Lesson Four - Time

Objectives:

• Students will tell time to the hour on an analog clock.

• Students will tell time to the hour on a digital clock.

Time Required:

• Two-one hour sessions 

Vocabulary:

• hour
• o'clock
• minute hand
• hour hand
• face

Materials:

• The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

• Computer with Internet Access

• Large demonstration clock (Judy Clock) and small clocks for each student

• Digital Clock

• paper plates and fasteners

• Clock Pattern

• Telling Time Worksheets (use this site to create your own worksheets or use of the pre-made worksheets.)

• index cards

• Analog Clock Handout and Digital Clock Handout

Procedures:

• Read The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle.  As you read the story, guide students' attention to the clocks, times of day, and activities that the lady bug participates in.
• After reading the story, introduce the attributes of time using a clock (a Judy Clock).  Hold up the demonstration clock (a Judy Clock) and have students tell what they see.  Tell them that the part of the clock with the numbers is called a clock face.  Point out the long hand (minute) and the short hand (hour).  Explain that together they show the time by pointing to the numbers.   Demonstrate that the long hand goes all the way around the face in one hour, while the short hand moves ahead by one number.
• Ask at what time the Grouchy Ladybug went to the leaf.  Place the minute hand on the 12 and the hour hand on the 5.  Have children describe what they see.  The clock shows 5 o'clock.
• Ask different things the Grouchy Ladybug did throughout the day and at what time.  Show the different times on the clock and ask students what changes and what remains the same each time.
• Give students small Judy clocks for them to demonstrate different times on the clock as you call out a time.
• Have each student make a paper plate clock face.  Using a brad fastener, attach tag board or construction paper hands to the center of the plate.  These clocks can also be used for students to demonstrate different times on their clocks as the teacher calls out a time.  You can add a black head and red wings with black dots to resemble a ladybug.
  

Evaluation:

• Observe students as they demonstrate various times on their clocks.

Day Two:

• Review telling time to the hour using an analog clock.  Demonstrate different times on the clock and students identify the time.  Also call out various time and have students demonstrate on their clocks.
• Display the analog clock and a digital clock, both set to the same time such as 5:00.
• Tell students that the 5 to the left of the 2 dots (colon) shows the hour and the zeros to the right mean "o'clock."  Ask students to tell the time shown by the two clocks. Show students how to write the time.
• Show students 11:00 on the digital clock and have them tell what time it shows.  Show students other times and discuss what is the same each time (:00) and what changes each time (the number on the left).
• Have volunteers show the same time to the hour on a digital clock and on an analog clock. 

Evaluation:

• Use one of the worksheets as your evaluations.

Extension Activity:

• Students can play What Time Is It?  Students will drag clocks showing different times into the correct order.

• Students can play Double Match Fun.  Click on "Clocks & Time."  Students need to match clock time with digital time.

Home Learning:

• Students will create a "Memory Matching Game."  Give students 12 index cards.  Give students a handout with 6 analog clock faces and a handout with 6 digital clocks.  Have students draw hands on the clock faces and fill in the digital clocks to show the times.  Next, have students cut out the clock faces and the digital clocks and glue them onto the index cards.  Finally, students will have a set of Memory Cards which they can play in class with partners.  They can also switch with their partner and play with their partners cards.  The cards can then be placed in the Math Center for further review.