Summary
An animated Mage Math lesson on telling time — reading the hour and minute hands on an analog clock, made for grade 1. Bright 3-D animation walks kids through it with clear, worked examples they can pause and try.
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Telling Time - Basics of the Clock 1st Grade clicks once you see it worked out. Watch an example, then use these questions to make sure it stuck.
- Which hand tells the hour, and which tells the minutes?
- What time does the clock in the video show?
- What do you usually do at that time of day?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: hour hand, minute hand, o'clock, half past.
Try it: Draw a clock face showing your favorite time of day. Write the time in numbers underneath.