Monday
Monday: The hour hand and the minute hand
Hazel the Hedgehog has a round clock in her cozy burrow.
"This clock has two hands," she says gently.
"The short hand tells the hour."
Bennie the Bear points to the long hand.
"And this hand tells the minutes," he says.
"Let us count the minutes by fives."
Learn it: two hands
The short hand is the hour hand.
The long hand is the minute hand.
This clock shows 3:00. The long hand points straight up to 12.
Now the long hand points down to 6.
It has gone halfway around. That is 30 minutes.
This clock shows 3:30.
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
What time is it?
What time is it?
What time is it?
What time is it?Count the minutes by 5s
Each number on the clock means 5 more minutes.
The minute hand at 1 is 5 minutes. At 2 it is 10 minutes.
There are 60 minutes in one hour.
- Start with 5.
- Tap the numbers as you count by 5s.
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
The minute hand points to 3. How many minutes after the hour?
The minute hand points to 6. How many minutes after the hour?
The minute hand points to 9. How many minutes after the hour?
The minute hand points to 4. How many minutes after the hour?| Sentence | True or false? |
|---|---|
| The short hand shows the hour. | ? |
| The long hand shows the minutes. | ? |
| There are 100 minutes in one hour. | ? |
Point to the short hand. Say the hour.
Point to the long hand. Count by 5s to it.
Word Spot: why, wish
Here are new sight words.
Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.
Why: W-H-Y.
Wish: W-I-S-H.
- Listen to the word.
- Tap it.
- Listen to the sentence.
- Tap the missing word.
Tick tock! Tomorrow we tell time to 5 minutes.