Lesson 54 • O’clock time

Learning objectives Extra assistance

Children will:
• tell time to the hour using the word o’clock.
• identify which number on an analog clock tells the
hour.
• show where the minute and hour hands should be to
tell time to the hour.
Common Core State Standards
Measurement & Data
Tell and write time.
1.MD.B.3 Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using
analog and digital clocks.
Number & Operations in Base Ten
Extend the counting sequence.
1.NBT.A.1 Count to 120, starting at any number less than
120; in this range, read and write numerals.
Key vocabulary
o’clock, clock, numerals 1–12 and 21, how long, longer,
shorter, small hand, time, number words one to twelve,
right, left, yellow, purple, orange, green, Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
When learning to tell time, some students may have
trouble distinguishing between the hands on an analog
clock. It can be helpful to color them differently on the
clock used for demonstrations, for example, the short hand
could be red and the long hand blue until students gain
confidence. Have the students make their own clocks out
of paper plates with different colored hands to show time.
Classroom activities
When is it?
Write a schedule on a large piece of paper for each school
day, divide it into hours where possible. For example:
9 o’clock – reading, 10 o’clock – writing, 11 o’clock –
recess, 12 o’clock – math, 1 o’clock – lunch, 2 o’clock –
library, 3 o’clock – home time. Ask the students to watch
the clock and when the time comes to change the activity
it is their responsibility to tell the teacher.
Game Time!
You can play lots of games using time vocabulary and
concepts. Make a set of cards with o’clock times and
corresponding analog clocks and play Snap, Memory or
Go Fish. Draw a big clock on the playground and ask
pairs of students to be the hands and point to the right
time. Blindfold a student in the centre of the clock and
ask them to show a time using both arms. Finally, a classic
game using time vocabulary is What’s the time Mr Wolf?

Mathseeds Lesson TEACH PRACTICE APPLY

sequence Content and skills
Animated Lesson: Recognize that the numbers
Recognize o’clock times on an analog clock tell the
time on the hour – o’clock
time.
Song: Hickory Dickory Dock
Children will:
find the numeral for the Worksheet 1
o’clock time on an analog O’clock
clock. Recognize the o’clock
time shown on an analog
clock.

Show: Tell time on the hour with an move the small hand on the Worksheet 2
O’clock Clocks, Right or Left? analog clock. Follow directions clock to show the hour. Tap Clocks
using right and left. left or right according to
verbal instructions.

Match: Estimate the length of label the activities longer Worksheet 3

How Long Does it Take?, Days
of the Week, What Time is it?
Find:
Number Grid, Flash Cards,
Let’s Paint, Dot to Dot
time activities would take.
Recognize the days of the
week. Identify the time on an
analog clock.
Identify the numeral 21.
Subitise small collections.
Recognize color words.
Identify correct numerical
order.
or shorter in terms of time. Time
Match the days of the week.
Select the time being shown
on the clock.
select the numeral 21. Identify Worksheet 4
the number of dots. Match the Check
color to its word. Join the dots
in numerical order.

Read: Read aloud book. listen, follow the reading and Mathseeds book 54:
Book read along. O’Clock

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Lesson 54 • Worksheet 1
Name
O’clock

1 Draw lines to match.

6 o’clock

10 o’clock

3 o’clock

7 o’clock

2 Fill in the time.

o’clock o’clock

o’clock o’clock

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Lesson 54 • Worksheet 2
Name
Clocks

1 Write the missing numbers on the clock.

Color the big hand red. Color the small hand green.

What time is it? It’s o’clock!

2 Draw the missing hands.

8 o’clock 2 o’clock

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Lesson 54 • Worksheet 3
Name
Time

1 Color the matching time.

one o’clock seven o’clock twelve o’clock

two o’clock six o’clock five o’clock

twelve o’clock ten o’clock eleven o’clock

2 Show the time on the clocks.

8 o’clock 3 o’clock

6 o’clock 12 o’clock

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Lesson 54 • Worksheet 4
Name
Check

1 Write the days of the week in order.

____________________________________________________________________________________________
Saturday
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday
Monday
____________________________________________________________________________________________

Sunday
____________________________________________________________________________________________

Tuesday
____________________________________________________________________________________________

Thursday
____________________________________________________________________________________________
Wednesday
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2 Fill in the clock numbers.

Draw clock hands to
show two o’clock.

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