Spanish Teaching Resources: The time (12 hour clock) Presentation, Battleships & Plenary/warmer

I use this simple presentation to present the 12 hour clock in Spanish. Eliciting the English and drilling the phrases.

A fun activity to do is to then say a time which the students make with their bodies (one arm for the big hand, one arm for the small hand).

Battleships:
Expressions:
Es la una
Son las dos
Son las cuatro
Son las seis
Son las siete
Son las once

y cuarto.
y media.
menos cuarto.
y diez.
y veinte.
menos cinco.
menos veinticinco.


Plenary/ warmer:
I use this 1 slide warmer activity/ pleanary having taught the time (12 hour clock).

Give the students a mini-whiteboard each.

Click on the presentation and a time will appear e.g. Es la una. The students must draw a clock (analogue or digital) with the correct time.

Click again for the extension activity which is a jumbled up time: e.g. y son siete media las. The students must write this in the correct order e.g. Son las siete y media and then draw the clock.

An additional extension could be to then change this to the 24 hour clock.

There are 4 times to draw and unjumble. This should take approximately 15 minutes.

Times covered include:
Son las ocho menos cuarto
Son las tres y cuarto
Son las once menos veinticinco.
Son las nueve menos veinte
Son las cuatro menos cuarto