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This document provides lessons and activities for teaching primary students about telling time. It includes objectives about telling analog and digital time, estimating lengths of activities, and answering word problems involving time. The lessons include having students make clocks, matching analog and digital times, creating a schedule, a game to reach midnight on a clock, sorting activities by time concepts, task cards, and practice pages. Tips are provided for each lesson.

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This document provides lessons and activities for teaching primary students about telling time. It includes objectives about telling analog and digital time, estimating lengths of activities, and answering word problems involving time. The lessons include having students make clocks, matching analog and digital times, creating a schedule, a game to reach midnight on a clock, sorting activities by time concepts, task cards, and practice pages. Tips are provided for each lesson.

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TELLING TIME

HANDS ON LESSONS & ACTIVITIES FOR THE PRIMARY GRADES!

CREATED BY: SUSAN JONES (HTTP://THANKGODITSFIRSTGRADE.BLOGSPOT.COM)


TIME:
Students will be able to:
OBJECTIVES: • Tell time on both analog and digital clocks.
• Tell time to the nearest fifteen minute
intervals.
• Estimate the length of time of different
activities.
• Answer word problems regarding the
passing of time.
TIME:
• Clockmakers
LESSONS: • Analog & Digital matchbook
• The Perfect Schedule
• Staying up til Midnight
• Time Sorts
• Time task cards
• Practice pages
LESSON
1.
CLOCKMAKERS
When learning about time, it is important for my students to understanding the meaning of the numbers and marks
on a clock. I also find that when my students start by creating their own clock, they better understand how to read
a clock on their own.

TIPS •
•
I have my big, yellow teacher clock out throughout this lesson and use it for example throughout the clock-making process.
The following pages have the clock template as well as the questions I ask throughout the lesson.
ANALOG & DIGITAL MATCHBOOK
LESSON
2.

Once students learn how to read a clock, it is important that they practice, practice, practice! This is a simple
matching book for students to practice reading both analog and digital clocks.

TIPS
• Students will glue the top of the analog clocks first and fold up on the dotted lines.
• Then students will find the matching digital clocks and paste underneath.
• Once it’s complete, we use our matchbooks to quiz classmates and have them check their answers by looking underneath.
LESSON
3.
THE PERFECT SCHEDULE
In this lesson, students will take a close look at their daily school schedule and then create their own schedule for
their “perfect” school day. This lesson is a fun way for students to practice showing time on analog clocks and also
show their understanding for AM, PM, as well as the length of activities.

• During the modeled lesson, we go over our daily school schedule and we practice showing the start times of different subjects on our clocks.

TIPS
• I am sure to point out AM and PM and we quickly re-write our schedule on the big board using digital times and AM/PM
• The first time I did this lesson a few of my students chose to only pick 3 subjects (recess, lunch, and gym) for their entire “perfect” day, so I
learned to create a few guidelines – I have my students choose at least 6 subjects – which is how I made my template.
• I also point out how much time is passing between each of their subjects as they create their schedule.
LESSON
4.
STAYING UP TIL MIDNIGHT!
This is a fun partner race game where students try to be the first ones to make it until midnight. Students simply use
their clocks and spinners (color option and B&W available) to add time to their clock until 12 hours pass. The directions
on how to play are on the spinners themselves.

TIPS
During the modeled lesson, I make sure to show students that they need to move the minute hand AND the hour hand as they play.
• Students can use their clockmakers clock or any other student clock they have.
• As students are playing I make sure to check in to see if they can add the correct amount of time to their clock and to see if they are
moving the hour hand as well.
LESSON
5.
TIME SORTS
Here are three different sorts that allow your students to practice:
1. AM/PM
2. Elapsed Time
3. Concepts of time

TIPS •
•
We always discuss these topics whole group first and practice a few of the sorts and our reasoning for choosing that category.
When we discuss it whole group first it helps clear up some misconceptions from the class before they go off an complete them with a partner.
TIME TASK CARDS
These task cards are simple ways to have students practice telling time, estimate how long something takes, and
practice elapsed time. Students can record their answers on the recording sheet.
PRACTICE PAGES
These are some paper and pencil pages to have students practice telling time. These are also great for homework
pages.

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