The Hands of TimeThe Hands of Time
The long hand is the minute hand.
The short hand is the hour hand.
The Hands of TimeThe Hands of Time
There are 60 minutes on a clock face. So, the minute hand is a long hand.
Skip count by fives to count the minutes with me.
5
15
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20
3035
6055
40
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50
The Hands of TimeThe Hands of Time
Count the numbers on the clock. There are only ____hours on a clock face. So, the hour hand is a ______hand.
“Minute” is a long word. So, the minute hand is a long hand.
“Hour” is a short word. So, the hour hand is a short hand.
hour
When the minute hand is pointing to 12, read the
time as “o’clock”. In this case, the
hour hand is pointing to the 3 and it is “three
o’clock”.
Now the minute hand is pointing to ____and the
hour hand is pointing to the _____. So, we
read the time as “________”.
What time is it now?
Another hour went past. What time is it now?
Another hour went past. What time is it now?
Another hour went past. What time is it now?
Take a look at the clock hands.
What time is it now?
Two hours went past. Look at the hour hand. What time is it now?
Take a look at the hour hand. What hour is it?
Take a look at the minute hand.
How are we going to
determine how many minutes the
minute hand is showing?
A half hour went past. Look at the hands. What time is it now?
Look at the hands. What time is it now?
This time the hour hand is
pointing to the 12 and so is the minute hand. What time is it
now?
What time is
it?
This is a little
tricky.
What time is it?
What time is
it?
Telling TimeTelling Time
Remember that the long hand is the ___________hand.
And, the short hand is the ________hand.
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