Here is a sample
lesson of what your students will be doing in math this
upcoming year!
Unit Topic or Theme: Math
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Grade:
Second Grade
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Lesson
Topic or Theme: Telling Time
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Lesson
Objectives:
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The students will be able to correctly label
an analog clock accurately.
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The students will be able to correctly label
the time on an analog clock using other time vocabulary such
as, “half past eight.”
Instructional
Technique: demonstration, individual work
Instructional
Materials:
www.abcya.com/telling_time.htm, Learn To Tell Time
Worksheet, a learning clock for demonstration
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Theoretical
Perspective: It is important for students to learn how
to tell time because it is a skill that they will need
throughout life. Time is used for a variety of things such
as, cooking/baking, knowing when to go to bed or time to
wake up to be on time for school, and sports.
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Procedure:
Students will go onto the computer and then will go
onto http://www.abcya.com
and go to the section called telling time. Once the
students get to the website the teachers will bring them
back to a full group and the class will do one as a full
class. Once the class has done with the teachers they will
go back onto the computer by themselves and go through the
different levels. When completing the levels the students
will complete a worksheet: Learn To Tell Time
where they will have to label a clock with a time given from
the website. After the students have completed level one of
the time traveling game students will be brought back into a
full group and the teacher will go over counting by 5’s
because in further levels students could have a time like
3:35. When the class is together in a full group the teacher
will also go over telling time when it says “show half past
8.” Once the teacher has gone over this the student’s will
go back on their computers and students will complete more
levels. At the end of the lesson students will come back to
a full group and they will talk about what they have
learned. After completing the activity the teacher will also
explain what their homework will be.
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A. Introductory Activity (if applicable):
The teachers will have the students gather on the rug in a
circle.The teachers will show the learning clock set to 1
o’clock and ask the students if they know what time it is
and how they know that it is 1 o’clock. . Teachers will ask
students if they know that each number on the clock does not
actually represent the real number. Teachers will also
explain that there are numbers in between called minutes and
what they represent. Teachers will also show and ask
students if they know other names for times. Teachers will
address any questions that the students have before sending
them back to their seats to go onto the computer.
B.
Students will go onto www.abcya.com,
then they will click on GRADE 2. It will bring them to
another page where will be 5 different options: Letters,
Numbers, Holiday, Strategy, and Skills. Students will click
on Numbers. This will bring them to another page with
multiple games. They will scroll 7 rows down and click on
the second one from the left named: Learn To Tell Time.
This will bring them to the game. Then students will return
to the rug for a demonstration of how to complete the
activity. This will involve doing the first part on level
one, showing them how to use the buttons to move the hands.
If you hold down the arrows, then the hands move faster. The
teachers will also go over how to do the first part of the
worksheet. Once the example is complete, teachers will ask
if anyone has any questions. Then students will be sent back
to their seats to begin. Students will click on Level 1
(which is the easiest level) and then click on GO! It will
have them choose between an analog clock on the left and a
digital clock on the right. They will click on the analog
clock, and then the game will begin. As the students
complete the level they will draw some of the times given to
them on the game on their worksheet: Learn To Tell Time
in the respective area. They will also label what time it is
as well. Once everyone has completed level 1, the teachers
will address how to do the second part of the worksheet and
go over how to find time using other vocabulary such as
“quarter past” and “five of” and how to count by 5’s on the
clock to reach a time such as 3:35. This can be addressed
while students are at their seats. Then the teachers will
address any questions the students may have. Students may
then move onto level 2 (which is slightly harder) once the
teachers have finished. They will draw some of the times
from level 2 in the respective area on their worksheet: Learn To Tell Time
and label them too. Once they have completed level 2, it
will move them on to level 3 (still getting more
challenging). In level 3 it will ask more challenging
questions, asking them to show time using different
vocabulary, for example, it might want them to show “5 of
7”. While completing the level they will fill out the
worksheet in the respective area. Once level 3 is complete,
it will move them onto level 4. Level 4 is the last level
and the hardest. This level will ask them to create time
using vocabulary such as “quarter past 6”. While completing
level 4 they will fill out clocks in on the worksheet in the
respective area. Once they are finished with the game, they
may exit the game, shut down the computers, and put their
worksheet in the “Turn In” bin.
C.
Once all students have finished the game they will sit on
the rug in a circle. The teachers will then have each
student say what they have learned and what they found to be
challenging about the activity.
D.
Adaptations for different learners: For students who
have a learning disability teachers could modify the lesson
by telling them to go up to a certain level and then the
students could stop. Or teachers could have them complete
only a certain number of clocks in each level and then
return to the main menu of the game and move onto the next
level. They could also be given extra time to complete the
activity.
E. Homework:
Worksheet: My Daily Schedule
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Evaluation:
A.
How/ when will you determine if you have met your
objectives?
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The students will be able to correctly label
an analog clock accurately.
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The students will be able to correctly label
an analog clock using other time vocabulary such as, “show
half past eight.”
Teachers
will know that students have met the objectives when they
know how to first correctly label an analog clock. Teachers
will know that student has met the objectives when they can
label an analog clock using other time vocabulary.
B.
Concerns or questions you have about teaching this lesson?
One concern is that students may get confused about the hour
hand and also the minute hand. Another concern is that
students will get confused with the time vocabulary, because
a quarter in time is not the same as a quarter used in
money, which could cause confusion when creating a time such
as “quarter past 5”. The final concern is that the
objectives are too similar in wording, however they do have
different meanings.