More About Time

# Learning objectives

1. Describe the time in terms of p.m. and a.m.{.info}
2. Recognise the time of clocks between a 12 hour and 24 hour format.{.info}
3. Recognise the time on clocks with Roman numerals.{.info}

**Key Elements and scene Summary**

This scene is an extension to the ‘A Matter of Time’ scene where analog and digital clocks are introduced. Here, students will be able to explore analog clocks with Roman numerals, and digital clocks with a 24 hour format.

The selection of analog clocks will have a range of different times, where students will be able to practise reading the time, and match time tiles by moving them to the correct clock. They will also have access to a range of digital clocks in the 24 hour format. Here they will be able to determine if the time is for the morning or afternoon and match p.m. or a.m. tiles to the correct time.

# Morning Time{.objective .objective1}

Students will be introduced to the idea of a.m. indicating the morning part of the day. As analog clocks and 12 hour digital clocks only show 12 hours of the day, a.m. denotes that the time read on a clock indicates the morning. Morning time starts at midnight and lasts until 11.59a.m.

Students should be encouraged to read the time on the clocks and practice saying the time in different ways, such as half past three in the morning, three thirty a.m.

# Afternoon time{.objective .objective2}

Students will be introduced to p.m. indicating the afternoon part of the 24 hours in a day. The day is split into two halves: a.m. and p.m., both lasting 12 hours. Including p.m. when the time is written denotes the afternoon part of the day that starts at midday and ends at 11:59p.m.

Students should be encouraged to read analog and digital clocks in both the 12 and 24 hour format. They should be shown how 9:30 p.m. is the same as 21:30, as the 24 hour format runs from 00:00 to 23:59 each day. Students should be asked to match the p.m. and a.m. tiles to the digital clocks.

# Roman Numerals on the Clock{.objective .objective3}

In this section students will be introduced to the idea of Roman numerals on a clock. They should be shown how I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, represent 1 to 12 on an analog clock.

Students should be encouraged to read the time on the analog clocks, and then move the time tiles and match them to the correct clock.

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