Virginia SOL 2.MG.2.d
The Standard
Match a written time (e.g., 1:35, 6:20, 9:05) to the time shown on an analog clock to the nearest five minutes.
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 connect the numbers in a written time to the positions of the hour and minute hands. They count around the clock by fives and check where the hour hand belongs.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly choose an analog clock for times ending in 00, 05, 10, and each later five-minute interval. They use the minute hand first, then check that the hour hand sits in a reasonable position.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may count minute marks by ones instead of by fives. They may place the hour hand directly on the hour number even when several minutes have passed, or confuse 9:05 with 9:50.
How to Assess It
- Give students three clock faces and the written time 2:35. Ask them to circle the matching clock and explain what each hand shows.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs mini clocks, display written times such as 3:15 and 7:45, and have students set both hands for each time.
Show two clocks for 4:40 and ask, “Which clock matches, and how do the hands prove your answer?”
Make a memory game with written-time cards and analog-clock cards for students to match, including pairs such as 8:05 and 8:50.
List four times from the class schedule, then have students draw matching analog clocks beside arrival, lunch, recess, and dismissal.
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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.
- 3.MG.3.a
Tell and write time to the nearest minute, using analog and digital clocks.
- 3.MG.3.b
Match a written time (e.g., 4:38, 7:09, 12:51) to the time shown on analog and digital clocks to the nearest minute.
- 2.MG.2.c
Show, tell, and write time to the nearest five minutes, using analog and digital clocks.
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