Lesson 1

The Hour and Half Hour

Est. Class Sessions: 1–2
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Mathematical Standards

1.MD.B
Tell and write time. (1.MD.B.3)

Standards for Mathematical Practice

MP4.
Model with mathematics.
MP5.
Use appropriate tools strategically.
MP6.
Attend to precision.

Students identify the minute hand on an analog clock and use the hour and minute hands to tell and write the time to the nearest half hour.

Content in this Lesson

  • Recognizing the minutes on an analog clock.
  • Connecting the minutes and hours on an analog clock [E8].
  • Recognizing that there are sixty minutes in one hour [E8].
  • Identifying a half hour as thirty minutes past the hour.
  • Telling and writing time to the nearest hour and half hour using an analog
    clock [E10].
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Materials for Students

Daily Practice and Problems Lesson Homework Assessment

Student Books

Student Activity Book

Teacher Resources

Teacher Guide - digital

Supplies for Students

individual clock

Materials for the Teacher

Display of Tell and Write Time Master (Teacher Guide)
Unit 11 Assessment Record
Math Facts Class Record
demonstration clock
analog clock with the minute and second hands removed as in Unit 9 Lesson 9

Assessment in this Lesson

Assessment Expectation Assessed
Hour and Half Hour
with Feedback Box
Student Activity Book
Pages 317–318
E8.
Recognize the relationship between larger and smaller units of measure (e.g., 1 hour is 60 minutes; 1 dime is 2 nickels).
E10.
Read and write time to the nearest hour and half hour using an analog clock.
DPP Item A
Addition Flash Cards: Group D
Teacher Guide - digital
E12.
Demonstrate fluency with the addition facts with sums to ten in Group D.