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Telling the time to the half hour on an analog clock

Maths - Measurement - Time

Mrs Cashman

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Teacher guidance - Telling time to the half hour on an analog clock

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Guidance

Key questions

Context

Previously, students learned to tell the time to the hour on an analog clock. Next, students will tell the time to the quarter hour on an analog clock.

  1. Where is the hour hand pointing?
  2. Which number has it gone past?
  3. Where is the minute hand pointing?
  4. Where is the hour hand pointing?
  5. Which number has it gone past?
  6. Is the hour hand pointing halfway between 2 numbers?
  7. Have you started from the middle of the clock face?

Common

misconceptions

Students may:

  • confuse the hour and minute hands.
  • assume the hour time is the one to which the hour hand is the closest.
  • think that the number on the clock is equal to the number of minutes.

Concrete

materials

Analog clock

Support

Further support on telling time to the hour.

Extension

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  • Learning intention
  • Keywords
  • Activate prior learning
  • Telling half past times
  • Check before independent
  • Drawing hour and minute hands for half past times
  • Check before independent
  • Lesson review

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Learning intention

We are learning to tell the time and draw the hands to the half hour on an analog clock.

Success criteria

I can

  • Tell half past times on an analog clock
  • Write half past times on an analog clock
  • Draw the minute hand and the hour hand for half past times

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Key principles

The I do phase involves the explanation - indicates where a teacher would be explaining a concept.

Moving from I do to We do involves modelling - indicates that the teacher is demonstrating a skill or modelling a process.

Check for Understanding - Questions posed to check whether students have understood and to inform next steps.

You do - Practice - indicates places where students will attempt questions independently.

At the expected level for the lesson; all students should be able to do these questions.

A small increase in difficulty from the expected level, eg larger numbers or a more complex calculation.

Extension - increased difficulty; suitable for a small number of students.

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Y

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Engagement icons - to go in top right corner

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Whiteboard response

All students respond to the teacher’s question, showing their responses at the same time.

Non-volunteers

The teacher asks a question, gives wait time, then calls on individual students to respond.

Independent work

Students respond to a prompt in their exercise book or booklet.

Pair share

Students discuss with the person next to them.

Choral response

Students respond orally all together.

Thumbs up, thumbs down

Students indicate whether they agree or disagree with a statement, or whether something is an example or non-example.

Concrete materials

Teacher might choose to illustrate this teaching point using concrete materials.

Class discussion or activity

Students discuss as a class and share ideas

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Curriculum Links

Learning intention

  • We are learning to tell the time and draw the hands to the half hour on an analog clock.

Curriculum Codes

VIC

VC2M2M04 - recognise and read the time represented on an analog clock to the hour, half-hour and quarter hour

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In this lesson, you will need:

Pencil

Worksheet

Mini whiteboard and marker

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Keywords

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A clock in which the hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds are shown by hands on a dial.

Analog clock

Image Credit: Pixabay.com; Unsplash.com

3:00 AM

Example

Non- Example

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Thirty minutes past the hour, halfway through the hour.

Half past

4:30

4:00

four o’clock

half past four

Example

Non- Example

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The shorter hand on an analogue clock, which represents the hour of the day.

Hour hand

Example

Non- Example

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The longer hand on an analog clock, which indicates minutes.

Minute hand

Example

Non- Example

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Activate prior learning

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The hour hand tells us the time on the hour

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4 o’clock

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When the minute hand is pointing to 12 it is o’clock time

7 o’clock

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The minute hand takes one hour to move around the clock

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Telling half past times

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When the hour hand is halfway between the numbers it is called half past

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It is 7 o’clock

It is half past 7

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True or false?

It is half past 3

True

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It is __________

Writing half past times

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half past 7

halfway between

7 and 8

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It is __________

Writing half past times

W

half past 10

halfway between

10 and 11

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Which clock says half past 5?

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B

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The minute hand takes half an hour to move half way around the clock

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When the minute hand is pointing to the 6 it is

half past time

It is half past 9

I

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Writing half past times

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It is __________

half past 6

halfway between

6 and 7

pointing at 6

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Writing half past times

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It is __________

half past 2

halfway between

2 and 3

pointing at 6

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Which clock says half past 10?

A

B

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Practise writing the half past times

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Y

?

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Independent practice

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Y

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Drawing hour and minute hands for half past times

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As the minute hand moves, so does the hour hand

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I

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Has the hour hand been drawn correctly?

half past 9

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Drawing the hour hand for half past times

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half past 7

halfway between

7 and 8

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Drawing the hour hand for half past times

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half past 2

halfway between

2 and 3

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On which clock has the hour hand been drawn correctly?

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B

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half past 10

half past 12

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Drawing the minute hand for half past times

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half past 8

halfway between

8 and 9

1st → hour hand

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halfway between

8 and 9

Drawing the minute hand for half past times

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2nd → minute hand

half past 8

pointing at 6

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Drawing the minute hand for half past times

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half past 9

halfway between

9 and 10

pointing at 6

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Drawing the minute hand for half past times

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half past 4

halfway between

4 and 5

pointing at 6

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Which clock has been drawn correctly?

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B

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half past 1

half past 5

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Practise drawing the hour and minute hands for half past times

half past 3

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half past 2

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Independent practice

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Lesson review

We have been learning about: Measurement - Time

Telling time to the half hour on an analog clock

Using

  • Telling half past times
  • Drawing the hour and minute hands for half past times

  • Knowledge of how clock hands move
  • Knowledge of o’clock and half past times

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