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Telling Time

TOPICS

• Review time to the hour & half hour

• Learn time to the quarter hour

• Learn time to the nearest 5 minutes

• Learn time to the nearest minute

• Challenge: Elapsed Time

Day 1-

Goal:

I can….tell time to the hour

and half hour.

Things to remember……

• The hour hand is the short hand.

• The minute hand is the longer hand.

• When the minute hand is on the 12,

we say “o’clock.”

• When the minute hand is on the 6,

we say it is “half past.”

Time to the ½ hour can be

written in many ways.

• 3:30

• half past 3

• three thirty

• thirty minutes ‘til 4

• thirty minutes past 3

• 5:30

• half past 5

• five thirty

• thirty minutes ‘til 6

• thirty minutes past 5

Day 1-

Review Time the Hour and Half Hour

Click on the picture to play the video.

Match The Time- you can write

the letters on a piece of paper

and write the digital time that

matches the analog clock.

A B C .

D E F .

G H I .

J K L .

Let’s Practice !

• Electronic Practice using “BOOMLEARNING”

1.Click on the link below to get you to the website.

2.Select your teacher’s name.

3.Select your name and then type in your password.If you have not visited this site before, you will select the

“New Student” tab and create your own username and password.

4. Have fun practicing time to the hour and ½ hour.

• https://wow.boomlearning.com/classroom/gillespiem/team

Day 2-

Goal:

I can….tell time to the

quarter hour.

How many minutes are

in a quarter of an

hour? Why do we

learn to tell time to the

quarter hour?

Quarter past/after…

• 9:15

• quarter past 9

• quarter after 9

• fifteen after 9

• nine fifteen

Quarter past/after…

Quarter ‘til…

• 5:45

• quarter ‘til 6

• quarter to 6

• fifteen minutes ‘til 6

• five forty-five

Quarter ‘til…

Day 2-

Time to the Quarter Hour

Click on the picture to play the video.

Let’s work on a few practice problems.-

You can do these orally with your parent.

Let’s Practice !

• Electronic Practice using “BOOMLEARNING”

1.Click on the link below to get you to the website.

2.Select your teacher’s name.

3.Select your name and then type in your password.If you have not visited this site before, you will select the

“New Student” tab and create your own username and password.

4. Have fun practicing time to the quarter hour.

• https://wow.boomlearning.com/classroom/gillespiem/team

Day 3-

Goal:

I can….tell time to the nearest

5 minutes.

Click on the picture to play the song.

Time to Every 5 Minutes

Follow along with

the video to practice

telling time to the

nearest 5 minutes.

Click on the picture

to play the video.

Use the task cads to practice telling time to the nearest 5 minutes.

You can use regular paper to write down the letters from each card and then write your answers beside them.

Let’s Practice !

• Electronic Practice using “BOOMLEARNING”

1.Click on the link below to get you to the website.

2.Select your teacher’s name.

3.Select your name and then type in your password.If you have not visited this site before, you will select the

“New Student” tab and create your own username and password.

4. Have fun practicing time to the nearest 5 minutes.

• https://wow.boomlearning.com/classroom/gillespiem/team

Day 4-

Goal:

I can….tell time to the

nearest minute.

When is it

appropriate to give

the exact time

instead of

estimating?

Time to Every Minute

Click on the picture to play the video.

Use the feeding schedule at the zoo to correctly write the hour

and minute hands on the analog

clocks.

Analog clock worksheet is located

in your “copies” document.

Practice Option #1

Use the task cads to practice telling time to the nearest minute.

You can use regular paper to write down the numbers from each card and then write your answers beside them.

Practice Option #2

Day 5-

“Challenge Day”

Goal:

I can…. solve elapsed

time word problems.

Why is it

important to know

when events occur

and how long

they will last?

Challenge: Elapsed Time

Click on the picture to play the video.

To truly practice elapsed time, you need an analog clock that you can move the hands to

help you solve the problems. There are a few things that you can use for this.

1. An analog wrist watch that kids can move the hands forward.

2. An analog clock that you may have sitting on a shelf.

3. Paper clock that you made from the template provided in the copies

document. You may need a brass brad or can even use a tack or screw to

hold the hands in place but still allows them to move.

Option #1- Practice Word Problems

Elapsed time –to 5 minutes

Option #2- Practice Using a Schedule

This is also located in “copies” resource document.

1. How long is the SpongeBob SquarePants movie? _________

2. How much time elapsed during the Shrek 2 movie? ___________

3. What time does Ice Age start?

4. What time does Madagascar begin?

5. How long is Finding Nemo?

6. If you go and watch Ice Age, how long many minutes will you have to make it to Shrek 2?

7. How many minutes long is Finding Nemo?

8. If you leave your house at 5:30pm to go see Finding Nemo, will you make it on time if it takes you 20 minutes to get to the theatre?

9. Does the SpongeBob movie start at 12 noon or 12 midnight?

10. How many minutes long is Shrek 2?