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Telling Time to the Nearest Hour & Half Hour: Games: I Spy & Tic-Tac-Toe Clocks

1st Grade • 1 Lesson Plan, Games

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Quick Facts

Subject: Math, Measurement and Data

Type: 1 Lesson Plan, Games

Skills:

Collaborate and talk about telling time with their peers by...
- Play "I Spy" game in order to practice drawing the hour and minute hands on both an analog clock and digital clock in order to match the time
- Play "Tic Tac Toe Clocks" to practice reading times on analog clocks and writing the corresponding times on digital clocks

Materials Needed:

Pencils, red, and blue crayons/colored pencils
Large teaching clock and small student clocks or use clock printable
Scissors, glue, and brad fasteners (if not available, you do not need them)
Counting chips or small blocks – partners have 2 different colors each (or crayons/colored pencils if counting chips are not available)
Document camera or whiteboard

Printable Resources:

“I Spy a Clock” (1 copy for the whole class) – the clocks need to be cut out before the lesson and taped around the room
“Tic-Tac-Toe Clocks” (1 copy per student)
“I Spy a Clock-Recording Sheet” (1 copy per student)

CCSS: 1.MD.3

File Type: PDF Document

Lesson Plan Description

Teach the challenging skill of telling time digitally and in analog format with games! Your 1st graders will have fun, practice the “language” of telling time with partners and not even realize they are learning an invaluable skill. Your students will:

Collaborate and talk about telling time with their peers by…
- Play “I Spy” game in order to practice drawing the hour and minute hands on both an analog clock and digital clock in order to match the time
- Play “Tic Tac Toe Clocks” to practice reading times on analog clocks and writing the corresponding times on digital clocks

**Purchasing both this 1 hour and the Math Bundle: Telling Time to the Nearest Hour & Half Hour Bundle,” will result in duplicate content.