Identify the Hour and Minute Hands

Develop a key understanding of analog clocks in first grade with the skill "Understand the Hour and Minute Hands." This foundational skill teaches students to accurately identify and differentiate between the shorter hour hand and the longer minute hand. Learners will discover that the hour hand points to the current hour, while the minute hand tracks the minutes past the hour. Mastering these essential clock parts is the first step towards telling time accurately and effectively.

• Measurement
• Units of Measurements
• Time & Duration
• Elapsed Time
• Time

• 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
• ENG-MATH-Y1-MEAS.12 — Tell the time to the hour and half past the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times.
• NY-1.MD.3a
• 1.MD.B.3
• MA.1.M.2.1
• MATH.1.7.E
• ZA.CAPS.MATH.G1.MEAS.4.1
• AC9M1M03 — describe the duration and sequence of events using years, months, weeks, days and hours

• Tell Time with 'A.M.' and 'P.M.'
• Tell and Write Time to the Hour