Time - Hours in a day - Presentation

The lesson on 'Hours in a Day' aims to teach students the basic concept of time, focusing on the number of hours in a day and how these hours are distributed across various daily activities. The lesson begins with a discussion prompt, asking students how many hours there are in a day and what time a day starts. This sets the stage for a series of engaging activities designed to help students recall and work with time-related information. The first activity requires students to fill in gaps in sentences, reinforcing their knowledge of the number of days in a week, both for school and overall, as well as the number of hours in a day and a school day.

Subsequent activities encourage students to organise times and events into the correct time of day, such as morning, afternoon, evening, and night. They are asked to place events like breakfast, dinner, and assembly into a diagram, helping them visualise the daily schedule and understand the concept of time more concretely. Another activity challenges students to calculate the number of hours in multiple days, reinforcing their multiplication skills and understanding of time. Reasoning tasks prompt critical thinking, such as evaluating a statement about the length of a day or the number of school days in a month without holidays. Finally, independent work and discussion questions invite students to apply their knowledge to real-life scenarios, including the peculiarities of a clock showing 11 o'clock twice a day and the division of a week into weekdays and weekends.