Virginia SOL 2.MG.2.c
The Standard
Show, tell, and write time to the nearest five minutes, using analog and digital clocks.
Virginia Standards of Learning for Mathematics · The student will demonstrate an understanding of the concept of time to the nearest five minutes, using analog and digital clocks.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read and set analog clocks at five-minute intervals. They say the time aloud and record the matching digital time with a colon.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students read an analog clock by using the hour hand and counting minute intervals by fives. They match the clock to a digital time and write it correctly.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may count minute marks by ones instead of using groups of five. They may confuse the hour and minute hands or name the next hour when the hour hand is between numbers.
How to Assess It
- Show an analog clock set to 7:35. Ask students to write the digital time and explain how each hand helped them.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs movable clocks and time cards, then have partners build each time and check the hour and minute hands.
Display 4:45 and ask, "Where should each clock hand point, and how do you know?"
Play clock match with analog clock cards and digital time cards placed face down for students to pair.
Use a class schedule to set clocks for lunch, recess, and dismissal, then write each event's digital time.
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Related Standards
- 1.MG.3.f
Match the time shown on a digital clock to an analog clock to the hour and half-hour.
- 2.MG.2
The student will demonstrate an understanding of the concept of time to the nearest five minutes, using analog and digital clocks.
- 3.MG.3.a
Tell and write time to the nearest minute, using analog and digital clocks.
- 1.MG.3.c
Tell time to the hour and half-hour, using analog and digital clocks.
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