This week we have explored how long a minute is by counting how many skips we can complete in this time. We have also tossed a coin for 3 minutes to see how many times it lands on $ or Kiwi side. We used tally marks to keep a count of our tosses. We found that counting in 5's makes it easier and quicker to count how many.
We are exploring the clock. 60 minutes make 1 hour. We discovered that that the minutes are grouped into even groups of 5. We are making a bead clock to work out how many groups of 5 make 60. Wini thinks we will need 12 groups of 5. I wonder if she is right?
We investigated how the clock face is divided (equal shares) into 2 equal parts...half past
4 equal parts....quarters...quarter past and quarter to...
Half of 12 is 6 and double 6 is 12. 6+6 = 12 Half of 60 is 30 and double 30 is 60. 30+30=60
So much nunber is needed to tell the time!
Here are our 4 equal parts - quarters. Put them together and we will have a whole clock face!
1/4 +1/4+1/4=1/4=1 whole clock
