This week I decided to do a lesson on telling time. I did a lesson over time in another class before so I felt comfortable doing this lesson. Instead of just learning to tell time like my other lesson, I did learning to tell time to the half-hour. I enjoy teaching any time of lesson. I also did a lesson this week over recycling so I used my social studies strategies. I feel the most comfortable writing lesson plans in math but it was fun to write some in other subjects as well.
Lesson Four
Title:
Telling time by the half-hour.
Grade Level:
First Grade.
State and/or local standards: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.B.3
Tell and write time in
hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Goals and learning objectives: Students will have a full understanding of how to
tell time by the half-hour.
Student’s Needs: Prior knowledge: Students need to have a full understanding of how to
tell time by the hour and how to read an analog clock.
Materials:
Big plastic clock, paper clocks we made the other day, markers and marker
boards, worksheets.
Before/Hook:
We will begin our lesson by watching a video on half hour times. This video is
a little longer, and reviews what the students should already know.
During: Teacher and Student actions: After the video, I will start my lesson by having the
students count the numbers on the clock by 1’s then by 5’s. When they get to
the 6 (30) I will tell them this number will be very important today. I will
show them how to create the half-hour on my big clock and have them create it
on their paper clocks. I will then tell them to show me different times on
their paper clocks and have one student come show the class on the big plastic
clock. I will have the students now get out their markers and white boards. I
will have them all draw a big circle and create a clock on their marker boards
with a black marker. Then we will have a blue and red marker and I will ask
them to show we different times by them drawing their hour and minutes hands. I
will do this until I feel most students are getting the concept of telling time
by the half-hour.
After: Checking for understanding/Assessment: I will have a small worksheet for the students that
they can do in partners, as they work I will walk around the room and listen
and watch on how well they understand what they are doing.
Independent Practice: Each student will have two matching worksheets to
complete. They will have on a clock to the half-hour and they have to match it
to the digital clock on the other side.
Closure:
I will draw a big clock on the white board and draw a time with my red and blue
and have students write down their answer and turn it in to me.
Accommodations:
For students that are having a hard time on the half-hour I will have them
focus still on just the hour of telling time until they can move on to the half
hour, I will also work one on one with these students.
For students that are
beyond this level I will have them go online and find 2 different learning
resources that could help them and the other students and have them share their
findings with the class at the end of the lesson.
I think this is nice and simple. Something else that could help those kiddos get it is one of those paper plate spinner "clocks" so that they can move the hands around to different times so that they can manipulate it at the desks too, like this: https://kids-activities.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-easy-paper-plate-clock-with-your-kids-327009/
ReplyDelete(Also, I could not access that video link you inserted.)
Did you already pick out a strategy to use? If not, I was thinking the brainstorming prior knowledge strategies might work? I found them in the Buehl book pages 71-74.
ReplyDeleteI love this lesson plan! Telling time is such an important skill for younger students to learn. A strategy you could use for this lesson would be brainstorming, as Carrie said. I struggle to use these strategies in lesson plans for younger students. Brainstorming is usable for all ages.
ReplyDeleteBrainstorming with the lower grades is difficult but can be very effective with some guidance. You almost have to have lessons ON the strategy itself!
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