Hurry, hurry, hurry.
You hear that all the time.
You hear it when it’s time to stop what you are doing and start doing something else.

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Civilized people use calendars and clocks so they can tell the date and time.

You hear Hurry, Hurry Hurry, when it is time to do school work.
You hear Hurry, Hurry, Hurry when it is time to eat lunch.
You hear Hurry, Hurry, Hurry when it is time to go shopping.
This year you will learn to keep track of time.
When you can keep track or time, it will be your turn to tell people to Hurry, Hurry, Hurry.

9:00am

10:30am

12:15pm

2:45pm

Time to check
e-mail

Time for recess

Eat beets for lunch.

Time to reply to e-mail

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The sun doesn’t always shine. In stormy weather and at night, there is no sun to measure.
People in ancient times used an hour glass to measured time without the sun.

Clocks
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Ancient Times

In ancient times, people looked at the sun to tell time. They used the shadow made by the sun to know what time of day it was.

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If a man saw his shadow in front of him when he faced West, it was mid-morning and time to let the sheep eat while watching for wolves.
If a person saw no shadow facing east or west, it was noon and time to eat lunch.
If a man saw his shadow in front of him when he faced East, it was mid-afternoon and time to take the sheep home.

Reading
a clock

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Hour, half hour, & quarter hour
The long hand is called the minute hand.
The short hand is called the hour hand.

When the minutes hand is on the twelve it is the hour. Read the hour hand. It points to the 3. It is 3 o’clock or 3:00
On the right, draw the minute hand to the twelve. Draw the hour hand. Point it to the 8. It is 8 o'clock or 8:00.

When the minute hand is on the six, it is half past the hour. The hour hand is between the 2 and 3, so it is Half Past 2 or 2:30
On the right, draw the minute hand is on the six, so it is half past the hour. Draw the hour hand so it points between the 10 and 11. It is Half Past 10 or 10:30.

When the minute hand is on the three, it is quarter past the hour. The hour hand is close to the five, so it is Quarter past 5 or 5:15.
When the minute hand is on the nine, it is quarter to the next hour. The hour hand is close to the two, so it is Quarter to 2, or 1:45.

Reading
a clock
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The minute hand on a clock moves a little bit each minute. Many clocks have little lines between the numbers so that you can read the exact number of minutes.
To read the exact minutes on a clock, count by fives around the face of the clock starting on the 1 until you get to the number before the minute hand. Then count by ones on each line until you get to the one the minute hand is pointing to.
If you want, you can count the number of minutes by counting by ones on each line on the clock till you get to the one the minute hand is pointing to, but that takes longer than counting by fives then by ones.
You can practice reading a clock face by reading the clock and comparing it to the time on your watch.
You can practice reading a clock face, by making a clock from the clockface page <clockface> and moving the hands to show various times and reading them or writing them down.
After you make a clock, show the clock face for each of these times

9:00
12:15
Lunch Time
4:45
3:30
Dinner Time
6:20
11:35
Four O'clock
2:10
5:05
Eight-Thirty
11:25
One-thirty
8:50
Ten O'clock
6:58
7:55
Midnight
3:12