Clock Display - Pointing Hands
Add some colour and excitement to your classroom wall clock by placing each of the pointing hands around the clock to help students make the connection between hours and minutes around an analogue clock.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to recognise and read the time represented on an analog clock to the hour, half-hour and quarter-hour.
- We are learning to tell time to the hour and half-hour.
- We are learning to tell time to the quarter-hour, using the language of 'past' and 'to'.
- We are learning to estimate and compare the duration of events using days, hours, minutes and seconds.
- We are learning to recognise and read the time represented on analog and digital clocks to the nearest minute.
- We are learning to tell time to the minute and investigate the relationship between units of time.
Curriculum alignment
AC9M3M03
9
Recognise and use the relationship between formal units of time including days, hours, minutes and seconds to estimate and compare the duration of events
AC9M2M04
9
Recognise and read the time represented on an analog clock to the hour, half-hour and quarter-hour
AC9M3M04
9
Describe the relationship between the hours and minutes on analog and digital clocks, and read the time to the nearest minute
ACMMG020
8.4
Tell time to the half-hour
ACMMG039
8.4
Tell time to the quarter-hour, using the language of 'past' and 'to'
ACMMG062
8.4
Tell time to the minute and investigate the relationship between units of time
MA1-1WM
old
Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols
MA1-2WM
old
Uses objects, diagrams and technology to explore mathematical problems
MA1-13MG
old
Describes, compares and orders durations of events, and reads half- and quarter-hour time
MA2-13MG
old
Reads and records time in one-minute intervals and converts between hours, minutes and seconds
MA1-3WM
old
Supports conclusions by explaining or demonstrating how answers were obtained
MA2-1WM
old
Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas
MA2-NSM-02
new
Estimates, measures and compares the masses of objects using kilograms and grams
MA1-NSM-02
new
Describes, compares and orders durations of events, and reads half- and quarter-hour time
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Extensions
Provide students with a paper plate on which they can write the numbers of an analogue clock - 1-12. Use a split pin to attach a movable hour and minute hands to the clock. Challenge students to place the pointing hands in the correct positions around the clock face. Place the student's name card beside or above the clock and take a photograph for a record of assessment. Additionally, you could write a time in digital form on a post-it note and place that below the clock, requiring the student to show the time on their paper plate clock.Teach it your way
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