Skill: Read time to the hour
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Interprets analog and digital clocks showing whole hours in the 12-hour cycle, understanding that the short hour hand identifies the hour and the minute hand at 12 indicates zero minutes, expressed with “o’clock” and corresponding numerals. Connects the clock’s repeating circular structure to ordered numbers and daily measurement of time; this understanding is limited to exact hours and does not include reading minutes, elapsed time, or 24-hour notation.
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Detailed Explanation: Read time to the hour
To read a clock showing a whole hour:
- Find the short hand. It tells the hour.
- Check that the long minute hand points to . This means there are minutes.
- Say the time using “o’clock.”
Example: The short hand points to , and the long hand points to $12.
- The short hand tells us the hour is .
- The minute hand at means minutes.
- So the time is four o’clock.
- On a digital clock, this is written as .
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Time - Telling - Clock to Words - Full Hours
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- Time - Telling - Clock to Words - Full Hours
- Time - Telling - Clock to Words (Plain) - Full Hours
- Time - Telling - Clock to Digital - Full Hours
- Time - Telling - Minute Hand to Minute - 12 O'Clock
- Time - Telling - Hour Hand to Hour - Full Hours
- Time - Telling - Hour to Hour Hand - Full Hours
- Time - Telling - Words (Plain) to Clock - Full Hours
- Time - Telling - Words to Clock - Full Hours
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