Time - Telling the Time to 5 Minutes - Presentation

The lesson on telling the time to the nearest five minutes is an essential skill that is revisited in this set of teaching slides. Students are encouraged to recall how many minutes make up an hour and to consider how many five-minute segments there are within that hour. This foundational knowledge is crucial as they progress through the lesson. The initial discussion prompts students to think about the minute and hour hands on a clock, asking them to identify which is which and to determine whether the minute hand is past or before the hour. This leads to activities where students must observe various clocks and articulate the time displayed, using phrases like 'minutes past' or 'minutes to' the hour.

Further into the lesson, the students are presented with more complex tasks that require reasoning. They are asked to interpret clocks with missing hands and to justify their answers regarding the possible time. Additionally, they engage in activities that involve drawing the hands on a clock to represent specific times, such as '25 minutes to 6'. This hands-on approach helps reinforce their understanding of time concepts. Moreover, the lesson includes a reasoning section where students must analyze statements about the time shown on a clock and decide which one is correct, enhancing their critical thinking skills. Independent work sections provide opportunities for students to write down times and draw clock hands, solidifying their learning through practice. The lesson concludes with a discussion about the features of clocks, including the positioning of the minute hand and the representation of numbers in Roman numerals.