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My Daily Activities

Students will create a visual representation of some of the activities in their day accompanied by analog clocks that display the time they occur.

Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

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Steps

  • Step 1

    Have students review analog clock displays. You might draw various times on the board and have them read it, or specify a time and have them depict it on the board. Also explain or review the modifiers "a.m." and "p.m." Now ask students to think about their activities during the day and the times they occur. Have them choose a few to illustrate in a drawing that includes the time display on an analog clock.

  • Step 2

    Have students plan the activities they want to showcase in the timeline. They may chose to show the time they get up in the morning, get on the school bus, eat lunch, etc. Or as the art in the example shows, students may focus on a theme like "spills and messes" and note when their breakfast spilled, the paint spilled, a dinner plate broke, and popcorn tumbled out of the box.

  • Step 3

    To make the clocks, have students cut several circles out of construction paper. Then have them place the numerals in the correct place on the circle. Encourage them to place the 12, 6, 3, and 9 first and then fill in the others. Now have them draw in the minute and hour hands on each clock to indicate the time of the activity they will illustrate. Children who understand minute-to-minute increments of time could display clocks that show events that happen at 7:05 a.m., 8:17 a.m., 12:45 p.m., 4:15 p.m., and 6:03 p.m.

  • Step 4

    Have students draw each activity that they focused on either on a different piece of construction paper or directly on the timeline, leaving room in the top left corner to affix the appropriate clock. They might want to embellish their illustrations with craft items such as tissue paper, string, buttons, etc.

  • Step 5

    Have students present their illustrations and describe the activities, as well as if they occur in the a.m. or p.m.

Standards

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

MATH: Analyze, compare, create, and compose math ideas using written, oral, and drawn lines, shapes, forms, and patterns.

Adaptations

Have students create and illustrate a timeline of their life. For example, they might indicate the year they were born, the year they took their first steps, when they learned to ride a bicycle, etc.

Read a book such as "Telling Time" by David A. Adler and Edward Miller or "It's About Time!" by Stuart J. Murphy and John Speirs. Have students identify the times displayed in the illustrations.