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Count the minutes in fives
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1 · Learn
Each numbered step on the clock is five minutes for the minute hand. From 12, count 5, 10, 15, 20 as you reach 1, 2, 3, 4.
At 2:20, the minute hand points to 4 and the hour hand is between 2 and 3. After half past, we can also say how many minutes remain to the next hour.
2 · Worked example
At 2:50 there are ten minutes left until three. We can say ten to three.
3 · Your turn
What time is twenty-five past four? What is ten to five?
Check your answer
4:25 and 4:50.
4 · Apply your learning
Read and draw several five-minute times on a paper clock. Move both hands, not just the minute hand.
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Use practical objects before symbols. Read the task aloud when needed and ask the child to explain, not just name an answer. Revisit with different examples; one successful answer is not proof of fluency.
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