Time in Cubes

Grade Level(s):  1^st – 2^nd Grade

Content Area:                                                                        Process Area:

Numbers and Operations                                           Problem-Solving

Algebra                                                           Reasoning and Proof

Geometry                                                                    Communication

Measurement                                                             Representation

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability                    Connections

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.B.3: Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.C.7: Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.

Targeted Needs of Student:

Counting by 5’s, telling time to the nearest five minutes, relating clocks to number lines, understanding hours and minutes

Goal:

Providing students with connections of a number line to a clock while instructing students to tell time to the nearest five minutes

Materials Needed:

1. Unifix cubes
2. Poster paper
3. Marker

Explanation/Summary:

First the teacher will use unifix cubes to show what a group of five looks like. Then by adding groups of five with the unifix cubes, the teacher will construct a line of 60 unifix cubes. She will label the fives by writing 5, 10, 15….over the corresponding groups of five down the number line. Students will then help to turn the number line into a circle where 0 connects to 60 and place this circle on a posterboard. Break apart the groups of 5 to show how by counting by 5, we can go from 0 to 60. Then label the poster with the corresponding numbers and add an hour and minute hand in the middle. This is now a clock!

 

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