Module 5 Measuring
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Can I show on a digital clock a time given to me on an analogue clock, and the other way round?

Example review questions

  • Do the clocks say the same time? How do you know?
    An analogue clock showing eight thirty-five as the time.   A digital clock showing eight thirty-five as the time.
  • How would a digital clock show the time '20 minutes to six'?
  • Is 10.35 closer to 10 o'clock or 11 o'clock? How do you know?
  • Match the clock face to the same time on a digital clock.
    An analogue clock showing nine forty as the time.   A digital clock showing nine forty as the time.   A digital clock showing seven fifty as the time.

Teaching guidance

This teaching guidance document suggests some of the key vocabulary, models, images and practical equipment that children should experience and be able to use. It also includes some teaching tips to provide a few starting points for ways of supporting children with this area of mathematics.

DOC file Can I show on a digital clock a time given to me on an analogue clock, and the other way round? - teaching guidance | 494KB new window

Consolidation and practice

These resources are to support children in guided or independent work. Roll over the highlighted resource for a description.

PDF file How to use tell the time ITP | 303KB new window

SWF file Tell the time ITP | 66KB new window

PDF file Springboard 4, Unit 8 Time | 178KB new window

DOC file Time loop cards resource | 30KB new window

Tell the time

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This interactive teaching program (ITP) is an ICT-based tool to support the exploration of telling the time. Tell the time ITP allows the child or teacher to set and compare times on an on-screen analogue and digital clock.

Opportunities to use and apply

Possible contexts include:

  • checking that an analogue and digital watch are showing the same time;
  • making a set of snap cards showing matching digital and analogue times;
  • collecting examples around the environment and home of when analogue clocks and digital displays are used.
 

Confirming learning

Ask probing questions such as:

  • How many different ways can you read and write the time that is 15 minutes before one o'clock?
  • What instructions would you give someone for displaying on an analogue clock a time you have read on a digital display?
  • What time does this clock say?
    Can you say this in other ways?
    How would this time be shown on a digital clock?
    An analogue clock showing five fifty as the time.