This Warm-up prompts students to compare four images of clocks. It gives students a reason to use language precisely (MP6). It gives the teacher an opportunity to hear how students use terminology to talk about characteristics of the items in comparison to one another. During the discussion, ask students to explain the meaning of any terms they use, such as “half past,” “tick marks,” or “hands on the clock.”
Launch
Groups of 2
Display the image.
“Pick 3 clocks that go together. Be ready to share why they go together.”
1 minute: quiet think time
Activity
“Discuss your thinking with your partner.”
2–3 minutes: partner discussion
Share and record responses.
Which 3 go together?
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B
C
D
Student Response
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Advancing Student Thinking
Activity Synthesis
Display Image A.
“How can you tell the time on this clock when there are no numbers labeled?” (The longer marks show the hours and I know the top is 12, then 1, 2, 3, and 4. I know that when the minute hand is halfway around the clock it is half past, or 30 minutes have gone by. So, it is half past 4 or 4:30.)
The purpose of this activity is for students to learn Stage 2 of the Which One? center, which was first introduced in kindergarten. One student chooses a shape from the gameboard without telling their partner. Their partner asks "yes or no?" questions about the shape's attributes. They use counters to cover up shapes that have been eliminated until they figure out the mystery shape. Students work with triangles and quadrilaterals.
Launch
Groups of 2
Give each group a gameboard and counters.
“We are going to learn a new way to play Which One? One partner picks a shape that is on the board. Their partner asks them “yes or no?” questions to help them guess the shape their partner has chosen. Let’s play one round together. I will pick a shape and you can ask me questions.”
Choose a shape from the gameboard.
Help students rephrase any questions they ask that are not “yes or no?” questions.
After each question, ask students to share which shapes they can rule out, based on the answer to the question, and place counters on those shapes.
“Once your partner has guessed the shape you chose, switch roles and play again.”
Activity
10 minutes: partner work time
None
Student Response
None
Advancing Student Thinking
Activity Synthesis
“What questions did you ask that were most helpful?” (Does your shape have 3 sides? Are 2 sides the same length?)
The purpose of this activity is for students to choose from activities that offer practice adding and subtracting or working with shapes. Students choose from previously introduced stages of these centers:
Can You Draw It?
Match Mine
Capture Squares
Target Numbers
Launch
Groups of 2
“Now we are going to choose from centers we have already learned.”
Display the center choices in the student book.
“Think about what you would like to do first.”
30 seconds: quiet think time
Activity
Invite students to work at the center of their choice.
8 minutes: center work time
“Choose what you would like to do next.”
8 minutes: center work time
Choose a center.
Can You Draw It?
Match Mine
Capture Squares
Target Numbers
Student Response
None
Advancing Student Thinking
Activity Synthesis
“How did you decide to work with shapes or numbers?”
Lesson Synthesis
“How did you and your partner work together during centers? What went well? What can we continue to work on?”
Standards Alignment
Building On
Addressing
1.MD.B.3
Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.