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It's About Time

Children will focus on their planning skills as they learn to tell time on an analog clock and illustrate activities that take place at various times.

Lesson Plan

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Steps

  • Step 1

    Read a book to the class such as "What Time Is It, Mr. Crocodile?" by Judy Sierra and Doug Cushman or "It's About Time!" by Stuart J. Murphy and John Speirs. Point out the illustrations of analog clocks and the time displayed. Tell children that "a.m." refers to morning and "p.m." refers to afternoon and evening. Ask them to think of things that occur in the a.m. or p.m. Then review with children how to use the big hand and little hand to tell time.

  • Step 2

    Have children choose a time and depict it on an analog clock. They can note it using the digital format along with it if they choose. Then have them illustrate what they might be doing at that hour, and if it's a.m. or p.m.

  • Step 3

    Ask children to present their drawings, and ask the class to read the time on the clock and describe the pictured activity.

Standards

MATH: Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

MATH: Elicit evidence of thinking about time as a measurement.

Adaptations

Show the class pictures of other ways people used to measure time, such as with a sundial or hourglass.

Discuss how "before noon and after noon" times are referred to in other countries and in military time.