Read the time on a 12 and 24 hour digital clock
I can read the time on a 12 and 24 hour digital clock.
Read the time on a 12 and 24 hour digital clock
I can read the time on a 12 and 24 hour digital clock.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- There are 24 hours in a day
- Times after midday keep counting on from 12
- On the 24 hour clock the hours start at 0 and end at 23
Keywords
24 hour clock - A way of expressing the time using the numbers 0-23 for the hours.
Am - The hours between midnight and midday.
Pm - The hours between midday and midnight.
Common misconception
Part of the lesson requires pupils to decide whether times are before midday, at midday or after midday. Pupils can find categorising 12:00 and 00:00 tricky.
Explicit teaching points are made based around this in the slide deck. However, it is worth really focusing on these points as they come up and, when assessing the pupils during the Practice tasks, paying particular attention to those times.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What time is midday? Midday is o'clock.
Q2.Match the activity to the time of day that it usually takes place.
Before midday
Midday
After midday
Q3.How many hours are there between midnight and midday? There are ___ hours between midnight and midday.
Q4.How many hours are in a day? hours.
Q5.Match the part of the day with the correct meaning.
The time between midnight and midday.
The time between midday and midnight.
Q6.Match the part of the day with am or pm.
pm
am
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the part of the 12 hour digital clock to the time it shows.
hours
minutes past
before midday or after midday
Q2.Match the times to the correct part of the day.
before midday
midday
after midday
Q3.This is a 24 hour digital clock. What numbers can be displayed on the part marked a?
Q4.Select all of the times that are after midday.
Q5.Order these 24 hour times from earliest to latest.
Q6.Match the analogue times to the correct digital times.
2:00 am
12:00 pm
4:00 pm
21:00