Time to Tell Time: Showing and Writing Time

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Show a few times on the analog clock. Write down the times on the whiteboard as you show the times on the analog clock. Some examples could be: 3:00, 4:05, 4:20, 1:15, 2:30, 3:45, 5:30, 12:00.
• Explain to the students that when the time changes to a new hour, you must write the time with two zeros in the minutes. Show examples on the clock, and write the examples on the whiteboard.
• Show a few more times on the analog clock.
• Call on a few student volunteers to come up and write down the times on the whiteboard so they can practice using the colon to separate the hours from the minutes.

Guided Practice

• Pass out the small whiteboards, whiteboard markers, and small analog clocks to each student.
• Explain to the students that they will be practicing writing down time on their whiteboards and showing time using their analog clocks.
• Show a time on the analog clock. Ask the students to write the time on their whiteboards. Students can check their answer with a partner before holding up the whiteboard. Repeat a few times.
• Next, write down a time on the whiteboard. Ask the students to show the time on their analog clocks. Students can check their answers with partners before holding up their analog clocks.
• Pass out the Time 2 Tell Time 1 worksheet. Ask the students to complete the sheet with a partner of their choice.
• Rotate around the room and check the student’s work. Ask the students to share their answers when they are finished.

Independent working time

• Pass out the Time 2 Tell Time 2 worksheet. Have your students complete this page individually.
• Rotate around the room to help struggling students.
• Ask your students to turn in the sheet when they are finished.