Telling Time: Hour and Half-Hour

Read clocks, make a paper clock, and match times

6 slides · 16 tasks · Time · by Ms Arsh

Lesson objective

Students will read analog clocks to the hour and half hour and match times to daily events (Bloom: apply, analyze, create).

Slides preview

Slide 1
Let's Talk About Time!
- What is time? We use clocks to know when things happen.
- Today we will make a paper clock and read times to the hour and half hour.
- Listen for examples from your day: breakfast, school, play.
Slide 2
Parts of an Analog Clock
- Face: the round part that shows numbers.
- Hour hand: short hand that shows the hour.
- Minute hand: long hand that shows minutes.
Slide 3
O'clock and Half Past
- When minute hand points to 12 it is 'o'clock'.
- When minute hand points to 6 it is 'half past'.
- Hour hand moves between numbers at half past.
Slide 4
Make a Paper Clock (craft)
- Cut out the clock face and two hands carefully.
- Attach hands with a brass fastener so they move.
- Practice setting the hands to a time I call out.

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