Learning+sequence

  Why is time important?

Lesson 1 . - Introduce unit on time by showing a Youtube video

- []  this is a good video but is 7 minutes long.

- []  this one has a backgound music which you would turn down really low. It shows different ways that people used to tell time and then finally the clock we have today its 2 1/2 minutes in length.

If you used the second one you would talk about it more than the first the video section would be about 10 minutes.

The use of informal time is all around tonne of time; years; decades; in a moment; later; soon;

Discuss why we need a formal measurement of time - if you planned a birthday party and on the invite the time to arrive was in the morning what would be wrong with this - some turn up early; some turn up late and its almost over; you need to have an exact time.

What are some formal measurements of time we use? - weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds

During the school day what measurements of time do we use? - hours, minutes.

What different things do we use to tell us the time? - watches; clocks; dvd players; microwaves; (except any example)

(These students should be aware of analogue and digital time for hour and 1/2 hour)

Have a clock (minus batteries) display times for hour and 1/2 hour and ask what time is this? how do you know? (doing this in a group will help those who are not sure) Once you are sure everybody is confident with this move on.

Using powerpoint project onto the whiteboard an analogue clock and a digital clock say a time and ask for students to come forward and write it on the analogue clock and then another student to do the digital clock continue with this exercise until everybody has had a go or until the interest has gone.

Lesson 2.  Review 1/2 hour and continue specific teaching of 15 minute intervals; (using whiteboard again) 5 minute intervals (not on digital) move the hand around the clock and have the class count 5, 10,....60, 65 do we go to 65 Discussion - 60 minutes in the hour. (15 - 20 minutes)

Take class to computer lab and let them explore at their own pace with headphones on (this could be done in pairs) [] 

Come back to class as whole group Discussion - different time measurements - 60 seconds - minute; 60 mins - hour; 24 hrs - day AM / PM; 7 days - week; 52 weeks - year.

Lesson 3. - Bringing into community text

Project onto whiteboard (from table in Word document) heading School timetable in the table will have bus arrive; bell goes; daily pe; come back inside; go maths; go to recess; come back from recess; go to lunch; come back from lunch; school finishes;

Have the students come up and complete the table with the times. Ask questions like what are you doing between 11 and 12. What are you doing at 3.05pm

On the whiteboard draw a digital clock ask for students to come up and set the time to go maths time; to going home time; etc.

(Broader context of time - tv guide) Hand out a number of television guides Ask questions eg. What program would I be watching on ABC at 7.40pm - 7.40 isn't on here - what is the closest time before 7.40 - 7.30 - so if I turn the tv on at 7.40 I would be watching the show that started at 7.30. Continue exploring the tv guide with the whole group until they have it or lose interest.

Lesson 4. - Review what already established adding the terms 1/4 past 1/2 past and 1/4 to. Need some resource to reinforce learnt information.