Calculating Time Concepts for 2nd Grade Maths | Term 3 Unit 5

Calculating Time Concepts for 2nd Grade Maths | Term 3 Unit 5

Term 3 Chapter 5 | 2nd Maths - Calculating time

Calculating time

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Who will win?

Animals in the zoo wants to know who runs faster. They run a race. Guess the winner.

Illustration of animals racing in a zoo.

Keywords: Fast Slow, Less time, More time

Teacher’s Note: Teacher can facilitate the key words fast, slow, less time, more time by narrating the above scenery.

Learn

Fast – Slow

Comparison between boiling milk and milk turning into curd.

Boiling of milk takes less time.

Conversion of milk to curd takes more time.

Practice

Tick (✔) the actions which takes less time.

Practice exercise showing a child drinking milk (ticked) and a plant growing (not ticked).

Learn

Making of a tent takes less time than constructing a house.

Comparison between making a tent and constructing a house.

Here, the time taken for making a tent can be expressed in hours. We use a clock to measure time in hours, minutes and seconds.

A clock face.

The duration of time taken to complete the construction of a house is expressed in months. We use calendar to express duration in months, weeks and days.

A calendar page.

Practice

Tick (✔) the appropriate time measuring device.

Practice exercise showing activities and time measurement tools with correct answers ticked.

Learn

Water tap filling a small bucket and a large tank.

Small containers can be filled faster than big containers.

Practice

Tick (✔) the container which takes less time to fill.

Practice exercise showing pairs of containers.

Tank  Tub ✔

Jug ✔  Can

Rice sack   Padi ✔