Quarter Past and Quarter To — Year 2 Mathematics Unit

Quarter-hour time becomes clearer when both clock hands move as they should. This unit explicitly compares quarter past with quarter to, showing the minute hand at 3 or 9 and the hour hand progressing between the current and next numerals. Children use a movable clock, read and draw new examples, practise with partners and explain why quarter to names the approaching hour.

The five 30–40-minute lessons move from a four-quarter model to quarter-past reading, quarter-to reasoning, adjacent-hour comparisons and independent explanation. Support uses a physical clock and labelled steps; core practice uses new mixed cases; extension asks learners to diagnose and repair a contradiction without adding untaught precision.

What's included

25-page Unit Plan PDF with a three-page teacher guide and 21 display, card, worksheet, answer, game, assessment and rubric pages; editable 18-slide teaching PowerPoint; editable 26-slide question-and-answer quiz PowerPoint. Six marked answer pages sit immediately after the matching practice or assessment pages. Colour is used for the display and game; worksheets and assessment are low-ink black and white. A Preview PDF and Table of Contents image are supplied on the listing for inspection.

Learning focus

read and draw mixed quarter-hour analogue clocks; connect a quarter turn of the minute hand with a proportionally moving hour hand; explain why quarter to names the next approaching hour.

Classroom use

whole-class modelling, guided and independent practice, partner clock game, formative discussion and independent assessment. Equipment: movable teaching clock, counters and pencils.

Formats

PDF and editable PowerPoint files.

Page/slide count: Unit Plan 25 pages; presentation 18 slides; quiz 26 slides.

Answers

marked practice and assessment answers included.