Kindergarten Social Studies: Myself and Others SS000103

Unit 1: Who Am I? Lesson 3

Lesson 3: I Know about Time

Big Ideas of the Lesson

A clock measures hours and minutes of time.

A calendar measures days, weeks, and months.
People use the words yesterday, today, tomorrow to describe time.

Lesson Abstract:
In this lesson students begin to explore the concept of time by learning about the past, the present,
and the future. This lesson integrates two math GLCEs dealing with time. The teacher
introduces the idea there are tools that help people measure time. First, students begin to learn
that a clock measures time in hours and minutes, but complete the development of the concept in
a later math lesson. Second, the teacher guides them in identifying a calendar by helping
students discover and discuss the terms yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Next, the students
illustrate a simple 3-column chart labeled Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow by drawing a
picture of something they did yesterday, something they did today and something they plan on
doing tomorrow. The lesson concludes with students adding a picture of a clock or a calendar to
their I Am a Person project that will represent that they know about time.

Content Expectations
K - H2.0.1: Distinguish among yesterday, today, tomorrow.

Integrated Content Expectations

M.UN.00.01: Know and use the common words for the parts of the day (morning, afternoon, evening,
night) and relative time (yesterday, today, tomorrow, last week, next year). (Math)

M.TE.00.02: Identify tools that measure time (clocks measure hours and minutes; calendars
measure days, weeks, and months). (Math)

Key Concepts
future
past
present
time

Instructional Resources
Equipment/Manipulative
Classroom calendar
Classroom clock
Crayons, colored pencils, markers, etc. (classroom set)
I Am a Person pictures from previous lessons

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Daily Schedule (posted in the room)

Glue, glue sticks, or paste
Miscellaneous photos of calendars
Miscellaneous photos of clocks

*Pimp my Unit* Upgraded resources include: Link to Starfall website:

http://more2.starfall.com/m/math/measure-content/load.htm?d=demo&n=match-
clocks&y=1&www=clockpumpkin and link to clock song video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=u0eoXW9aFjw

Student Resource
Clock Song. CanTeach. 12 August 2009 <http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems71.html.>.

Long Ago, Yesterday, and Today. 100% Educational Videos. 1999. Discovery Education. 12 August
2009 <http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=2DF57695-104F-44AA-
93B1-0A325DE09218&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US>.

Teacher Resource
Brown, Skila. Tick Tock: Teaching Kids About Time. Education.com. 12 August 2009
<http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Teaching_Kids_Time/ >.

Clark, Jennifer. Supplemental Materials (Unit 1, Lesson 3). Teacher-made material. Michigan
Citizenship Collaborative Curriculum, 2009.

Hernandez, Beverly. Creative Ways for Teaching Time. About.com. 12 August 2009
<http://homeschooling.about.com/od/basicmath/qt/teachingtime.htm>.

Sheakoski, Megan. Teach Kindergarten Students Calendar Skills. Suite101.com. 12 August 2009
<http://primary-school-lesson-
plans.suite101.com/article.cfm/teach_kindergarten_students_calendar_skills>.

Lesson Sequence
1. To begin this lesson, review with the students the concept they are all people and they all go to
school. Then introduce the concept of time by introducing the students to a daily schedule which
can be posted anywhere in the classroom. Walk the students through the daily schedule and help
them understand that events happen at specific times. Explain that time is important at school. For
example, the students go home at 11:30 because that is when the school day is over and when
the buses show up to take them home.

2. When the students begin to understand the concept of a daily schedule, introduce them to the
other tools that help them tell time. Ask the students, Look around the room and see if you can
find anything that helps us tell time. If necessary, guide students to look at the classroom clock.
Explain that clocks help people measure time in hours and minutes. (Further explanation about
hours and minutes is not needed at this time. It will be explained further in a later math lesson).

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*Pimp it Up* To upgrade this portion of the lesson, provide the students with some time to
further introduce the concept of time telling through the use of this interactive website:
http://more2.starfall.com/m/math/measure-content/load.htm?d=demo&n=match-
clocks&y=1&www=clockpumpkin

This website can be used as a guiding tool in helping students better grasp the concept of
clocks and how that relates to time.

3. To help the students understand that clocks come in all different shapes and sizes, use the
Examples of Clocks found in the Supplemental Materials (Unit 1, Lesson 3) to show the students
various examples of clocks.

4. Send students home to count how many clocks they can find in their homes using the Clocks at
Home activity found in the Supplemental Materials (Unit 1, Lesson 3).

5. Lead the students in the Clock Song which can be found at the following website:
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems71.html.

*Pimp it Up* Upgrade this portion of the lesson by showing the students this short video
song clip instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0eoXW9aFjw This video clip is
engaging and shows the many different ways to tell time.

6. To help students better understand the concept of time, introduce a calendar and the terms
yesterday, today, and tomorrow. To help students visually see these terms on the calendar,
Time Cards are located in the Supplemental Materials (Unit 1, Lesson 3). These are designed to
be placed on the correct calendar day to demonstrate that the day before today was yesterday,
today is today, and the next day is tomorrow.

7. If the students need additional instruction, show the video clip Long Ago, Yesterday, and Today
from Discovery Streaming located at http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?
guidAssetId=2DF57695-104F-44AA-93B1-
0A325DE09218&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US .

8. Begin using the terms yesterday, today, and tomorrow in a daily routine. Each day have
students share what day was yesterday, what day is today, and what day is tomorrow. They
should also share what they did yesterday, what they are doing today, and what they plan to do
tomorrow.

9. Give students the Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Chart located in the Supplemental
Materials (Unit 1, Lesson 3). Using the chart, the students illustrate pictures of what they did
yesterday, what they are doing today, and what they plan to do tomorrow.

10. For the final part of the lesson, the students will add the next component to their I Am a Person
project they started in the first lesson and added onto in the previous lesson. Provide each
student with a clock or calendar from the I Am a Person sheet located in the Supplemental

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Materials (Unit 1, Lesson 3). The students should cut out the clock or calendar and glue it onto
their person to represent they know about time. Another option would be to have each student
draw a picture of a clock or calendar on their person.

Assessment
As an assessment for this lesson, use the Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow chart. In addition,
formatively assess the students through the responses and explanations provided during the lesson
or on a weekly basis as the students discuss what they did yesterday, what they are doing today, and
what they plan to do tomorrow.

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