Time - Writing time - Presentation

The lesson titled 'Writing Time' is an interactive and engaging session designed to help students understand the concept of time and how to measure it in seconds, minutes, and hours. The lesson begins by introducing key vocabulary such as 'minutes', 'duration', 'stopwatch', 'second', 'hours', and 'sand timer', which are crucial for understanding the passage of time. Students are then encouraged to participate in a practical activity where they use a stopwatch to record the number of times they can perform various activities, such as star jumps, writing their name, and hopping on the spot, within 20 seconds. This hands-on approach helps students to grasp the relative speed of activities and the units of time appropriate for measuring them.

Further into the lesson, students are tasked with sorting different activities into categories based on whether their duration would typically be measured in seconds, minutes, or hours. Examples include reading a book, playing outside, saying the alphabet, brushing teeth, going to the cinema, and sleeping at night. This activity helps students to conceptualise the varying lengths of time and select the most sensible unit of measurement for each. Additionally, they complete sentences by choosing the correct time unit, reinforcing their understanding of the typical duration of common daily activities such as playtime, lunchtime, and the school day. The lesson concludes with reasoning exercises where students discuss and explain whether certain time units are sensible for measuring various activities, fostering critical thinking and a deeper comprehension of time measurement.