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1st Grade Math CurriculumUnit 10

These are the lesson plans for Unit 10 of 12 in the 1st Grade Math Curriculum: 127 lessons in teaching order, week by week, each with a lesson plan and an exit ticket.

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Also for this unit: this unit’s exit tickets and this unit’s test. See the whole year

Resources for Each Lesson

Everything each lesson plan points to, with links. Sheet numbers count worksheets: a color pack prints each sheet again in black and white.

10.1 Hour hand and minute hand

PrintableLabel the Clock: Hours, Minutes and Parts of a Clock: sheets 1 and 5
PrintableMinutes and Hours: sheet 1
PrintableMake Your Own Clock: Cut-Out Hands and a Digital Clock: sheet 1, to build the paper clock
ToolTeaching Clock: Show Hour Hand and Show Minute Hand, in Advanced Options
Exit ticket1st Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 10.1

10.2 Read time to the hour

PrintableTelling Time to the Hour: sheets 1-3
PrintableRead the Clock - Hours: any sheet
MakerTelling Time: Mode Read the Clock, Clock Type Hours
ToolTeaching Clock: Minute Hand Moves By Hour, Hide to cover the digital time
QuizTelling Time Quiz: the Hours level
Exit ticket1st Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 10.2

10.3 Show time to the hour

PrintableDraw Clock Hands - Hours: sheets 1-3
PrintableDraw Clock Hands - Hours (Set 2): any sheet
MakerTelling Time: Mode Draw the Hands, Clock Type Hours
ToolTeaching Clock: drag the hands to set a time
QuizTelling Time Quiz: the Hours level
Exit ticket1st Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 10.3

10.4 Read time to the half hour

PrintableTelling Time to the Half Hour: sheets 1-3
MakerTelling Time: Mode Read the Clock, Clock Type Hours & Minutes, Minute Increments By 30 minutes
ToolTeaching Clock: Minute Hand Moves By Half Hour
QuizTelling Time Quiz: the Half Hours level
Exit ticket1st Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 10.4

10.5 Show time to the half hour

PrintableBlank Clock Faces: Printable Clock Templates: sheets 1 and 4-5
MakerTelling Time: Mode Draw the Hands, Clock Type Hours & Minutes, Minute Increments By 30 minutes
ToolTeaching Clock: drag the long hand from the 12 to the 6
QuizTelling Time Quiz: the Half Hours level
Exit ticket1st Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 10.5

10.6 Match analog and digital clocks

PrintableAnalog and Digital Clocks: Telling Time Practice: sheet 1
PrintableTelling Time to the Half Hour: sheets 4-6
ToolTeaching Clock: Show Digital Time, and Hide to cover it
QuizTelling Time Quiz: the Both level
Exit ticket1st Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 10.6

10.7 Time in words: o’clock and half past

PrintableAnalog and Digital Clocks: Telling Time Practice: sheet 4
PrintableWords to Clock - Hours: sheets 1-2
PrintableTime Words to Numbers - Hours: any sheet
MakerTelling Time: Mode Clock to Words, Clock Type Hours & Minutes, Minute Increments By 30 minutes
ToolTeaching Clock: Show Time in Words
QuizTelling Time Quiz: the Both level
Exit ticket1st Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 10.7

10.8 About a minute or an hour, 1 hour later ★

PrintableMinutes and Hours: sheets 2-5
ToolTeaching Clock: + 1 Hour, or Elapsed Time in Advanced Options
Exit ticket1st Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 10.8

10.9 Days, weeks and months on a calendar ★

PrintableCalendar Math: sheets 1-4
PrintableDays of the Week Worksheets: sheet 3
PrintableMonths of the Year Worksheets: sheets 1 and 3
PrintableFill In a Blank Calendar: Make a Month: sheets 1 and 4
Exit ticket1st Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 10.9

★ Taught in 1st grade in some states.

Skills Covered

Find the hour hand and the minute hand
Read and show time to the hour
Read and show time to the half hour
Match analog and digital clocks

Say a time with o'clock and half past
About a minute or about an hour
Find the time 1 hour later
Days, weeks and months on a calendar

How to Use This Pack

Nine lesson plans, one for each lesson of a unit on telling time, in teaching order, after an overview page that lays the unit out day by day: a pre-check, the nine lessons, a review and the unit test. Each plan fits on one page. It gives the goal, what to get ready, the words to use, the lesson in five steps with the words to say, questions to ask, common mistakes and what to do about them, and the Animal Math worksheets, makers, tools and quiz for the lesson.

In the Classroom

Print the unit, or just the day's page, and teach from it. Each lesson takes about 45 minutes: a 5 minute warm up, 10 minutes of teaching, 10 minutes together, 15 minutes of practice and an exit ticket at the end. The exit tickets and the unit test are separate packs, made for these lessons. Lessons 10.8 and 10.9 (about a minute or about an hour and 1 hour later, and the calendar) are for the states that teach them in 1st grade.

At Home

Teaching at home? Use the warm up and the "Try it together" step as a short lesson, and the "Words to use" as the way to talk about it. A paper clock with hands that turn, or the Teaching Clock on the site, makes every lesson hands on.

Tips for Success

Read the "Watch for" box before the lesson: it is what to listen for while students work
Keep a paper clock on every desk all unit; students show each time before they write it
Sort the exit tickets into got it, almost and not yet to plan the next day
Use the help and challenge ideas for small groups during practice

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

1.MD.B.3 Read and record times to the hour and half hour on clock faces and digital displays.

1st Grade Telling Time Lesson Plans

1st Grade1st Grade Math Curriculum

Lesson plans for every lesson of a 1st grade unit on telling time, one page a lesson, with a unit overview that lays the unit out day by day. Each plan has the goal and its "I can" line, what to get ready, the words to use, a 45 minute lesson in five steps (warm up, teach with words to say, try it together, practice, exit ticket), questions to ask, the mistakes students make and what to do about them, and ideas for students who need help or are ready for more. Each one ends with the Animal Math worksheets, worksheet makers, tools and quiz for that lesson. Lessons: the hour hand and the minute hand, reading and showing time to the hour and to the half hour, analog and digital clocks, and o'clock and half past, then about a minute or about an hour, 1 hour later and the calendar for the states that teach them in 1st grade.

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What’s Included

9 one-page lesson plans, one for each lesson of the unit
A unit overview: the unit day by day, what to get ready, how each lesson goes
Words to say, questions to ask and common mistakes for every lesson
The worksheets, makers, tools and quiz for each lesson (10 pages in all)

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