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Lesson 5 - Telling and Writing Time to the Half-Hour

To encourage students to have fun on the Web while learning about Telling and Writing Time to the Half-Hour, here are some games and interactive activities they can do on their own or in pairs.

Goal

Tell and write time to the half hour.

Instructions for Use

Tell the Time allows students to practice telling time to the half hour using an analog clock.

To use Tell the Time, start by moving the cursor over any half-hour interval on the clock. A number will appear over each half-hour interval. Press the number and the minute hand jumps to the location. Click on the "+" sign to add minutes or hours, and click on the "-" sign to subtract minutes or hours. Click on the "Stop/Start" button to stop or start the clock. Click on the "Quit" button to leave the program.

What Time is it? prompts students to practice their understanding of telling time.

To use What Time is It?, set the clock's minutes and hours by clicking forward and backward on the buttons at the bottom of the screen. To check what time it is now, click the "Now" button.