Measurement -Time

Curriculum details

Strand

Geometry and Measurement (Strand 3)

Sub-strand

Measurement -Time (3.3)

Content standard

B4.3.3.3 - Demonstrate understanding of time taken by events in minutes and hours

Indicator

B4.3.3.3.1 - Tell the time in hours and minutes in analogue and digital watches including 24-hour clocks

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 8 (Week 32 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference

Mathematics Curriculum for Primary Schools (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 43

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

E.g .1 Use analogue clocks to tell time by keeping the hour hand on 12 and making jumps of 15(quarter past), 30(half past), 45(quarter to), and 60 (12 o'clock)

E.g. 2 Use analogue clocks to tell time by keeping the hour hand on any number say 3 and move the minutes hand to various numbers for different time (3:12, 3:25, 3:38, 3:50, etc.

E.g. 3 Use analogue clocks to tell time by keeping the minutes hand on 12 and moving the hour hand to tell time at the hour mark

E.g .4 Pupils should draw/sketch the face of the clock to tell time given
E.g. 5 Pupils to explore the relationship in the units of time (i.e. 60 seconds = 1 minute; 60 minutes = 1hour)
E.g. 6 Use digital watches to tell time. Pupils to observe the face of the digital watches and tell the time