How to Tell Time - Lesson for Grade 1, Chapter - Telling Time
In the "How to Tell Time" lesson, designed for Grade 1 students within the "Foundations and Applications in Measuring, Time and Data" unit, pupils will embark on an engaging journey to master the essential life skill of telling time. Through activities like the "What Time Is It? Hour Hands Worksheet" and the "What Time Is It? Minute Hands Worksheet," students will learn to identify and understand the significance of the hour and minute hands on a clock. This foundational knowledge is further reinforced with the "Telling The Time Worksheet: Part 2," which delves deeper into reading time more accurately.
An exciting element of this lesson is the "Hickory Dickory Dock | Song," which utilizes music and rhythm to make learning about time both enjoyable and memorable. Through these carefully crafted activities, students will not only learn how to tell time but also appreciate its importance in daily life. Understanding time is crucial for developing time management skills, fostering independence, and enhancing their ability to participate in time-bound activities both at school and home. By the end of this lesson, students will have taken a significant step toward becoming more responsible and self-reliant individuals.
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Activity 1 / What Time Is it? Hour Hands Worksheet
When you place an analog clock in front of your children, can they correctly tell you what the time says? What about when you place a digital clock in front of your kids? Are they correct both times? Or maybe some more work needs to be done. Use this awesome worksheet to teach them how to tell the time in the analog format and digital format. Help your kids make the time on the analog clock the same as the time on the digital clock. Trace the correct hour hand.
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Activity 2 / What Time Is it? Minute Hands Worksheet
Minute hands have a lot to do with proper time-telling. If your kids still do not understand how to tell the time using the minute hands, then you still have some work to do. Luckily for you, you can use this simple worksheet to give them a pictured demonstration of how to tell time with minute hands correctly. Help your kids make the time on the analog clock the same as the time on the digital clock. Trace the correct minute hand in this tracing sheet.
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Activity 3 / Telling The Time Worksheet: Part 2
This free math worksheet for kindergarten by Kids Academy will help your kids to gain more confidence in reading a clock and telling the time.
Look at the clock faces on the left and trace the time on the right. If the long hand is at 12 it is a full hour, when it points at 6 it is half an hour. Now for each clock, trace the time. Is it a full hour or half an hour?
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Activity 4 / Hickory Dickory Dock | Song
