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Week 09 · Time, mass and liquid volume

Monday

Time to the minute
// Minutes, grams, kilograms and liters
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Time to the minute

Rosie the Rabbit bounces up to the big clock by the garden gate.

"The seed swap starts at 4:37!" she cheers.

"But I cannot find a 37 on this clock."

Bennie the Bear sets down his basket of apples.

"Each small mark is one minute," he says.

"Count the big numbers by fives, then count the small marks by ones."

Rosie wiggles her long ears. "Let us find 4:37 together!"

Learn it: count by fives, then by ones

The short hand shows the hour. The long hand shows the minutes.

There are 60 small marks around the clock, one for each minute.

From one big number to the next is 5 minutes.

A clock showing 4:37

Bennie reads this clock.

The short hand is past the 4, so the hour is 4.

The long hand is 2 marks past the 7.

Count by fives to the 7: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35.

Then count on 2 ones: 36, 37.

The time is 4:37.

READ THE CLOCK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
A clock showing 4:37What time is it?
A clock showing 9:12What time is it?
A clock showing 2:48What time is it?
A clock showing 7:03What time is it?
A clock showing 11:26What time is it?
FIVES, THEN ONES
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
The long hand is 3 marks past the 8. How many minutes?
The long hand is 4 marks past the 5. How many minutes?
The long hand is 2 marks past the 10. How many minutes?
The long hand is 1 mark past the 1. How many minutes?
WHERE IS THE LONG HAND?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
At 37 minutes past the hour, the long hand has just passed which number?
At 52 minutes past the hour, the long hand has just passed which number?
At 14 minutes past the hour, the long hand has just passed which number?
At 28 minutes past the hour, the long hand has just passed which number?
HOW TO READ 2:48
  • Think about how Bennie reads a clock.
  • Tap the steps in order.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
SentenceTrue or false?
There are 60 minutes in one hour.?
From the 3 to the 4 on a clock is 5 minutes.?
At 6:20, the long hand points at the 2.?
The short hand shows the minutes.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEAt 6:20 the long hand points at the 4, because 4 fives make 20.
Try it
Find a clock with hands at home.
Read the hour from the short hand.
Count by fives, then count the small marks.
Ask a grown-up to check your time.
Draw a clock that shows 4:37.

Great clock reading! Tomorrow Rosie helps us find how much time passes.