Subject : Mathematics

Date ： 19.04.2011

Class ： Class 4B

Time ： 09.50a.m. ～ 10.20a.m.

Number of Students

： 37 students

Topic ： Time

Skills ： Understand , Reading and Writing Time in Hour and Minutes

Pre-requisite Knowledge:

： 1. Students know read the numbers.2. Students know “minute hand” “hour hand”

Learning Out Comes

： At the end of this lesson , students will be able to：

1. Read time in hours and minutes according to the 12-hour system.

2. Write time in hours and minutes according to the 12- hour system.

Critical Thinking Skills

： 1） Compare

Values ： Value The Times

Resources / Materials

： Computer, clock, cards, text book

Step ContentTeaching and Learning

ActivitiesRemarks

Set induction±3minutes

1. Teacher tells the students the story of time.

2. Teacher shows the topic will learn today.

Step 1±8minutes

1. Teacher recall skills learnt in the years before. e.g. minute hand, hour hand, etc.

2. Move the minute hand to each 5-minute segments of time round the clock.

e.g. 5minutes, 10minutes, ect.

3. Allow pupils to find out that when the minute hand moves one round, the hour hand moves one hour that is from 12 to 1.

4. Teacher explains the ways of reading time.

e.g. half past one, one thirty or 30 minutes past one.

5. Proceed with other settings of the hour and minute hand then read the time.

R/M：Computer,Cards.

Critical Thinking Skills：Compare

Step ContentTeaching and Learning

ActivitiesRemarks

Step 2 ±8minutes 1. Teacher asks the

student writing of time can be introduced

R/M：Computer

together with reading of time.

e.g. one thirty is written 1:30.

2. Teacher explains the meaning of the “a.m.” “p.m.”.

e.g. - If it is in the morning, we write 1.30a.m. - If it is in the afternoon, we write 1.30p.m.

3. Teacher asks the student to read and write the time.

,Cards.

Critical Thinking Skills：Compare

Step 3 ±9minutes

1. Pupils are divided 5 in one group.

2. Everyone have 10’s to read the time.

3. The group answer all correct is winner.

R/M：Computer

Critical Thinking Skills：Compare

Closure ±2minutes

1. Teacher asks students the meaning of the “a.m.” “p.m.”.

2. Teacher asks the students do the homework.

Text book pg.100.

R/M：Text book

Value :Value The Times