Telling Time: Hours and Half Hours

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Mathematics›Measurement|Ages 5—6|ID: mt_0XxyaQLRhn

Tell the time to the hour and half past the hour, and draw clock hands to show these times

Mastery Evidence

Read an analogue clock showing 3 o'clock
Read an analogue clock showing half past 7
Draw the hour and minute hands on a blank clock face to show a given o'clock or half-past time

Assessment Prompt

“If you point to a clock showing 3 o'clock or half past two, can [child] tell you the time — and then draw hands on a blank clock face to show a time you call out?”

Curriculum Standards1 alignment

Maths/Y1/M/12The national curriculum in England

Tell the time

Tell the time to the hour and half past the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times.

Mathematics · Key Stage 1

Prerequisites3

Reading and writing numbers to 20
hardAges 5—6
What Is a Half?
softAges 5—6
Telling time to the minute
hardAges 5—6

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Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard
Reading a clock requires recognising numerals 1–12
- How Many in Total? hard
  Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)
  - One-to-one counting hard
    Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Writing digits 0-9 hard
  Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)
  - Sitting and holding a pencil soft
    Same motor skills for digit formation
What Is a Half? soft
Understanding 'half past' benefits from the concept of halves
- Division as equal sharing hard
  Finding a half requires equal sharing into 2 groups — a division concept
  - Subtraction as taking away or separating hard
    Division as equal sharing/grouping requires understanding subtraction as taking away/separating
    - How Many in Total? hard
      Understanding subtraction as taking away requires knowing numbers represent quantities (cardinality)
      - One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
Telling time to the minute hard
Telling time on a clock requires understanding hours and minutes as time units
- Comparing durations hard
  Measuring time in units requires understanding time comparison language first

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Telling Time: Minutes
hardAges 6—7