Planning tool

Students:

• estimate a time on a one-handed clock and accurately draw the position of the minute hand
• describe the relationship between minutes and hours
• convert between minutes and hours
• convert between analogue and digital times
• solve simple time problems involving am and pm notation.

Some students may:

• have difficulty moving from the metric system that uses multiples of 10, for example, when measuring and converting length, to measuring and converting time that is not based on 10. Time involves multiples of 60 in some elements, but there are 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, and 365 days in a year (unless it’s a leap year, which has 366). The number of days in each month is also irregular. Support students to explore the inconsistencies of the measuring system for time and the simplicity of the metric system.
• not have a well-developed knowledge of fractions. These students may find it a challenge to read clock times, as it assumes a basic knowledge of fractions. Make explicit connections between fractions and reading clocks.

The Learning from home activities are designed to be used flexibly by teachers, parents and carers, as well as the students themselves. They can be used in a number of ways including to consolidate and extend learning done at school or for home schooling.

Learning intention

• We are learning how to read the time on a digital and an analogue clock.

Why are we learning about this?

• We are learning the importance of time in our daily lives.
• Reading time is an important life skill.

What to do

1. Find a digital and an analogue clock. You could use a mobile phone, computer, microwave clock, alarm clock, watch or wall clock.
   1. What are the similarities and differences in the saying and display of digital and analogue time.
   2. What is the difference between the two types of clocks when talking about ‘am’ and ‘pm’?
   3. What is the same and what is different about the 12-hour and the 24-hour clock times?
2. Look at these times digital clock:
   1. 9:15; 3:45; 14:00
   2. Show the same times on the analogue clock.
3. Change the following times into a digital format using the 24-hour system:
   1. 1 o’clock
   2. half past 6 in the evening
   3. quarter to nine in the morning
   4. midday, 12 noon

Success criteria

I can:

• tell the time
• use ‘am’ and ‘pm’ notation
• compare 12-hour and 24-hour time
• convert between analogue and digital times.