Summary
Introduces reading a clock — the hour and minute hands and o'clock times. The first step toward telling time to the minute.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Talk about it
The short hand shows the hour and the long hand shows the minutes. When the long hand points to 12, it is o'clock.
- Which hand is the hour hand — the long one or the short one?
- Where does the minute hand point at 3 o'clock?
- How is a clock face like counting by fives?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: hour, minute, o'clock, clock.
Try it: Draw a clock showing 7 o'clock. Then draw one showing half past 7.