Time

//Post activities, ideas, and resources for learning and teaching time in any language here.//

Say a sentence in the target language that contains a time, have students set their paper plate clocks to the appropriate time, then model the correct answer with a giant clock like this one:

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[|Clock Dominoes 1] - Replace one side of each domino with words in the target language, or 24-hour time, then let students play in small groups user:chericem1

[|Clock Dominoes 2] - Replace one side of each domino with words in the target language, or 24-hour time, then let students play in small groups user:chericem1

//EMC Ideas para la clases de espanol// - For students who have trouble telling time in Spanish, p. 79 of this book has a nice page with a clock that has //. . . y cinco, ...y diez, ...y cuarto, ...y media, ...menos veinticinco,// etc. written next to the appropriate number. It makes a great reference sheet. You can even write them directly on the paper plate clocks of students who struggle. user:chericem1

Info Gap Activity - This was a speaking activity that I used during a unit about movies and tv. On the opposite side of this grid, I put a few of these movies (they were what was playing at the time) that I got online. Each movie had a short description, a starting time and the length of the movie. Students had to identify what kind of movie it was, fill out as much of the grid as they could based on their own sheet, and then go around the room and ask their classmates what time and how long movies lasted. It went pretty well, but be prepared for lots of chatter about the movies! user:nutterky

I used a modified version of the info gap activity posted above (thank you!). Before doing the activity, I told the class they had to get ready for an unexpected blind date to the movies...I created a power point using random google images of people doing things like brushing their teeth, brushing their hair, a picture of mints, flowers, etc. I started the sentences ("Me cepillo los dientes [I brush my teeth...]), and the students had to give a time in a Spanish phrase that told when. They had a certain 3-hour gap in which they had to do all of the activities. Then, after they did the above info gap activity, the students used the length of the movies and a curfew I gave them to figure out which one movie they could go to with their date. user:decortem

After making paper clocks, I had my students simply mimic my clock. First teach them ¿Qué hora es? or the appropriate equivilant in the TL, and then you move your clock to show a time that is on the hour. Then have them move their clocks to match yours, and you tell them in the time in the TL. Then you ask What time is it? in the TL, and at first have them answer in English. Then after several examples, after they have heard the pattern for "it is" (in Spanish this is Son las for the majority of time telling) Then ask the students to tell you in the TL after they have heard the pattern. Then continue to the parts that are harder, showing them one pattern at a time. (After we did son las. i taught them the rule breakers of "midnight", noon and one o'clock) This was VERY beneficial to my middle school students. It was an appropriate amount of information in comprehensible chuncks. After I had the students take their clocks and get into a giant circle. (We did this in a commons area) and have the kids line sholder to sholder with you in the middle of the circle. You call out a time, they move their clocks, and then have everyone move that many steps (we counted the steps together as a class) After they move, you all say the time together in a very excited, energetic voice. repeat several times, getting faster and faster as you continue. Eventually, you could have students in the middle calling the time. The kids got into it, they used their Spanish skills, and got to hear the form many many times before producing it. user:cartierm
 * Paper clocks, circle time**

Pass the Time - Game played in teams to review time user:chericem1

- Distribute this worksheet to students at the beginning of the unit. Call a time and give students 30 seconds to find a new partner who does not already have an appointment for that time (Do you have an appointment for 3 o'clock?). When students find a person who is free, have them exchange clocks and sign the line next to the time you have called on their partner's clock. Do this one hour at a time, helping students who don't have partners connect with one another by coming to the front of the room, and **filling in clocks for absentees**. Every time you do a new paired activity, tell students, "Find your 2 o'clock partner, your 5 o'clock partner, etc." user:chericem1

^^ Just to emphasize to fill out the clocks for absentees, otherwise you'll have a big mess when it comes to pairing people up. Something you don't want to overlook!! I almost did in class, but corrected, but it was hectic and crazy! user:cartierm Here is an activity similar to the one Cherice posted...this one is specifically for Spanish classes, and would not only be an organizational tool for partner work, but allows students to practice asking about certain times. user:decortem

Sentence Diagramming - Prepare a worksheet with three columns. Put a name in the first column, a picture of a place in the second column, and a time in the third column. Put students in pairs and give each student a copy of the worksheet. Partner A should randomly connect names with places and places with times by drawing lines between them. Partner A then reads aloud the "sentences" s/he has made to Partner B, who connects the elements on his/her worksheet as s/he hears them. At the conclusion of the activity, the partners compare their worksheets, which should look identical. The idea for this activity comes from Barbara Snyder, and you can find many reproducible worksheets in the ancillary materials for the //Bravo!// textbooks. user:chericem1

Telling Time - Spanish - Ideas for Spanish teachers

[|Time Games] - Download these gameboards and activities from ESL Printables, adapt them for your language, print, and use! user:chericem1

Time Hear/Circle - Use WordArt to "sprinkle" different times all over a worksheet (you can also do this with clip art pictures of clocks). Seat students in groups of three with a single worksheet between them. Give two students in the group a different colored crayon. Give the other student in the group a list of times written in the target language. The "facilitator" calls the time, and the other 2 students race to be the first to circle it. When the game is over, the 2 students with the crayons count up how many points they got by counting the number of words they each circled correctly. (This idea comes from Ann Blattert)

I have students practice telling time using TPRS. I stand up front and tell them a time in the TL. "Il est huit heures" Students use their arms as hour and minute hands of a clock to show the time. I can imediately see who isn't getting it and I can also provide instant feedback by showing them with my own hands. (Make sure you're facing the right direction!) user:mllegibbs
 * Using TPR**

Attached are 5 pages of handouts I created to help my students master how to tell time. Pgs. 1-2 - Rules for telling time. Pg. 3 - Worksheet to practice writing out numerous times. Pg. 4-5 - Class schedule from Mexico, personal schedule and paired activity.



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[|What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf] - Instructions for a game students play with dice to practice time. Includes a link to a reproducible worksheet with blank clock faces. user:chericem1

Whiteboard Review - Give each pair of students a list of times. Partner A reads the time in the target language, Partner B writes the correct time on their whiteboard (or sets the hands of their paper plate clock to the correct time), then they switch roles. (This idea comes from Bill Heller.) user:chericem1


 * **Partner A** || **Partner B** ||
 * Es la una y media. - 1:30 || (Writes 1:30) ||
 * (Writes 2:45) || Son las tres menos cuarto. - 2:45 ||
 * Son las nueve menos veinte. - 8:40 || (Writes 8:40) ||
 * (Writes 7:15) || Son las siete y cuarto. - 7:15 ||

=Overhead & Worksheet Practice=

[|Blank Clock Dictation] - Blank clock worksheet that teachers can use for dictation exercises or paired activities. user:chericem1

[|24-hour Time] - Many places of business in other countries use 24-hour time in movie listings, schedules, etc. You may want to teach students to use it with interactive activities like [|these] user:chericem1

[|Time Zones] - Consider teaching students about time zones. user:chericem1

[|What Time Is It?] - A page of clocks with hands - students write the time. user:chericem1

[|Interactive Speaking Spanish Clock] - A page that lets you choose the time and it will move the clock hands and say the time in Spanish. user:angelajm00

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