Time to the Nearest Five Minutes
Est. Class Sessions: 2–3
This lesson begins with a review of telling time to the nearest five minutes using the hour hand. In the second part of this lesson students explore the relationship of the movement of the hour hand with the movement of the minute hand, telling time to the nearest five minutes. Students solve problems involving elapsed time.
Content in this Lesson
- Reading an analog clock.
- Telling time to the nearest five minutes [E4].
- Comparing movement of the minute and hour hands on the clock.
- Solving problems involving time measurements to the nearest five minutes [E2].
Daily Practice and Problems A–D
Materials for Students
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Student Books |
Student Guide |
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Teacher Resources |
Teacher Guide - digital |
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Supplies for Students
individual clock
Materials for Teachers
Demonstration clock or display of the Teaching Clock page (Student Guide) Reference
Display of Hours in a Day (Student Activity Book) page 135
Display of prepared Clock Number Line Master (Teacher Guide) page 70
Unit 5 Assessment Record
Math Facts Class Record
Material Preparation
Prepare the Clock Number Line. Use the Clock Number Line Master in the Teacher Guide to prepare a number line from 0 to 60 that will wrap around the large teaching clock so that the 0 and 60 will overlap. Cut out each of the number line segments. Tape or glue the segments together by overlapping the left edge of each segment with the gray end tab on the right side of the previous segment. See Figure 1 for an image of a completed Clock Number Line.
Figure 1: Completed Clock Number Line
Prepare Practice with Clocks. If needed, prepare the Practice with Clocks Master in the Teacher Guide. Use the following suggestions to provide specific targeted practice:
- To practice telling time using the hour hand, draw the hour hand on each clock. Ask students to estimate the time shown on each clock face.
- To practice telling and writing time to the nearest five minutes, draw the hour and minute hands on each clock. Ask students to write the time shown on each clock face.
- To practice finding the elapsed time, list various activities for each pair of clocks. Draw hands on each clock in the first column to show the start time of each activity. Then draw hands on each clock in the second column to show the ending time. Ask students to find the elapsed time.
Assessment in this Lesson
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Broken Clocks |
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Time and Time Again |
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DPP Item A |
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