Telling time to 5 minutes
Tell and write the time to five minutes on analogue clocks, including quarter past and quarter to the hour, write these times in digital form, and draw clock hands to show them
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Read minute positions while remembering that the hour hand also moves.
Read minute positions while remembering that the hour hand also moves.
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Ordering Time
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Clock times are ordered and discussed, including five-minute readings. Use it for telling time, not every elapsed-time story.
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Before you openAsk the learner to order two clock times and read one to the nearest five minutes.
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Illustrative Mathematics. “Ordering Time.” Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. External task; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute it.
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Check understanding
- Read an analogue clock showing 3:25 and write the time in digital form as 3:25
- Write 'quarter past 9' as 9:15 and 'twenty to four' as 3:40
- Draw clock hands to show twenty to four, with the minute hand on 8 and the hour hand just before 4
“If the clock shows quarter to four, can your child tell you the time — and draw hands on a blank clock face to show twenty past three?”
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- Type
- Representational
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Measurement
- Age range
- Ages 6–8
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