Time - Quarter past and quarter to - Presentation

The lesson on time focuses on the concepts of 'quarter past' and 'quarter to', providing a comprehensive understanding of how to read these specific times on a clock. The teaching slides prompt students to use physical movement, asking them to represent 'quarter past' and 'quarter to' with their arms, thereby visualising the positions of the clock hands. The lesson encourages discussion around the minute hand's journey around the clock face and its significance in indicating these times. Students are tasked with matching various clock faces to the correct time, enhancing their fluency in reading clocks. Additionally, the lesson introduces the idea of dividing the clock face into four equal parts and relates this to fractions, thereby integrating mathematical concepts into the learning of time.

Further activities challenge students to complete sentences that describe the positions of the minute and hour hands at 'quarter past' and 'quarter to' times. They also include reasoning exercises where students must consider whether 'quarter past' is a later time than 'quarter to', and calculate the number of quarter-hour segments between given times. For instance, students explore how many quarters of an hour are between 3 o'clock and 5 o'clock, and they use this knowledge to solve practical problems, such as determining which trains a person can catch within a certain time frame. Lastly, independent work activities require students to write and draw the times shown on various clocks, ensuring they can apply their understanding practically. The lesson successfully blends the teaching of time with interactive and engaging activities that solidify the students' comprehension of 'quarter past' and 'quarter to'.