Practise time-telling skills with this fun and interactive Tell Me the Time QR code game! In this hands-on activity, students will move around the classroom scanning QR codes, reading analog clocks, and recording the matching digital times. It’s an engaging way to consolidate time-telling skills while incorporating movement and technology.

Students will use a digital device and a recording sheet to locate and scan QR code cards placed around the room. Each scanned code reveals an analog clock. Students then write the corresponding time onto a digital clock on their recording sheet. The activity is highly flexible, with two differentiated sets of cards included to cater to a range of learners.

Tell Me the Time is ideal for whole-class practise, small group rotations, or even a fast finisher activity. It promotes active learning, supports the development of time concepts, and helps students build fluency and confidence with both analog and digital time formats.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Practise reading analog clocks accurately
• ✅ Develop understanding of o'clock, half past, quarter to, and quarter past times
• ✅ Strengthen matching skills between analog and digital time
• ✅ Promote movement-based learning and classroom engagement
• ✅ Encourage independence and the use of technology for learning

What’s Included:

• Set 1 QR code cards - o'clock and half past times
• Set 2 QR code cards - o'clock, half past, quarter to, and quarter past times
• Recording sheet for use with both sets of cards

Materials Needed:

• Printed QR code cards (on cardstock for durability if desired)
• Recording sheets (one per student)
• Digital devices with QR code readers (built-in camera or QR app)

How to Use:

1. Print and display the QR code cards around the classroom in visible locations.
2. Provide each student with a recording sheet and a digital device capable of scanning QR codes.
3. Students move around the room, scanning each QR code to reveal an analog clock.
4. After reading the time, students record the corresponding digital time on their recording sheet.
5. The activity continues until all QR codes have been scanned and recorded.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during maths rotations as a fun and active time-telling practise station.
• 💡 Differentiate by selecting which set of QR codes to use depending on student ability.
• 💡 Incorporate into a time-telling lesson sequence to support skill development.
• 💡 Use as a fast finisher task to reinforce time concepts after explicit teaching.

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Model how to scan QR codes and record times before beginning the activity.
• 💛 Provide support for younger learners by pairing them with a buddy.
• 💛 Laminate QR code cards for durability and reuse year after year.
• 💛 Extend the activity by having students create their own QR codes with new times for peers to solve.

Tell Me the Time is a fantastic way to build fluency and confidence with time-telling skills. It combines movement, technology, and critical thinking to create a memorable and effective learning experience!