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Lesson Title:
Math Telling Time
Sheila McCluskey, Hailey Leone, Alyssa Carmona: MDA 240 Section 01
Grade Level and Activity time: 1st grade and 4 sessions of 20 minutes

2. Academic Subject Objectives:

1. Students will be able to define the words analog clock, minute hand, and hour hand.
2. Students will be able to identify the difference between the minute hand and hour hand
on an analog clock.
3. Students will be able to perform The Hands on the Clock, using movements and
instruments.

3. Academic Subject Vocabulary:

1. Analog Clock: a clock that has moving hands and hours marked from 1 to 12. It shows
the time of day by the position of the hands.
2. Hour hand: the short hand on an analog clock. It moves from one clock number to the
next every hour. Its position shows the hour of the day.
3. Minute-hand: the long hand on an analog clock. It goes around the clock once every
hour. Its position shows the minutes of the hour.

4. National Standards for Music:

1. MU: Pr6.1.1a: With limited guidance, perform music for a specific purpose with
expression.
2. MU: Cn11.0.1a: Demonstrate understanding of relationships between music and the other
arts, other disciplines, varied contexts, and daily life.

5. Music Elements and/or Principles:

1. Pitch: how high or low a sound is. In order to review five minute intervals, students will
be counting from 1 to 60 two times, changing their pitch at every fifth number (i.e. 5, 10,
15, etc.). The first time, students will be changing from a low pitch to a high pitch. The
second time, students will be changing from a high pitch to a low pitch.
2. Rhythm: the pattern of sound and silence. When using instruments during the poem,
students will be able to hear the rhythm of the poem.
3. Tempo: the speed of music. After students learn movements to the poem, they will recite

6. Lesson Materials
1. Hands on the Clock Poem
2. Instruments
3. Interactive Teaching Center
7. Introduction of Lesson:
1. CREATIVE HOOK:
Miss Alyssa and Miss Sheila are in the classroom (Miss Hailey is missing)
Miss Hailey rushes into room; she says something about being late/forgetting how to
tell time
Miss Alyssa/Sheila says something about working on telling time in todays lesson
ask first graders if they would like to review telling time to help Miss Hailey
2. T will use Interactive Teaching Center to review vocabulary
3. T will review counting by 5s with the students
First by counting from 1 to 60, and changing from a low pitch to a high pitch on
every fifth number (5, 10, 15, etc.).
Second by counting from 1 to 60, and changing from a high pitch to a low pitch on
every fifth number (5, 10, 15, etc.).
4. T will have students fill in the five minute intervals missing around the analog clock on
the Interactive Teaching Center.
Explain how each number on an analog clock represents another five minutes (i.e.
1=5, 2=10, 3=15, etc.).

8. Lesson Activity:
1. T teaches the poem, Hands on the Clock, line by line through echoing.
2. Students will echo poem and learn it through repetition.
3. T will teach students movements to the poem, stanza by stanza.
4. Students will recite poem, along with the movements.
5. T will review tempo with students.
6. Students will recite the poem, along with the movements, at different tempos.
7. Some of the students will be given instruments to replace doing movements.
8. All of the students will recite the poem, using movements/instruments.
9. Students will then switch their roles.
10. T will review rhythm with students.
11. Students will recite the poem in their heads. They will still do the movements and use the
instruments. This will show the students the rhythm of the poem.

9. Follow Up Questions:
1. Raise your hand to tell us what you learned about the hour (short) hand of a clock.
2. Raise your hand to tell us what you learned about the minute (long) hand of a clock.
3. Students will tell/make times on the class clock.
10. Student Assessment:
2: understood 1: somewhat 0: did not
completely understood understand

Define analog clock

Define minute hand

Define hour hand

Recite the poem

Recite the poem, along with

correct movements

Recite the poem, along with

correct movements, at varying
tempos

Recite the poem, using

movements and instruments

Recite the poem in head, using

movements and instruments to
hear the poems rhythm

11. Grade Level Modification:

Grade 2: Students will be taught to tell time by one-minute intervals. Students will also
learn more vocab, such as quarter to and quarter after the hour.
Grade 4: Students will be taught to measure the difference between two sets of times
(the elapsed time). Students will also solve word problems about telling time.

12. Adaptation for Students with Disabilities:

1. Students who have a hearing impairment will be able to see the words of the poem on a
PowerPoint. There will also be a key to tell the student what movement to do.
2. If there is a student who is physically disabled, make sure that student will be able to
participate in the movement part. If needed, T will change the movements for the poem in
order to enable full student participation.
13. Additional Lesson prep, bibliography, websites, etc.:
1. Bring poem
2. Have instruments ready
3. Link to Poem: http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems71.html

14. Lesson Plan Activity Images