Time - Quarter past and quarter To - Presentation

In an engaging presentation aimed at enhancing students' ability to tell time, particularly focusing on 'quarter past' and 'quarter to' the hour, interactive learning is encouraged. The lesson begins with a physical activity where students use their arms to represent the positions of the clock hands at 'quarter past' and 'quarter to', fostering a kinesthetic understanding of time. The students are then prompted to think about what they already know that could assist them in telling the time at these specific intervals. They explore the concept further by examining clock faces and discussing the journey of the minute hand as it travels around the clock, reinforcing their understanding of how the hands' positions relate to different times of the hour.

Subsequent activities include matching clocks to the correct times, such as 'quarter to 5' and 'quarter past 4', and considering whether the clock face can be divided into four equal parts, linking time-telling to fractions. Students complete tables by filling in missing information based on the positions of the hour and minute hands, thereby practising how to determine the time. To deepen their reasoning skills, students are presented with scenarios such as determining whether 'quarter past' is a later time than 'quarter to' and calculating the number of quarter hours between given times. The lesson also includes independent work where students write down times shown on clocks and draw hands to indicate specific times, further solidifying their grasp of quarter intervals in time-telling.