Time Measurement
In Kindergarten students learn to tell time to the hour using both digital and analog clocks.
K.9 The student will tell time to the hour, using analog and digital clocks.
Understanding the Standard (For Teachers)
+Many experiences in relating time on the hour to daily routines and school schedules (e.g., catching the bus, lunch time, recess time, and resource time) help students develop personal referents for time.
+Making sense of telling time to the nearest hour is reinforced when students recognize the positions of the hands on an analog clock and identify the corresponding time to the hour.
All students should
Apply an appropriate technique, depending on the type of clock, to determine time to the nearest hour.
Teaching the Standard
Books
The Clock Struck One: A Time Telling Tale. By Trudy Harris. Illus. by Carrie Hartman. 2009. 32p. Millbrook PR Trade. (9780822590675). Gr K. A fun story that expands on Hickory Dickory Dock. Different things are caused by the clock striking different times. Helps students become with time and the idea that activities are driven by the time of day.
Clockwise. By Sarah Pinto. Illus. by Author. 2006. 32p. Bloomsbury USA Childrens. (9781582346694). Gr. K-2. Thomas is frustrated because he family is late to everything and he feels that it is up to him to learn to tell time and work on his family's punctuality. He is given a gift by a clockmaker and his educational journey begins.Telling Time with Big Mama Cat. By Dan Harper. Illus. by Billy Moser and Cara Moser. 1998. 36p. HMH Books. (9780152017385). Gr. K. Go through the day with Big Mama Cat. She has lots to do and telling time is the only way to keep her activities straight. Learn to tell time and to keep to a schedule of ordered events.
Activities/Centerwork/Small Group
Analog and Digital Bingo. Print and cut out these cards to have students play a bingo game. This can be a station activity, a small group activity or one on one as an assessment.
Playdough Clocks. Use these clock face mats to help reinforce students knowledge of time telling. They will make clock hands out of playdough and put them on the clock faces. Students could also draw in the hands and turn in the activity afterwards.
Teaching Telling Time. Here's a lesson plan to help teach your students how to tell time to the hour. It includes a bingo style game and the students get together to form a human analog clock.
Time for Sunshine. Print out these cards from the top of the page on a thick paper, cut and have students play matching games.
Electronic Resources
On Time. Here's a game where student's manipulate an analog clock to tell different times. It keeps track of number of correct answers and gives students a score at the end.
Shoot the Clock. Use this game to have students match analog and digital clock faces. They can play in relaxed or timed mode and the game keeps track of points.
Snapdragon Tell-the-Time. This game from the BBC gives students the written time and they are to set the analog clock to the correct time. Warning: page has times written in English and Welsh, make sure to play this with your students first so they don't get too confused.
Assessments
Draw Hands on the Clock. This assessment gives students plain clock faces to draw in the hands to represent the given times.
Telling Time. This worksheet shows students the time on an analog clock and has a digital clock for them to fill in. Great assessment for telling time.
Time for Sunshine. Towards the bottom of this page there is a sheet that can be used after playing the matching games to check for comprehension.