Virginia SOL 1.MG.3.b
The Standard
Describe the units of time represented on a clock as minutes and hours.
Virginia Standards of Learning for Mathematics · The student will demonstrate an understanding of the concept of passage of time (to the nearest hour and half-hour) and the calendar.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students name minutes and hours as units for measuring time. They connect the minute hand to minutes and the hour hand to hours.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students identify minutes and hours as units used to measure time. They explain that 60 minutes make one hour and connect each clock hand to its unit.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the long hand shows hours because it is larger. They may also read each clock number as one minute instead of five minutes.
How to Assess It
- Show a clock with labeled hands. Ask, “Which hand helps track minutes, which tracks hours, and which unit is longer?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs teaching clocks and have students move the minute hand through 60 minutes while watching the hour hand advance.
Ask students to write one activity that takes about a minute and one that takes about an hour.
Play Minute or Hour by naming activities, then have students hold up the matching unit card.
Compare the time needed for brushing teeth, eating lunch, and watching a movie, using minutes or hours.
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Related Standards
- 1.MG.3.e
Describe the location of the minute hand relative to time to the hour and half-hour on an analog clock.
- 2.MG.2.a
Identify the number of minutes in an hour (60 minutes) and the number of hours in a day (24 hours).
- 3.MG.3.a
Tell and write time to the nearest minute, using analog and digital clocks.
- 2.MG.2.c
Show, tell, and write time to the nearest five minutes, using analog and digital clocks.
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