Measurement
Activity 3.12B
Connections to the mathematics TEKS
(3.12) The student reads and writes time and measures temperature in degrees
Fahrenheit to solve problems.
The student is expected to:
(B) tell and write time shown on analog and digital clocks
Give students a sheet of blank clock faces. On each clock face, have an hour hand
drawn representing different times of the day (see examples below). Students write the
time in digital format and draw the minute hand appropriately on the clock.
11 12 1
10
2
9
3
8
4
7 6 5
11 12 1
10
2
9
3
8
4
7 6 5
Questioning...
Open with…
• What is missing on the clock?
Probe further with….
• What is the approximate time on the clock?
• What is the hour?
• Where do you think the minute hand will go based on the position of the
hour hand?
Listen for….
• Is the student correctly reading the time on the clock?
• Is the student using the appropriate language to tell time?
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Look for….
• Is the student correctly writing the time?
• Can the student represent time as shown on both an analog clock and a digital
clock?
• Is the student using the hour hand to determine the position of the minute hand?
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