Year 1 Maths Toolkit Activities – Time
Activity 1 – Numbers on the Clock Face
Activity Approach
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Whole-class and pair work
Resources
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Real time clock: http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/503/clock.swf
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IWB – iLearn Maths Toolbox (Time Lesson)
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Activity Sheet 1.1a
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Activity Sheet 1.1b
Instructions
1.
Look at the large clock face on the IWB.
2.
Identify the different features of a clock face; e.g. numbers 1 to 12, hands, round shape, etc.
3.
Recite the numbers from 1 to 12.
4.
Open the iLearn Maths Toolbox activity.
5.
Pupils are to drag the numbers back to their place in the correct order.
6.
Give out Activity Sheet 1.1a and invite pupils to work in pairs and to fill in the missing numbers on the clock faces. As a follow-up activity, pupils can also work out Activity Sheet
1.1b.
Year 1 Maths Toolkit Activities – Time
Activity 2 – Reading the Time
Activity Approach
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Whole-class
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Groupwork
Resources
 Reading the Time PPT
 IWB – iLearn Maths Toolbox (Time Lesson)
 O’clock times bingo! - http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/1086-1090/sb1089.html
 Activity Sheet 1.2
Instructions
1.
Look at the PPT and read the time on the clocks shown.
2.
Look at the IWB Activity on page 1 and drag the correct time to match with the clock faces.
3.
Look at the second IWB Activity on page 2 and write down the missing numbers to show the time on the clock faces.
4.
Play the O’clock times bingo! game in your groups.
5.
Look at Activity Sheet 1.2 and match the time with the correct clock faces.

Year 1 Maths Toolkit Activities - Time
Activity 3 – Daily Planner
Activity Approach
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Group work
Resources
 i-Learn Activity 1.3
 Activity Sheet 1.3
 Resource Cards 1.3
Instructions
1.
View i-Learn Activity 1.3 showing the daily planner of a boy called Chad.
2.
In groups, match the clocktime with the matching activity using Resource Cards 1.3.
3.
Put the activities in order of time, from morning till night.
4.
On Activity Sheet 1.3, write the clocktime and draw an activity you usually do at that time.
Year 1 Maths Toolkit Activities - Time
Activity 4 – Showing the Time
Activity Approach
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Groupwork
Resources
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Instruction Cards 1.4
 i-Learn Activity 1.3
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Activity Sheet 1.4
 Clockfaces
 Clock hands – hour hand and minute hand for each pupil
Instructions
1.
Show the Instruction Cards 1.4, instructing the utility of each clock hand.
2.
Review i-Learn Activity 1.3 used in activity 3.
3.
Use the Clockfaces and Clock hands to show the time of each activity.
4.
Draw the clock hands on each clock face to show the correct time in Activity Sheet 1.4.

Year 1 Maths Toolkit Activities - Time
Activity 5 – Sequencing the days of the week
Activity Approach
 Classroom approach
 Groupwork
Resources
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Activity Sheet 1.5
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Resources 1.5 - ‘Days of the Week’
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Youtube - www.youtube.com/watch?v=BATdBYIXF1Q
Instructions
1.
Introduce the lesson with the song about the ‘Days of the Week’ on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=BATdBYIXF1Q and the pupils participate alongside.
2.
Show Resources 1.5 - flashcards of ‘Days of the Week’.
3.
Discuss the activities you do each day of the week, e.g. from Monday to Friday I go to school, on Saturday and Sunday I wake up late, on Sunday I go to grandma’s.
4.
In groups, put the days of the week in order, using the provided cards.
5.
Take out Activity Sheet 1.5 and match the missing day of the week with the correct empty sock.
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Take it in turns to measure the length of each rod using the rulers.
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Record the length of each rod on the grid found on Activity Sheet 3.1.
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Re-write the lengths in order starting from the shorter to the longer rod.
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Find the total lengths of various rods as shown on Activity Sheet 3.1.