Unit 6, Lesson 12
Count by 5 to Tell Time
Grade 2
Preparation
Lesson Narrative
In grade 1, students learned to tell time to the hour and half hour. In a previous lesson, students learned to tell time, using the phrases “half past,” “quarter past,” and “quarter till,” and described the relative position of the hour hand.
In this lesson, students make connections between a number line with intervals of 5 and the distance between the numbers on the clock, which represents 5-minute intervals. Students skip-count by 5 in order to tell time.
- Representation
- MLR8
- Determine (orally and in writing) the time on a clock to the nearest 5 minutes, and explain (orally) a strategy for telling time.
- Let’s tell time.
Required Preparation
- Create a set of cards from the blackline master for each group of 2 students.
Teacher Reflection Questions
What unfinished learning or misunderstandings do your students have about telling time? How did you leverage those misconceptions in a positive way to further understanding of the class?