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Features

The goal and its "I can" line, what to get ready and 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, and the mistakes students make and what to do about them
Ideas for students who need help or are ready for more
Each plan ends with the Animal Math worksheets, worksheet makers, tools and quiz for that lesson
Lessons: counting by 5s around the clock, reading and drawing times to five minutes, quarter past, half past and quarter to, and a.m. and p.m.
Time to the minute, elapsed time in hours and half hours, and units of time for the states that teach them in 2nd grade

2nd Grade Math CurriculumUnit 12

These are the lesson plans for Unit 12 of 13 in the 2nd Grade Math Curriculum: 128 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.

12.1 Count by fives around the clock

PrintableLabel the Clock: Hours, Minutes and Parts of a Clock: sheets 2-3
PrintableBlank Clock Faces: Printable Clock Templates: sheet 3
PrintableMake Your Own Clock: Cut-Out Hands and a Digital Clock: sheet 3, to build the minutes clock
ToolTeaching Clock: Minute Hand Moves By 5 Minutes, Show Minute Numbers
Exit ticket2nd Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 12.1

12.2 Tell time to five minutes

PrintableTelling Time to 5 Minutes: sheets 1-2
PrintableAnalog and Digital Clocks: Telling Time Practice: sheet 3
MakerTelling Time: Mode Read the Clock, Clock Type Hours & Minutes, Minute Increments By 5 minutes
ToolTeaching Clock: Hide to cover the digital time
QuizTelling Time Quiz: the Five Minutes level
Exit ticket2nd Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 12.2

12.3 Draw the hands to five minutes

PrintableDraw Clock Hands - Minutes: sheets 1-2
PrintableAnalog and Digital Clocks: Telling Time Practice: sheet 5
MakerTelling Time: Mode Draw the Hands, Clock Type Hours & Minutes, Minute Increments By 5 minutes
ToolTeaching Clock: drag the long hand and watch the short hand move
QuizTelling Time Quiz: the Five Minutes level
Exit ticket2nd Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 12.3

12.4 Quarter past, half past, quarter to

PrintableQuarter Past and Quarter To: sheets 1-3
PrintableAnalog and Digital Clocks: Telling Time Practice: sheet 2
MakerTelling Time: Mode Clock to Words, Clock Type Hours & Minutes, Minute Increments By 15 minutes. It writes 6:45 as six forty-five, the same time as quarter to 7, and mixes in o’clock times
ToolTeaching Clock: Show Time in Words, and Shade Past and To in Advanced Options
QuizTelling Time Quiz: the Quarter Hours level
Exit ticket2nd Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 12.4

12.5 a.m. and p.m.

PrintableA.M. and P.M.: sheets 1-3, and sheet 5 for more
PrintableAnalog and Digital Clocks: Telling Time Practice: sheet 7, for more
ToolTeaching Clock: Show a.m. and p.m., in Advanced Options
QuizTelling Time Quiz: the A.M. or P.M. level
Exit ticket2nd Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 12.5

12.6 Time to the minute ★

PrintableTelling Time to the Minute: sheets 1-3, and sheets 4-5 for more
MakerTelling Time: Mode Read the Clock, Clock Type Hours & Minutes, Minute Increments Any minute
ToolTeaching Clock: Minute Hand Moves By 1 Minute, Show Minute Numbers
Exit ticket2nd Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 12.6

12.7 Elapsed time in hours and half hours ★

PrintableElapsed Time for 2nd Grade: sheets 1-3, and sheet 4 for more
PrintableElapsed Time: sheets 1 and 3, as a stretch
ToolTeaching Clock: Elapsed Time and Start From Here, in Advanced Options
Exit ticket2nd Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 12.7

12.8 Units of time: 60 minutes, 24 hours, 7 days ★

PrintableUnits of Time: sheets 1, 3 and 4, and sheet 5 for more
PrintableCalendar Word Problems: sheet 3, for more
Exit ticket2nd Grade Telling Time Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 12.8

★ Taught in 2nd grade in some states.

Skills Covered

Count by 5s around the clock
Read a clock to five minutes
Draw the hands to five minutes
Quarter past, half past and quarter to

Choose a.m. or p.m.
Time to the minute
Elapsed time in hours and half hours
Units of time: minutes, hours, days, weeks

How to Use This Pack

Eight 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 eight 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 12.6 to 12.8 (time to the minute, elapsed time and units of time) are for the states that teach them in 2nd 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 with the minutes around the outside on every desk all unit
Read the short hand first, then count the long hand by 5s
Sort the exit tickets into got it, almost and not yet to plan the next day

Common Core Standards Alignment

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

2.NBT.A.2 Count up to 1,000, and count by fives, tens and hundreds.
2.MD.C.7 Read and record clock times in 5-minute steps on clock faces and digital displays, and use a.m. and p.m. correctly.
3.MD.A.1 Read and record time to the exact minute, find how many minutes pass between times, and solve story problems adding or subtracting minutes.

2nd Grade Telling Time Lesson Plans

2nd Grade2nd Grade Math Curriculum

Lesson plans for every lesson of a unit on telling time, from counting by fives around the clock to elapsed time. Each one-page plan gives a lesson in five steps, common mistakes and the worksheets to use, after a unit overview.

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What’s Included

8 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 (9 pages in all)

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