Lesson Overview:
Students will practice how to tell time on an analog clock. Students will pantomime activities that they do in a typical day and the class will guess at what time the student does a particular activity, noting whether the activity is taking place in the AM or PM. Then, each student will create a book describing a typical day. Each page of the book will contain a sentence describing that part of the day, an analog clock showing the time that activity is being done, and a picture showing the student doing that activity.
Length of Lesson:
Two 45-minute periods
Notes:
This lesson is particularly suitable for students in grades 1-2.
Instructional Objectives:
Students will:
- tell and record time on an analog clock using five-minute intervals.
- be able to demonstrate and apply concepts of measurement.
- interpret how time on an analog clock relates to daily activities.
- create a book that uses analog time to help relate a story.
Instructional Plan:
Warm Up
Lead the class in counting and clapping by fives. Show students the intervals of five on an analog clock. Resume counting with the class. Clap each time the class reaches a multiple of five to reinforce the math concept of counting by fives. As the class counts, move the minute hand on an analog clock to the appropriate position.
Introductory and Developmental Activities
Provide each student with an analog clock. If clocks are not available for each student, students can easily make model clock faces with paper plates, construction paper, and brass fasteners. Call out a time and have students hold up their clocks showing that time. Repeat this exercise several times, then reverse the activity so that you show a particular time on the teacher clock, and students state what time the clock is showing.
Guided Practice
Brainstorm the typical things that the students do on a school day. List these activities on the board. Ask students at what time they begin each of those activities. As they tell the start time, have them show that time on their clocks.
Pantomime one of the activities listed on the board. Ask students to guess what time they think the activity is taking place. Next, call on individual students to come to the front of the class. Give the student an index card with a particular time written on it, and ask the student to pantomime what he/she would be doing at this time. The class should guess what time the activity conveyed by the student usually takes place by setting their clocks to the estimated time and holding them up. They should also be able to indicate whether the activity is usually done in the AM or PM. This may lead to some interesting discussion, since activities such as brushing one's teeth are done in both the mornings and evenings.
Independent Activity
Discuss how one might convey time through visual art (i.e., color, expression, shading, etc.). Show several examples of works that depict particular times of the day and discuss how each artist is able to effectively portray different times. The following works are good examples:
Tell students that they are going to create a book called "Take a Walk Through My Day." Pass out the blank "Take a Walk Through My Day" Workbooks. On each page, students are to write a sentence that describes one activity they do during the day. Next, they must show the time they begin that activity on the analog clock. Then they must draw a picture of themselves doing the activity. Finally, they should order the five sheets according to how the activities occur in real life.
Assessment:
Evaluate the accuracy and creativity of each student's book using the accompanying Assessment Rubric.
Authors:
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Christine Sweger-Miller, Teacher
Thomas Pullen Arts Magnet School
Landover, MD
