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Read analog clocks
Read the two hands of an analog clock and record its time. Use generated practice or ordered custom times to focus a lesson.
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Time before and after a clock
Read an original clock, then find times before or after it using separate hour-and-minute offsets.
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First write the original clock time. For each of the three offset questions, return to that original time and calculate the requested time before or after it. These are independent calculations on a twelve-hour clock; the face does not specify AM or PM.
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Move forward or backward by a stated duration while keeping the original clock as the starting point for every calculation.
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The original clock shows 10:40. What is 30 minutes after it, and what is 20 minutes before it?
30 minutes after is 11:10; 20 minutes before is 10:20.
For the first answer, move 20 minutes to 11:00 and another 10 to 11:10. For the second answer, start again at 10:40 and move back 20 minutes to 10:20. Subtracting from the first answer would change the starting point and solve a different problem.
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- Have the learner underline the original time and reread before or after for each prompt.
- Begin with one kind of offset, then use the pattern, addition, subtraction or mixed-operation setting when ready. The default pattern is after, before, after.
- Wrap correctly around the clock: 25 minutes after 12:50 is 1:15. This is a clock-face calculation, not evidence of a particular day or AM/PM period.
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