Five pages about the two units of time a clock shows. Page 1 starts with a reminder: the short hand is the hour hand and the long hand is the minute hand. Students circle which hand an arrow points to on four clocks (the first is done as an example), then write H and M by the hands on four more. Page 2 has ten everyday things, like washing your hands, a soccer game and watching a movie: students circle whether each takes about a minute or about an hour. On page 3 students circle which of two things takes longer, then count by 5s in boxes around a clock to see that the minute hand goes all the way around in 1 hour, 60 minutes. Page 4 shows a clock now and an empty clock 1 hour later: students draw the hour hand on the next number and write the time, then do the same with digital times, including 11:00 and 12:00. Page 5 sorts eight things into a Minutes and Hours table and ends with a 1-minute challenge: guess, then count how many claps, jumps or names you can do while a grown-up times you.
Time one minute together on a clock with a second hand: everyone stays quiet, or claps, until the minute is up. Then talk about things that take an hour, like lunch and recess together or a soccer practice, and move the hands on a demonstration clock to show the minute hand going all the way around while the hour hand moves to the next number. Read the activities on pages 2, 3 and 5 aloud for students who need it.
Talk about how long things take during the day: brushing your teeth takes a couple of minutes, a soccer game takes about an hour. Set a timer for one minute and see how many times your child can jump or clap. Look at a clock together at bedtime and ask where the hour hand will be one hour later.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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A 5-page minutes and hours pack for 1st grade. Tell the short hour hand from the long minute hand on clocks, then circle whether everyday things take about a minute or about an hour, like tying your shoes or a soccer game. Circle which of two things takes longer, count by 5s around a clock to see that 1 hour is 60 minutes, draw the hour hand 1 hour later and write the time, sort eight things into minutes and hours, and find out what you can do in 1 minute. Every page comes in color and in black and white. Answer keys included.
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