Telling Time to the Hour

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Telling Time to the Hour

Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson Athens State
University PT3 Grant Funding Summer 2000

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The Hands of Time
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The Hands of Time
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The Hands of Time
Count the numerals on the clock. There are only
12 hours on a clock face. So, the hour hand is a
short hand.
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When the minute hand is pointing to 12, read the
time as oclock. In this case, the hour hand
is pointing to the 3 and it is three oclock.

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Now the minute hand is pointing to 12 and the
hour hand is pointing to the 5. So, we read the
time as five oclock.

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What time is it now?
one oclock or 100

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Another hour went past. What time is it now?
two oclock or 200

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Another hour went past. What time is it now?
three oclock or 300

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Another hour went past. What time is it now?
four oclock or 400

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Another hour went past. What time is it now?
five oclock or 500

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Another hour went past. What time is it now?
six oclock or 600

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Another hour went past. What time is it now?
seven oclock or 700

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Two hours went past. Look at the hour hand.
What time is it now?
nine oclock or 900

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Two hours went past. Look at the hour hand.
What time is it now?
eleven oclock or 1100

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This time the hour hand is pointing to the 12.
What time is it now?

twelve oclock or 1200
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Telling Time
Remember that the long hand is the minute hand.
And, the short hand is the hour hand.
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The End
A Project Developed for Preparing Tomorrows
Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) By Dr. Beth
McCulloch Vinson Athens State University, School
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