Grade 1 - Math

Topic: Positions and Movements

LO: To describe the turns in clockwise and anticlockwise
directions.
STARTER
ACTIVITY:
Remember the Keywords :

• Clockwise

• Anti-clockwise / Counterclockwise

• Turn
MAIN
TEACHING:
 ANTI-
CLOCKWISE:
If something is turning in the opposite direction as
hands on the clock, then it is going anticlockwise.
Here is a robot.

The robot has rotated clockwise or anticlockwise?

Here is a butterfly.

The butterfly has rotated clockwise or anticlockwise?

INDIVIDUAL
ACTIVITY:
PLENAR
Y: Lighthouse Turns
Watch the lighthouse and describe the turns made by the beam.

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Has the beam moved a whole, half, quarter or three-quarter turn and
through how many right angles?

Does the beam move in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction?

Has the beam moved a whole, half, quarter or three-quarter turn and
through how many right angles?

Does the beam move in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction?

Has the beam moved a whole, half, quarter or three-quarter turn and
through how many right angles?

Does the beam move in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction?

Has the beam moved a whole, half, quarter or three-quarter turn and
through how many right angles?

Does the beam move in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction?

Has the beam moved a whole, half, quarter or three-quarter turn and
through how many right angles?

Does the beam move in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction?

 WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT
TODAY:
All the students will be able to: follow a route, moving in
clockwise and anticlockwise turns.

Most of the students will be able to: identify and describe

clockwise and anticlockwise turns.

Some of the students will be able to: label clockwise and

anticlockwise turns.