2010 Grade 4 Lesson 5 What Time Is It?

Ahh today i played the hsm song while my students did a crossword puzzle and they loved it
then we went out side and played wolfie wolfie and they had a ball it was such a success and once they were tired i brought them inside and did two powerpoint slide shows and they relaxed and practiced the objective language, it was a great lesson. thanks for all the tips and help!

A powerpoint that worked well for me.

This has been a fairly easy topic to teach with my students. I would highly recommened using youtube to find some great videos. 

here is a pass the ball game using two balls and an A and B dialog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXEeUgJ4PhA&feature=fvst

I'm getting a lot of help with the middle school material from the kind waygookers........w hy not share my past elementary stuff!

Here's a PPT that should help with practicing numbers 11-20. I hope it helps. Enjoy!

sorry! I probably should have told you that in the first place!

For "wolf, wolf, what's the time", kids walk in a line behind the 'wolf', chanting "WOLF, WOLF, WHAT'S THE TIME?" the wolf gives random times "it's 1 o'clock, it's 5 o'clock..." etc.

how big are your classes? These kinds of games would never work in my class as there are so many students (and lack of space!)

I've also played this game using number cards.  Usually I just use one to ten and write it out.  The way I played it with my kids back in the States is I had the kids stay back and stand in a line.  They would shout "wolfie, wolfie what time is time is it?  I would hold up a number card and they would have to read and say it and take as many steps as the card said.  Then when they got close to me and asked for the time I would say "dinner time" and chase them until I caught one and they would be the wolf.  This helped them learn to use the key expressions and learn the spelling of the numbers.  Also, even though they pretty much knew when I would shout "dinner time" it was the anticipation that was so exciting to them.  You can try it that way too.

How many teams can be formed during the Bomb game? can there be 3? or is it only 2 teams?

I printed out small pictures of clock with every time that we had practiced and the word late. I gave each set of pictures/ cards to every two students and had them spread them out on thier desks. I then count to three and have them say "what time is it?" when I either show them a time on a large clock I have or simply tell them the time or both (I change it up so they both look at and listen to me at all times). First student on the pair to grab the card and say what time it is gets to keep the card, whoever has the most cards at the end of the game wins.

power point

A great game I enjoy playing with my students is the "Telepothy Game", or "Higher/Lower" game. I have a slip of paper or a small white board and I write down a number (let's say I write down 3). Then I let the kids raise their hands and call on someone. I ask "What time is it?" and the student answers "It's 2 o'clock." I would say "No, go higher." or if the student said "It's 10 o'clock." I'd say "No, go lower." If the student guesses correctly they get a point or candy or whatever you chose as a bonus for your class. The kids really enjoy this and it's a great filler in case your lesson didn't go as long as you wanted.

Vocabulary handouts for Grade 4 - Lesson 5 - What time is it?

One sheet is for the students which contains only the English and the other for the teacher with the Korean.
I make them fill in as much of the Korean as they can before I show them my sheet on the TV.
They then have to either correct theirs or fill in the missing ones.

Here is a simple document I create for this lesson.

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/503/clock.swf This is a useful interactive clock to use for this lesson. Press F11 while in your web browser to go full screen.

Okay I completed my own pass the chicken with animations and music we used in class. The songs used are Number Rock and These are the days of the week. Along with the spinning chicken I tried to make this fun. I aimed for five minutes as a warmer activity.  Remember to copy the whole folder because it contains the needed sounds. Hope this helps.