Telling Time: Clocks and Minutes

Year 3 Mathematics Learning to read analogue clocks Understanding hours and minutes

WALT - We Are Learning To

Read time on an analogue clock using hour and minute hands Count around the clock in groups of 5 minutes Show simple times on clocks and record them digitally Measure how long events take

Time Words Connection

Think: What activities take seconds? Minutes? Hours? Share with your partner one example for each Write on mini whiteboards: best unit for brushing teeth, school day, TV ad

Parts of an Analogue Clock

Short hand = Hour hand (tells us which hour) Long hand = Minute hand (tells us minutes past the hour) Numbers 1-12 around the outside Each number represents 5 minutes when counting minutes

Counting Minutes in Groups of 5

Reading Clock Times Together

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Independent Practice - Show These Times

Set your paper plate clock to show: 4:00, 1:30, 7:15 Draw each time on your analogue clock worksheet Write the matching digital time Extension: Write a sentence describing each time

Today We Learned

We can read the hour and minute hands on analogue clocks We can count minutes in groups of 5 around the clock We can write analogue time in digital format These skills help us measure how long events take!