Max Maths, Year 3, Learn together, Review of reading the time (1)

The 'Max Maths' Year 3 module offers a comprehensive review of how to read the time, ensuring that students can confidently understand the movement of the minute hand on a clock face. The lesson begins by reinforcing the fundamental concept that the minute hand takes exactly five minutes to move from one number to the next on the clock. This is a crucial aspect of telling time, as it helps students grasp the incremental progress of minutes as the hand passes over each number. For instance, the lesson illustrates that it takes the minute hand the same amount of time—five minutes—to move from the 12 to the 1, as it does to move from the 3 to the 4.

To further solidify this understanding, the lesson provides a visual breakdown of the minute hand's journey around the entire clock face, which takes a total of 60 minutes. Students learn to associate each number on the clock with increments of 5 minutes, starting from '0 minutes' at the 12 o'clock position and adding 5 minutes at each subsequent number, culminating in a full hour when the minute hand returns to the top. This methodical approach helps students visualise and calculate the passage of time in 5-minute intervals, from 5 minutes past the hour all the way through to 55 minutes past, just before the minute hand completes its cycle.