Grades 1–2
Read a Calendar
A month calendar with four events marked and ten questions: what day is the 11th, how many Saturdays, what date is one week after the field trip?
Math worksheet · Telling time and elapsed time
Elapsed Time
Six start and end clocks to read, then work out how much time passed, plus two short time problems.
- Grade level
- Grades 3–4
- Time
- About 25 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Reading analog clocks, Telling time, Elapsed time, Calendar skills
What kids do
“Write the start time and the end time. How much time passed?”
Printed on the sheet:
- 7. Art class starts at 1:20 and ends at 2:05. How long is art class?
- 8. Recess starts at 10:15 and lasts 25 minutes. What time does recess end?
Teacher tip
A quick open number line (start time, jump hours, jump minutes) is the clearest way to show elapsed time.
How to use it
- Keep a geared demo clock at the front and model each type of problem.
- Color the hour hand and the minute hand differently on the first two clocks.
- Do the first problem together under a document camera, then let kids finish on their own.
Watch for
Reading the hour hand as the next hour when it is just before it, like 2:50 read as 3:50.
Talk about it
- How do you know which hand is the hour hand?
- Which problem was the hardest? What made it hard?
Take it further
Play “What time is it, Mr. Wolf?” with real clock times.
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Quarter Past and Quarter To
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What Time Will It Be?
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