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Time: clock times to the minute and measuring duration
This guide provides a sequence of small steps for exploring time, from telling the time to 5-minute and 1-minute intervals and using a.m., p.m. and the 24-hour clock through to finding, comparing and measuring duration.
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Year level(s) | Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Explicit teaching |
Keywords | time, clock, half past, quarter past, quarter to, hours, minutes, seconds, 24-hour clock, explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
Strand and focus | Number, Measurement, Build understanding |
Topics | Addition and subtraction, Time |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMMG039
Tell time to the quarter-hour, using the language of 'past' and 'to'
ACMMG041
Use a calendar to identify the date and determine the number of days in each month
ACMMG062
Tell time to the minute and investigate the relationship between units of time
ACMMG085
Convert between units of time
ACMMG086
Use ‘am’ and ‘pm’ notation and solve simple time problems
ACMMG110
Compare 12- and 24-hour time systems and convert between them
ACMMG139
Interpret and use timetables
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National numeracy learning progression |
Additive strategies
Measuring time - MeT2, MeT3, MeT4 |
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Organisation | White Rose Maths |
Copyright | © 2021 White Rose Maths. Free-for-education material. |
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