Parts of the Day

Ages 3–5 · 7 minutes · Math

Learn about AM, PM, noon, and midnight

This lesson gives a brief history of clocks, exploring ancient Egyptian sundials, and then introduces the ideas of AM, PM, noon, and midnight. If a student knows how to read the hours on digital clocks, they are ready for this lesson.

Part of

Digital Clocks

Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
D2.His.2.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Compare life in the past to life today.
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
D2.His.14.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Generate possible reasons for an event or development in the past.

Alabama

MA19.1.19 — Tell and write time to the hours and half hours using analog and digital clocks.
SS10.1.6.3 — Identifying past and present types of technology
SC23.1.8 — Observe, describe, and predict patterns of the sun, moon, and stars as they appear in the sky.

Alaska

K.MD.5 — Tell time to the hour using both analog and digital clocks.

Arizona

1.MD.B.3a — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
K.E2U1.5 — Observe and ask questions about patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky.
K.SP1.2 — Explore how events of the past affect students’ lives and community.

Arkansas

K.GM.7 — Understand concepts of time, recognizing that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time. • Concepts of time include: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year
H.1.1.3 — Compare present day families, objects, and events with those in the past using visual representations, news stories, and artifacts (e.g., daily life tasks, food, clothing, transportation, communication, recreation).

California

1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
K.6.3 — Understand how people lived in earlier times and how their lives would be different today (e.g., getting water from a well, growing food, making clothing, having fun, forming organizations, living by rules and laws).
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

Colorado

1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
SC.1.3.1.a — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
SC.P.3.2.e — Observe and describe patterns observed over the course of a number of days and nights (e.g., differences in the activities or appearance of plants and animals).

Connecticut

1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
HIST 1.1 — Compare life in the past to life in the present.
Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted.
1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
HIST 1.8 — Generate possible reasons for an event or development in the past.

Delaware

1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
H.1.K-3a — Students will use clocks, calendars, schedules, and written records to record or locate events in time. Grade 1
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

Florida

MA.1.M.2.1 — Using analog and digital clocks, tell and write time in hours and half-hours.
SC.K.E.5.2 — Recognize the repeating pattern of day and night.
SC.K.E.5.3 — Recognize that the Sun can only be seen in the daytime.
SS.1.A.2.1 — Understand history tells the story of people and events of other times and places.

Georgia

K.PAR.6.2 — Describe patterns involving the passage of time using words and phrases related to actual events.
K.PAR.6 — Explain, extend, and create repeating patterns with a repetition, not exceeding 4 and describe patterns involving the passage of time.
SKE1.a — Ask questions to classify objects according to those seen in the day sky, the night sky, and both.
SSKH3.a — Now, long ago

Hawaii

1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
1.SL.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
SS.1.3.17.3 — Compare life in the past to life today

Idaho

1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
1-ESS-1.1 — Students who demonstrate understanding can: Use observations of the Sun, Moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

Illinois

1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
SS.K.H.1 — With guidance and support, compare life in the past to life today, including the points of view of diverse groups of people.

Indiana

K.M.2 — Identify and use appropriate terms to describe intervals of time including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year; describe how calendars and clocks are tools to measure time.
1.H.7 — Explain how clocks and calendars are used to measure time.

Iowa

1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
SS.K.17. — Compare life in the past to life today.

Kansas

1.MD.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

Kentucky

KY.1.MD.3.a — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

Louisiana

1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Maine

1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed, used to describe phenomena, and used as evidence.
1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Maryland

classifying activities of the day according to themes.
1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
applying chronology to daily and weekly schedules.
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

Massachusetts

K.T3.3 — Put events from their personal lives, observations of the natural world, and from stories and informational texts read or read aloud in temporal order, using words and phrases relating to chronology and time, including: a. Sequential actions: first, next, last; b. Chronology and time: now, then, long ago, before, after, morning, afternoon, night, today, tomorrow, yesterday, last or next week, last or next month, last or next year.
1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Michigan

1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

Minnesota

0.4.1.1.1 — Use a variety of words to reference time in the past, present and future; identify the beginning, middle and end of historical stories. For example: Words referencing time—yesterday, today, tomorrow, now, long ago, before, after, morning, afternoon, night, days, weeks, months, years.
1.3.2.2 — Tell time to the hour and half-hour.
1.4.2.4.2 — Compare and contrast buildings and other technologies from earlier times and today. For example: Places in earlier times—Pompeii, Athens, Rome. Building technologies—arches, domes, glass. Communication technologies—scrolls, books, emails; Transportation technologies—chariot, train, car.

Mississippi

1.MD.3.a — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
E.K.8B.1 — With teacher guidance, generate and answer questions to develop a simple model, which describes observable patterns of sunlight on the Earth’s surface (day and night).

Missouri

K.GM.B.3 — Demonstrate an understanding of concepts of time and devices that measure time.
1.ESS1.A.1 — Describe the presence of the Sun, Moon, and stars in the sky over time.

Montana

1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
1- ESS1-1 — use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted; and
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Nebraska

SS K.4.1.a — Identify concepts of time and chronology.
SS K.4.1.b — Identify the sequence of personal events and their impact.
Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted.

Nevada

1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted.
1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

New Hampshire

1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
SS.GE.2.3.1 — Investigate how the Earth-Sun relationship affects our daily lives, e.g., seasons in New Hampshire or sunlight and shadows. (Themes: C: People, Places and Environment)
Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted.

New Jersey

1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted.

New Mexico

1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

New York

K.8a — Specific words and phrases related to chronology and time should be used when recounting events and experiences.
NY-1.MD.3.a — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks. Develop an understanding of common terms, such as, but not limited to, o’clock and half past.
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

North Carolina

NC.1.MD.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
K.H.1.3 — Compare life in the past to life today within the home, community, and around the world.
SL.K.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.

North Dakota

K.GM.M.2 — Tell time related to daily life (today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, night).
1-ESS1-1 — Describe patterns that can be predicted through observations of the sun, moon, and stars.

Ohio

1.MD.3.a — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
K.1 — Time can be measured.
K.ESS.2 — The moon, sun and stars can be observed at different times of the day or night.

Oklahoma

K.GM.3 — Tell time as it relates to daily life.
K.GM.3.1 — Develop an awareness of simple time concepts within daily life, using age-appropriate vocabulary (e.g., yesterday, today, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, night).
1.GM.3 — Describe and measure concepts of time.
The orbits of Earth around the sun and of the moon around Earth, together with the rotation of Earth about an axis between its North and South poles, cause observable patterns. These include day and night; daily changes in the length and direction of shadows; and different positions of the Sun, Moon, and stars at different times of the day, month, and year. (5.ESS1.2)

Oregon

2.GM.D.10 — Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.
1.ESS1.1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted. [Clarification Statement: Examples of patterns could include that the sun and moon appear to rise in one part of the sky, move across the sky, and set; and stars other than our sun are visible at night but not during the day.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment of star patterns is limited to stars being seen at night and not during the day.]
K.18 — Compare and contrast past and present events or practices.

Pennsylvania

Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted.
3.3.1.A — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
3.5.K-2.C — Explain ways that technology helps with everyday tasks. Contrasting the lifestyles of earlier societies with their own will provide ample examples.

Rhode Island

1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted.
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

South Carolina

1-ESS1-1. — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted. Clarification Statement: Examples of patterns could include that the sun and moon appear to rise in one part of the sky, move across the sky, and set; and stars other than our sun are visible at night but not during the day. State Assessment Boundary: Assessment of star patterns is limited to stars being seen at night and not during the day.
1.MDA.3 — Use analog and digital clocks to tell and record time to the hour and half hour.
1-ESS1-1.DCI.A: — The Universe and Its Stars Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted. NRC Framework Link

South Dakota

1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
K.L.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use.

Tennessee

1.MD.B.3 — Recognize a clock as a measurement tool. Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
K.17 — Use correct words and phrases related to chronology and time, including: • Now • Morning • Today • Week • Long ago • Last • Afternoon • Tomorrow • Month • Before • Next • Night • Yesterday • Year • After
SSP.05 — Develop historical awareness by: • Sequencing past, present, and future in chronological order • Understanding that things change over time

Texas

1.7E — tell time to the hour and half hour using analog and digital clocks.
K.9A — identify, describe, and predict the patterns of day and night and their observable characteristics; and
1.8C — identify characteristics of the seasons of the year and day and night; and

Utah

1.1.1 — Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the movement of the Sun, Moon, and stars to describe predictable patterns. Examples of *patterns*could include how the Sun and Moon appear to rise in one part of the sky, move across the sky, and set; or how stars, other than the Sun, are visible at night but not during the day. (ESS1.A)
1.MD.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Vermont

1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
D2.His.2.K-2 — Individually and with others, students… Compare life in the past to life today.

Virginia

1.MG.3 — The student will demonstrate an understanding of the concept of passage of time (to the nearest hour and half-hour) and the calendar. Students will demonstrate the following Knowledge and Skills:
1.MG.3b — Describe the units of time represented on a clock as minutes and hours.
K.9.c — The student will investigate and understand that there are patterns in nature. Key patterns include day and night.
1.MG.3a — Identify different tools to measure time including clocks (analog and digital) and calendar.

Washington

Patterns of the motion of the sun, moon, and stars in the sky can be observed, described, and predicted.
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Washington, D.C.

1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

West Virginia

M.1.17 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
SS.K.16 — Investigate the past and explore the differences in other people, times and cultures through stories of people, heroes, pictures, songs, holidays, customs, traditions or legends.
Compare the past to the present.
S.1.8 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.

Wisconsin

Patterns of movement of the sun, moon, and stars, as seen from Earth, can be observed, described, and predicted.
SS.Hist3.c.e — Explain how something from the past can affect your life now.
M.1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Wyoming

1-ESS1-1 — Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.
1.MD.I.3.A — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
SS2.4.2 — Identify tools and technologies, including those of Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming, that made or make life easier and sustainable (e.g., cars for getting one place to another, washing machines for washing clothes, flashlights to see in the dark, and usage of bison and natural resources). 2.MD.7 – 8 K-2-ETS1-1 – ETS1-3