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Which subjectMathematics
What age groupYear or Grade 4
What topicTime
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Lesson Introduction: The Time Travelling Adventure

Objective

Today, we are going to embark on an exciting journey through time! By the end of this lesson, you will be able to tell the time using both analogue and digital clocks, and understand how to solve problems related to time.


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The Adventure Begins...

Storytime: The Time Travellers

Imagine, if you will, that we are all Time Travellers! Our mission is to visit the year 2040, but there’s a catch: to get there, we need to unlock the secret of telling time.

Every time a Time Traveller accurately tells the time, we earn a special time token that will help us progress to the next time period. In year 2040, we'll find exciting inventions, amazing robots, and who knows what else? But before we can marvel at the future, we must master the clocks of today!


Engaging Element: The 24-Hour Race

As our first challenge, we will split into teams and compete in the "24-Hour Race." Each team will draw time cards from a bag. When your team draws a card, you must:

  1. Correctly tell the time shown on the card (both on an analogue and digital clock).
  2. Solve a time problem involving real-life scenarios, like planning a party, scheduling a game, or managing a day out!

Once completed correctly, your team earns a time token!


Transition to Learning

As we dive deeper into telling the time, remember: the sooner we learn and collect our time tokens, the closer we get to our ultimate adventure in 2040! Let’s take a closer look at how the clock works and the different ways we can represent time.


Conclusion

Are you ready, Time Travellers? Gather your courage, grab your pencils, and let’s unlock the mysteries of time together!

Now, let’s start our adventure in learning how to read the time! 🕒✨