#TheCompleteSeries5lessons
This series of five ready-to-teach Year 1 time lessons provide all the resources you need to deliver these lessons, including a clear lesson plan, slideshow presentations for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources to support children as they become more confident in telling the time to half past the hour.
#Lesson1MorningAfternoonandEvening
Remind your children of how they can use language to describe events and activities in the day. Teach them the names for different parts of the day, including morning, afternoon, evening and night. What activities do the children do at these times of day?
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Photo sheet
- Activity cards
#Lesson2O’clock
Help remind your class to read and say any o’clock time whilst exploring in more detail how the hour hand moves and looks for each time. They have the opportunity to play games or make their own o’clock clock to help them identify these times.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Template
- Photo sheet
- Differentiated worksheets
- Clock cards
- Time cards
#Lesson3Halfpast
Introduce your Year 1 class to the concept of telling time to the nearest half hour by focusing on the hour hand and its position as it shows half past the hour. Give them the opportunity to read, say and label times or play an active game as they match the times.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheet
- Time cards
- Photo sheet
- Clock cards
#Lesson4Drawingthetime
Introduce your class to the tricky concept of drawing the hands on a clock face. Guide them through the placement of each hand and use supporting printable resources to help and challenge them with drawing the time.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Game cards
- Blank clock faces
- Photo sheet
#Lesson5O’clockandhalfpast
Give your class the opportunity to show off what they have learnt about telling the time to half past the hour as they play games based around o’clock and half past times. Alternatively they can practise and improve their speaking skills as they attempt to describe times to their partner to draw and guess.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Game boards
- Blank clock faces
- Time cards
- Photo sheet
- Score Sheet
- Grid Sheet
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Curriculum Objectives covered
- Year 1 - compare, describe and solve practical problems for time
- Year 1 - measure and begin to record the following: time (hours, minutes, seconds)
- Year 1 - sequence events in chronological order using language
- Year 1 - tell the time to the hour and half past the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times