5E Lesson Plan Template

Author: William Joseph

Team Members:

Date Lesson to be Taught: 5/5

Grade Level: 2nd

Lesson Source: https://www.education.com/lesson-plan/time-to-tell-time/

Concepts: Measurement and Data, reading clocks (analog and digital)
Objectives: Students will be able to interpret, explain, and recognize digital and analog clocks.

 Students will tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes
using a.m. and p.m.
Idaho State Standards: Measurement and data-2.md.c.7
Materials List and Advanced Preparations:

 “Time 2 Tell Time” worksheets (one of them, make sure they are legible)
 Paper plate learning clock
 Analog clocks (6)
 One digital clock

Safety: make sure the groups are organized and not getting harmful with the clocks

ENGAGEMENT Time: 5Minutes

What the Teacher Will Do Probing/Eliciting Questions Student Responses and

Misconceptions
Walk upfront and hold up Can anyone tell me what A clock!
an analog clock and have a this is? (yes this is called an
 digital clock nearby
Hold up the digital clock
EXPLORATION
What the Teacher Will Do
Pass out analog clocks,
one per group. Maybe a
learning one as well
The teacher will ask
students to put their clocks
in the middle of the desk
and ask for attention
EXPLANATION
What the Teacher Will Do
The teacher will ask
students to put their clocks
in the middle of the desk
analog clock)
Can anyone tell me what Another Clock?
this is? (yes but this one is called a
digital clock)
What do clocks help us Telling time
with? The sun, sundials
In history how did we tell
time?
Time: 5-10Minutes
Probing/Eliciting Questions Student Responses and
Misconceptions
What do you see, what do I see arm/hands
you hear, don’t taste it! Numbers, I hear ticking
(probably won’t say that
will littles haha)
Did you notice what the It makes the hands move!
knob does on the back?
Time: 20Minutes
Probing/Eliciting Questions Student Responses and
Misconceptions
What did you notice about Yes
the clocks? Was there a big Keeps track of seconds
hand? A small hand? Does minutes hours.
 and ask for attention
Have a learning
clock/diagram to point to (I
have an online one)
Teacher will explain the
hand of the clock and how
to read a clock
ELABORATION
What the Teacher Will Do
Ask the students where
they have seen clocks
anyone know what the little
hand does?
Does anyone know what
the big longer hand does?
And does anyone know
what the skinny hand does
What do we notice about
the numbers on the clock?
On the learning clock what
do we notice?
Do you know how that
happened?
The skinny one is the?
What is its job?
The long one is the?
What is its job?
How do we find the
minutes on the clock? Do
we use math?
And what is the short wide
one's job?
How do we know which
hour it is if it gets stuck in
between two numbers like
this?
Probing/Eliciting Questions
Where are clocks found
today, analog and digital?
Why would it be important
to know how to use a
clock?
What do you think clocks
will look like in the future?
Start from 1-12
Above each number there
is a bigger numbers
No… (MATH!!)
Second hand!
To keep track of seconds
Minute hand
Keeps track of minutes
Yes, we multiply the 1-12
numbers by five to get the
minutes.
To keep track of hours
It is the number that is
closest to it
counterclockwise or the
number it just passed.
Time: 5-10Minutes
Student Responses and
Misconceptions
Phones, tv, computer,
watch, the wall, alarms
To understand what time it
is. So we are not late for
school/work.
Clock clothes, flying clocks
 Tell the kids we are going
to make learning clocks (in
this exercise we do not
have enough time so I will
just explain this part)

EVALUATION Time: 10Minutes

What the Teacher Will Do Probing/Eliciting Questions Student Responses and

Misconceptions
Will ask if there are any
questions and then pass
out a quiz

One of the sheets will be

used below