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2nd grade math · Unit 5: Equal parts and time

a.m. or p.m.

What this lesson shows

Breakfast at 7:15 a.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. Noon and midnight split the day.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: 7:15 a.m. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Midnight to noon: a.m.
  2. Noon to midnight: p.m.
  3. Morning: a.m.
  4. Evening: p.m.

Helping at home

Think where the time falls in the day. Midnight to noon, the morning, is a.m. Noon to midnight, the afternoon and evening, is p.m.

If your kid gets stuck

Before noon or after noon?

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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Standards

  • Common Core 2.MD.C.7
    Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.
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