Have your class play concentration memory games using analog and digital clocks. Second graders become little experts with time telling to the minute, quarter, half, and hour. Use as a fun Friday treat as well as other hands-on-activities to reinforce their time telling measurement skills.

Concepts

telling time, digital clocks, analog clocks, measurement

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Give each child an opportunity to practice the analog clocks on their own or with a partner, before going over them as a whole class
• Sit your class in a large circle and each child will have to listen and participate when it is their turn as they count by fives in a round robin method until they reach 55. Then demonstrate on an analog clock that each number starting at one represents five-minute increments just like they were counting by fives
• Use all activities as math work station centers so that the kids get to rotate to each one

Classroom Considerations

• Many copies will need to be made, try using card stock paper for the concentration cards
• Make sure your classroom is rich with books about time telling
• Digital clock black line will need copy machine adjustments for the dark colors used

Pros

• Black line master copies of digital and analog clocks can be used in any language
• Hands-on-activities and games to tell time are educating and entertaining
• Worksheets can also be used as assessments

Cons

• None

Common Core

2.MD.A.1 2.MD.A.2 2.MD.A.3 2.MD.A.4 2.MD.B.5 2.MD.B.6 2.MD.D.9