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Lesson Plan
Time - Analog and Digital Time Telling
First (1) - Math
LEARNING TARGET
- Students will be able to match digital time to analog time within whole and half hours.
- Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of time-telling vocabulary.
- Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to tell time on analog clocks with whole and half-hour increments.
LEARNING PROGRESSION
PREREQUISITE SKILL
- Students will be able to match analog time to digital time within whole and half hours.
- Students will be able to identify the hour and minute hand on an analog clock.
EXTENSION SKILL
- Students will be able to read analog clocks displaying time on the hour.
- Students will be able to write the time shown on analog clocks using a digital format.
DURATION
- 8 min Guided Practice
- 20 min Independent Practice
- 7 min Exit Ticket
MATERIALS
- Analog clocks
- Digital clocks
- Whiteboard and markers
- Clock worksheets
- Timer
VOCABULARY
- Analog time
- Digital time
- Clockwise
- Anticlockwise
- Hour hand
- Minute hand
- Whole hours
- Half hours
TEACHING RESOURCES
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5 AND 1 INTERVENTIONS
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ACTIVITIES
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LESSON INSTRUCTION
INTRODUCTION
- Review the vocabulary related to telling time on an analog clock.
- Ask students if they know how to tell time on a clock.
- Show students an analog clock and a digital clock and ask them to identify the differences.
- Ask students to name the hour and minute hands of the analog clock.
INSTRUCTION
- Explain to the students that there are two types of clocks - analog and digital.
- Demonstrate how to read the time on an analog clock with whole and half-hour increments.
- Demonstrate how to read the time on a digital clock.
- Model how to match the digital time to the analog time on a clock.
GUIDED PRACTICE
- Give students clock worksheets with both digital and analog times.
- Ask students to match the digital time to the analog time.
- Monitor student progress and provide feedback as needed.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
- Give students additional worksheets to practice matching digital time to analog time.
- Set a timer for 10 minutes and have students work independently on the worksheets.
- Walk around the room and provide support and feedback as needed.
HOMEWORK
- Assign a clock worksheet for homework.
- Have students practice telling time and matching digital time to analog time.
EXIT TICKET
- Ask students to demonstrate how to tell time on an analog clock with whole and half-hour increments.
- Ask students to match a digital time to the analog time on a clock.
- Review student responses and provide feedback as needed.
ASSESSMENT
- Exit Card Formative Assessment
- Progress Monitoring Formative Assessment
- Summative Assessment 10 question worksheet 8/10 for mastery
CLOSURE
- Ask students to share one thing they learned about telling time today.
- Review key vocabulary and concepts from the lesson.
EXTENSION
INTERVENTION
Lesson extension for additional independent practice or pair work opportunities to solidify learning in longer-term memory.
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STANDARD
Common Core Standard:
1.MD.B.3 - Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
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