This ready-to-go lesson is designed for grade 2-3 learners. This lesson was designed with Chinese in it as the L1 of the learners, but after purchase and download the PowerPoint can be edited, so all Chinese can be removed or changed into any language.

Telling Time ESL PowerPoint Lesson

Grade Level: 2-3 | Duration: 45 minutes | Slide Total: 75+

Help ESL students master telling time in English with this complete interactive PowerPoint lesson bundle! This engaging lesson teaches students how to read and say times using o’clock times, digital times, and more challenging minute-based times through structured practice, speaking activities, classroom games, and interactive review tasks.

Designed specifically for ESL learners, this lesson gradually builds confidence step-by-step while keeping students actively participating throughout the class.

Perfect for:

• Grade 2-3 ESL
  
• Large ESL classes
• Beginner and lower-intermediate learners
• Public school ESL classrooms

⏰ What Students Learn

Students practice:
✅ Saying o’clock times
✅ Reading digital times
✅ Speaking complete time sentences
✅ Asking and answering time questions politely
✅ Recognizing times quickly and accurately
✅ Listening and speaking fluently using time expressions

📚 Target Language

Core Time Language:

• 1 o’clock – 12 o’clock
• seven fifteen
• nine thirty
• six forty-five
• four oh-five
• eleven twenty-five
• one thirty-five

Speaking Practice:

• “What time is it?”
• “Excuse me. What time is it?”
• “It’s _____.”

🎯 What’s Included?

✅ O’Clock Time Introduction

Students learn and practice:

• 1:00–12:00
• o’clock expressions
• English number pronunciation

Includes English and Chinese support.

✅ Digital Time Practice

Students practice reading and saying:

• :05
• :10
• :15
• :20
• :25
• :30
• :35
• :45
  and more.

✅ Speaking & Pronunciation Practice

Students repeatedly practice saying times aloud using large, easy-to-read visuals.

✅ “What’s Missing?” Game

Students identify missing times while reviewing vocabulary and improving recognition speed.

✅ Polite Question Practice

Students learn the more natural conversational question:

“Excuse me. What time is it?”

✅ Interactive Time Question Slides

Students answer:

“It’s _____.”

using a variety of digital times.

✅ Choose a Tile Game

Students choose mystery tiles and answer time questions while competing for points.

✅ Spinning Wheel Time Game

Students spin the wheel and answer random time questions in full sentences.

💡 Why Teachers Love This Lesson

🗣 Encourages Speaking & Listening Practice
⏰ Builds Real-Life English Skills
🎮 Includes Interactive Classroom Games
👀 Large Visuals Perfect for ESL Learners
🏫 Great for Large Classes
🎯 Structured Step-by-Step Learning
💡 Beginner-Friendly and Easy to Teach
📚 Excellent Review and Repetition Activities

This ready-to-use PowerPoint lesson keeps students engaged while helping them build confidence reading and speaking about time in English.

📥 Download now and make telling time fun, interactive, and easy for your ESL students! ⏰🚀

Watch the video to see the full lesson and how to teach it.

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