TIME FLIES! – Colour, Pattern, Measurement

Students will be able to:

• create a 3-dimensional analog clock;
• create patterns using crayon resist technique;
• use the clock to practice telling and writing the time;
• demonstrate technical accomplishment and creativity;
• support their ideas with evidence found in the works.

Have students:

• measure the dimensions of their clock using mathematical language, e.g., height, length;
• estimate how many student-made clocks it will take to cover a variety of surfaces:
• place the clocks on the surface to count them;
• share their results in a graph.

1. Prior to this lesson have children learn how to tell time with an analog clock. 
2. Download images of clocks from the Internet, or find images in books or magazines.
   Swiss Clock
   Austrian Clock
   Clock
   Digital Clock
   Digital Wall Clock
3. Download and display the Colour poster available on this website.
4. Gather and make available picture books about time, for example, The Clock Struck One: A Time-telling Tale, by Trudy Harris; What Time Is It, Mr. Crocodile, by Judy Sierra; Telling Time with Big Mama Cat, by Dan Harper; A Second Is A Hiccup, by Hazel Hutchins; and Bats Around the Clock, by Kathi Appelt.
5. Photocopy the clock face pattern, enough for each student to have one. (Downloads – Clockface_Pattern.pdf)
6. Create a sample clock.

1. View the various pictures of clocks and chart the differences between analog and digital clocks. 
2. Review the parts of an analog clock.
3. Show students your sample clock.
4. Have students take turns writing different times on a chart paper, and ask other students to show that time on the clock. 
5. Introduce the challenge.

1. Once all the clocks are complete ask students to share them in partners or small groups. 
   Ask them to look closely at how the clocks are made and to share:
   - how pattern, detail and colour are used to create a unique clock
   - what was difficult about making the clock and why
   - what was satisfying about making the clock and why
   - how to use their clock to tell the time
2. Ask some students to share their ideas with the whole class.
3. Provide time for students to use their clocks to practice telling and writing time throughout the next few weeks.
    

1. Observe students as they work – thoughtful focus, discriminating, seeking more information, elaborating, experimenting.
2. Observe students as they discuss their clocks – speaks with a clear voice, looks at audience while speaking, points to areas on the clock, provides accurate information, answers questions from the audience effectively.
3. Observe students as they listen – looks at presenter, asks effective questions, supports ideas with evidence found in the artwork.
4. Use a checklist to track progress. (Downloads – Clock_tracking.pdf)
5. Have students use the self-assessment form to evaluate their work. (Downloads – Clock_self-assessment.pdf)