Correct Answer: o'clock

Question 3:

The long hand on the clock is the ______ hand.

Correct Answer: minute

Question 4:

When the minute hand points to 6, it is half ______.

Correct Answer: past

Question 5:

A clock tells us the ______.

Correct Answer: time

Question 6:

On a clock, the numbers go from 1 to ______.

Correct Answer: 12

Question 7:

Half of an hour has ______ minutes.

Correct Answer: 30

Question 8:

One full rotation of the hour hand represents ______ hours.

Correct Answer: 12

Question 9:

We can use a clock to learn how to ______ time.

Correct Answer: tell

Question 10:

The numbers on a clock go around in a ______.

Correct Answer: circle

Educational Standards

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