Lesson Plan

Standards to Be Addressed

Illinois Learning Standards for Math

7.A.1b: Measure units of time using appropriate instruments (e.g., calendars, clocks, and watches, both analog and digital).

Illinois Learning Standards for Language Arts

4.A.1b: Ask questions and respond to questions from the teacher and from group members to improve comprehension.

4.A.1c: Follow oral instructions accurately.

Guiding Questions

How does telling time help us everyday at school and in life?
How do we estimate the time?

Materials/Resources

School subject cards: word cards and corresponding picture cards
Student-made clocks (one per student)
Six additional clocks to indicate the start time for the subjects
Pocket chart
Construction paper for key vocabulary

Assessment

Informal assessment through observation, such as when students work together in pairs to use estimation language to tell time, and when students use their own clocks to show the time specified by the teacher. Because this is a language-intensive math lesson, students’ understanding of the vocabulary will be key to their successfully answering questions from the teacher and participating with their partners. The teacher should also be sure to note students’ non-verbal behavior, i.e., how they move the hands on their personal clocks, to check for understanding.

Extension

Ask students to find out the times for their after-school activities, such as music lessons, sports practice, homework, and dinner. Send a note home to encourage parents to use estimated time for activities with their students, such as “you need to leave home about 4:00,” or “your dad will come home just after 10:00 tonight.”

Objectives

Content Area Skills and Concepts

Estimating time, using only the hour hand
Understanding clockwise movement of the clock hands
Matching daily school activities with approximate starting times

Language Skills (Oral)

Telling time using the hour time counter じ (o’clock)
Asking a question by constructing interrogative sentences, using the question marker か to change a statement into a question:
- いまなんじですか。(What time is it now ?)
- ＿＿＿なんじですか。(What time is _____ ?)
Using the sentence pattern ______じです。(It is ______ o’clock) to indicate what time a school subject starts
Usingごろ (about), ちょっとまえ (just before__), ちょっとすぎ(just after___), and ＿＿と＿＿のあいだ (between__ and ___) to estimate time.

Thinking/Study Skills

Sequencing the daily school activities according to times and applying the skill in other situations

Motivation

Show the handmade clock made the day before and review how to show and say the exact time.
Summarize and review what the students noticed about the clocks the previous day.
Remind the students that the handmade clocks are different from the real clocks in the classroom.
Point out the vocabulary cards, おなじ [same] and ちがう[different], in the pocket chart.
Tell the students that they will learn to estimate time and that they will make a clock showing the estimated starting time for each subject.
Clarify what estimate means by showing examples.
Add だいたいのじかん (estimated time) to the word list.

Teaching/Learning Activities (35 minutes)

Whole Group Activity

Use estimation language (e.g., I went to a movie at about 7:00 and came home between 9:00 and 10:00; I went to bed just after 11:00; I got up just before 6:00.).
Ask students about their activities and represent the times they say on the clock.
Make a list of time estimation words for reference.

Pair Activity

Students practice telling time with their activity partners.
Partners take turns setting the hour hand and telling the approximate time.
The teacher encourages clockwise movement of the clock hand.

Whole Group Activity

Gather the students on the floor in front of the chalkboard where the pocket chart is hanging.
Go over the school day’s schedule using the word cards.
Place the word cards in the pocket chart in order according to the schedule. Use さいしょに (first), つぎに (next), それから (then), さいごに (last)
Show the school subject picture cards and lay them on the chalkboard ledge.
Go over each card with the class and have volunteers match the picture and word cards.
Place the picture cards next to the corresponding word cards.
Use estimation language to discuss approximate start and stop times for each activity in the daily schedule. Have the students set their clocks to each time. Show the teacher’s clock to the students so that they can check theirs for accuracy.
Tell the students that they will be doing this every day as a part of the calendar activity.

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