Daily routines & time 1 - Lesson 10

Oct 1, 2026

Lesson 10 focuses on telling the time to the nearest hour and talking about daily routines using simple present tense verb phrases. Learners practice time expressions with classroom structures such as “What time is it?” and “It’s [4] o’clock,” then extend routines vocabulary including get up, eat breakfast, go to school, eat lunch, leave school, eat dinner, and go to bed. Activities include introducing a clock, “Clock craft,” reading and writing from a classroom reader (“What time is it?”), completing worksheets, and reviewing days and numbers through games, including “Spin the bottle.”

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages10

Reading Time25 min

AccessFree to download

Lesson Overview

Warm Up and Maintenance

New Learning and Practice

Wrap Up

Lesson procedure

Warm up and maintenance

Play “Spin the bottle”

Homework check

Talk about the weather

Review days of the week and weekly routines

Review numbers 1-10

Lesson 10 Daily routines & time 1 General: | Level: | 3 – PANDAS (ages 7-9) | | --- | --- | | Time: | 1 hour – 1 hour 20 mins | | Objectives: | Saying the time, describing daily routines. | | Structures: | “What time is it?”,“Please could you tell me the time?”,“It’s [4] o’clock”,“What time do you [get up]?”,“I [get up] at [7] o’clock” | | New vocab: | eleven, twelve, clock, get up, eat breakfast, go to school, eat lunch, leave school, eat dinner, go to bed. | | Review vocab: | Monday ~ Sunday, weather and daily routines vocabulary from previous lessons, numbers 1-10. | You will need to download: | Flashcards: | • Reader review cards-Days of the week
• Daily routines (get up, eat breakfast, go to school, eat lunch, leave school, eat dinner, go to bed)
• Numbers 1-10 | | --- | --- | | Printables: | • Clock craft sheet
• My day worksheet
• What time is it? worksheet
• What time is it? reader worksheet | | Readers: | What time is it? | These can be downloaded at [https://www.eslkidstuff.com/esl-kids-lesson-plans.html](https://www.eslkidstuff.com/esl-kids-lesson-plans.html) You will also need: • name tags for each student • board with markers / chalk • empty plastic bottle (for the spin the bottle game) • weather board (from previous class) • one set of cards with the numbers 1-10 written on them • clock (or make a clock using our craft sheet) • stopwatch (or timing app on a phone) • glue, scissors and fasteners for the clock craft Notes: In this lesson students learn to tell the time to the nearest hour. They also discuss their daily routines using some simple present tense verb phrases. Lesson Overview: Warm Up and Maintenance: 1. Greetings and name tags 2. Play “Spin the bottle” 3. Homework check 4. Review days of the week and weekly routines 5. Review numbers 1-10 New Learning and Practice: 1. Introduce a clock and the numbers 11 & 12 2. Write the numbers 1-12 on the board 3. Teach the time vocabulary 4. Do the “Clock craft” sheet 5. Read classroom reader "What time is it?" 6. Read and write time 7. Introduce daily routines vocabulary 8. Do the “My day” worksheet Wrap Up: 1. Assign Homework: "What time is it?" 2. Do "Quick check" and say goodbye Lesson procedure: Warm up and maintenance: 1. Greetings and name tags Greet the students as they enter the classroom and gesture for them to sit down. Before class prepare some blank name tags (stickers or pin-on tags) . Give these out and have everyone write their names and put their tags on. If you use pin-on tags, you can keep and give out every class. 2. Play “Spin the bottle” Let’s review previous lessons with this fun game. Sit everyone in a circle with a bottle in the middle. Teacher spins the bottle. When it stops spinning the student it is pointing to has to answer a question. If the answer is correct, then that student can spin the bottle. Either the teacher or the student spinning the bottle can ask the questions. Round 1: Numbers 1-10 and classroom objects / stationery- “How many tables are there?”,“There are 6 tables”. Round 2: Likes & dislikes for food and drink – “Do you like milk?”,“Yes, I do / No, I don’t”. Round 3: Clothes- “What are you wearing?”,“I’m wearing a t-shirt and jeans”. Round 4: Clothes and weather – “What do you wear on rainy days?”,“I wear a coat and boots”. Round 5: Days of the week – say all the days in the correct order. 3. Homework check Check each student's homework that you set in the last lesson. Ask each student some questions about their homework worksheet (e.g.“How was the weather on Friday?”,“What clothes did you wear on Sunday?”,“What did you eat and drink on Tuesday?”), give lots of praise, and then put some kind of mark on the homework sheet (e.g. a sticker, a stamp or draw a smiley face) . Finally, tell your students to put their homework back into their bags. 4. Talk about the weather using the "Weather board"

FAQs

What are the lesson objectives in Lesson 10?

Students learn to say the time and describe daily routines. They also practice using simple present tense verb phrases for routine activities.

How do students practice telling the time in this lesson?

Students are introduced to a clock and the numbers 11 and 12, then learn time vocabulary and complete activities like “Clock craft” and reading the classroom reader “What time is it?”

What game is used during Warm Up and Maintenance?

“Spin the bottle” is used to review previous lesson topics. When the bottle stops, the pointed student answers a question and can spin next if correct.

Oct 1, 2026

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