Grade 1 Time Unit

Paige Doyle

Grade: 1st

Subject: Mathematics

Unit: Time

Common Core 1.MD.B.3 ​Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and
Standard:
digital clocks.

DESIRED RESULTS

1st Grade Time Unit Summary

During this unit students will become acquainted with the clock and time. Students will
understand that there are 24 hours within one day and that a clock can only show up to twelve
hours at any given point. They will be able to identify and name both the hour and minute
hands of an analog clock. Students will also be able to read and match the time given on a
digital clock to the time shown on an analog clock. They will also understand the purpose of
time and how it is applied to daily life.

Enduring Understanding

● Students will be able to read, write, and model time on digital and analog clocks.
● Students will understand time has easily distinguishable characteristics that can be
measured (minutes and hours).
● They will understand that units of measurement allow people to interpret data or
results.
● Students will understand how time applies to daily life.

Students Will Know...

 ● That time is measured in units of hours and minutes.
● How time applies to their daily schedule.
● Why time is important to daily life.
● How to read, write, and model time on digital and anolog clocks.

Essential Questions

● What tools are used to measure time and how do you use these tools?
● Why is it important to tell time?
● What is being measured when telling time?
● What is a specific example of a time when you will need to be able to tell time?
● Why would you estimate time in the real world?

Students will be able to...

● Read and write time on analog and digital clocks.

● Use time in their daily life
● Recognize the difference between the different units of time (seconds, minutes, hours).

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE

Summative ● Conclusion of unit test

Other ● Classwork practice sheets

Evidence ● Homeworks

LEARNING PLAN

Learning Activities
● Introduce clock to class by describing the parts that make it up and what they do (hour
hand and minute hand).
● Teach students the units in which time is measured (seconds, minutes, hours).
● Teach students how to read analog and digital time by combining knowledge of how
the clock functions and the units that make up the clock.
● Modeling with clock manipulative
● “What Time Is It?” activity
● Creat a clock activity
● End of unit assessment
Lesson Plan #1

Enduring Understanding:

● Students will be able to read, write, and model time on digital and analog clocks.
● Students will understand time has easily distinguishable characteristics that can be
measured (minutes and hours).
● They will understand that units of measurement allow people to interpret data or results.
● Students will understand how time applies to daily life.

Essential Question(s):

1. What tools are used for the measurement of time and how do you use them?

Objective:​ Students will be able to model the time given by their teacher on their clock
manipulatives.

Materials:

● Clock Manipulatives

Time:​ 15-20 min lesson

Differentiation Strategies:

Only state whole hour times for students that are struggling (1:00, 2:00, ect.)

State half-hour times for students who are excelling (1:30, 2:30, ect.)

Sequence:

1. Go over enduring understanding and essential question(s)

● Students will be able to read, write, and model time on digital and analog clocks.
Students will understand time has easily distinguishable characteristics that can be
 measured (minutes and hours). They will also understand that units of measurement
allow people to interpret data or results. Students will also understand that all
measurements have some form of uncertainty. Students will also understand how time
applies to daily life.
● What tools are used for the measurement of time and how do you use them?

3. Clock Manipulative Activity

1. Give each student one clock manipulative

2. Instruct students to put their clocks in the top corner of their desks and then to put
their hands in their lap.
3. Explain to students that you will say a time and that they will have to model that
time using the minute and hour hands of their clock manipulative.
4. Instruct students to raise their clocks up to show you when they have finished
modeling the time.
5. Inform students if the time they have modeled is correct or incorrect.
6. Encourage students with incorrect times to ask questions or for help.
7. After students have asked for help or asked questions encourage them to correct
their time.

4. Assessment

● Have students lift clock once they have finished modeling the time you said.
● Check clocks as they’re lifted and inform students 1-on-1 if they’re correct or incorrect.
Lesson Plan #2

Enduring Understanding:

● Students will be able to read, write, and model time on digital and analog clocks.
● Students will understand time has easily distinguishable characteristics that can be
measured (minutes and hours).
● They will understand that units of measurement allow people to interpret data or results.
● Students will understand how time applies to daily life.

Essential Question(s):

1. What tools are used for the measurement of time and how do you use them?
2. What is a specific example of a time when you will need to be able to tell time?

Objective:​ Students will be able to read the time on their watch and communicate that time to a
classmate.

Materials:

● Blank watch print out

● Black pen (to mark children's time)
● Crayons and colored pencils (for coloring)
● Master record sheet that includes students names and the time theri watch reads
● Stapler
● Student recording sheet that have all the students names but doesn't have the time
their watch reads.
● Scissors

Time:​ 30-45 min lesson

Differentiation Strategies:

Only write whole hour times if students are struggling (1:00, 2:00, ect.)

Only write half-hour times if students are exceling (1:30, 2:30, ect.)

Sequence:

2. Go over enduring understanding and essential question(s)

● Students will be able to read, write, and model time on digital and analog clocks.
Students will understand time has easily distinguishable characteristics that can be
measured (minutes and hours). They will also understand that units of measurement
allow people to interpret data or results. Students will also understand that all
measurements have some form of uncertainty. Students will also understand how time
applies to daily life.
● What tools are used for the measurement of time and how do you use them?
● What is a specific example of a time when you will need to be able to tell time?

3. “What Time Is It?” Activity

1. Before activity print out blank watch sheets then label the sheets with students names.
2. Use black pen to draw minute and hour hand on each watches clock face.
3. Recorde what time each students watch displays on master record sheet.
4. Let students decorate their own watch band with crayons and colored pencils.
5. Have students cut out their watch.
6. Secure each students watch around their wrist with a stapler.
7. Give students student recording sheets.
8. Give students time to walk around the class and ask each other “what time is it?”
9. Instruct students to read each other's watches and then record the time given on each
others watches on the student recording sheet.
10. Collect recording sheets at end of activity.
11. Use master sheet to grade student sheets.
4. Assessment

● Grade students recording sheets to asses their ability.

Lesson Plan #3

Enduring Understanding:

● Students will be able to read, write, and model time on digital and analog clocks.
● Students will understand time has easily distinguishable characteristics that can be
measured (minutes and hours).
● They will understand that units of measurement allow people to interpret data or results.
● Students will understand how time applies to daily life.

Essential Question(s):

2. What tools are used for the measurement of time and how do you use them?

Objective:​ Students will be create their own clock using parts of the clock such as hour hand,
minute hand, clock face, and numbers.

Materials:

● Paper plates
● Construction paper
● Brass brads
● Crayons
● Scissors
● Glue sticks
● Pre-made clock example for instruction time

Time:​ 20-30 min lesson

Differentiation Strategies:

Assist struggling students with clock assembly by reminding them of the parts of a clock.

Allow students who are excelling to construct clocks on their own.

Sequence:

3. Go over enduring understanding and essential question(s)

● Students will be able to read, write, and model time on digital and analog clocks.
Students will understand time has easily distinguishable characteristics that can be
measured (minutes and hours). They will also understand that units of measurement
allow people to interpret data or results. Students will also understand that all
measurements have some form of uncertainty. Students will also understand how time
applies to daily life.
● What tools are used for the measurement of time and how do you use them?

3. Create a Clock Activity

1. Discuss and describe all the parts of the clock and how they work with students.
2. Have students decorate their plates to be the face of the clock.
3. Then have them write numbers 1-12 around the edge of the plate exactly how they are
written around the edge of a real clock (provide students with real clock or teacher
example to assist them with the position of the numbers).
4. Remind students that the hour hand is shorter than the minute hand.
5. Help students connect their hands to the clock using brass brads.
6. Have students label minute and hour hand.
7. Have students keep these clocks for later lessons when they begin to learn and practice
how to read a clock and tell time.
 Source List

● https://cooperstroopers1st.weebly.com/uploads/5/4/7/6/54768789/9.9.pdf

● http://mdk12.msde.maryland.gov/share/ccsc/uos/resources/math/gr1_tell_and_write_time/M_1_

MD_B_3_U_Tell_Time.docx.

● https://www.weareteachers.com/5-hands-on-ways-to-teach-telling-time/

● https://educators.brainpop.com/lesson-plan/parts-of-a-clock-activities-for-kids/

● http://boymamateachermama.com/2012/09/03/teacher-mama-a-teaching-clock/