Time - Writing the time - Presentation

The lesson plan on 'Writing Time' aims to teach students how to measure and write times accurately in hours, minutes, and seconds. The session begins with thought-provoking questions to stimulate discussion and help students differentiate between the lengths of an hour, a minute, and a second. Key vocabulary such as 'minutes', 'duration', 'stopwatch', 'second', 'hours', and 'sand timer' are introduced, ensuring students are familiar with terminology related to time. Practical activities are incorporated, where students use a stopwatch to time themselves performing various tasks like star jumps, writing their name, and hopping on the spot, all within a 20-second timeframe. This hands-on approach encourages students to consider the duration of different activities and the most appropriate units of time to measure them.

Further activities involve categorising tasks such as reading a book, playing outside, or sleeping at night into seconds, minutes, or hours, enhancing students' understanding of time durations in real-life contexts. Sentence completion exercises help reinforce the concept, prompting students to fill in blanks with the correct time units. Reasoning exercises challenge students to justify their answers and consider whether certain activities, like a basketball match or a birthday party, are sensibly measured in seconds, minutes, or hours. Additionally, a scenario about Rosie, who has a clock without an hour hand, provides an opportunity for students to apply their knowledge and reason about measuring time with missing elements. The lesson concludes with independent work where students sort activities into a table based on the time units and a class discussion to reflect on their learning about measuring time.