Grades 1–2
Seconds, Minutes or Hours?
How long does it take to blink, brush your teeth or sleep at night? Kids pick the best unit of time for twelve things.
Math worksheet · Telling time and elapsed time
Months of the Year: Order and Count
Fill in the missing months on the year chart, then answer questions: which month comes after April? What is the 9th month?
- Grade level
- Grades 1–2
- Time
- About 15 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 missing months in order. Then use the chart to answer the questions.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Which month comes right after May?
- Which month comes right before June?
- What is the first month of the year?
- Which month is 2 months after December?
- How many months are in a year?
Words on this sheet
JanuaryMayMarchJuly
Teacher tip
Ask kids to find their birthday month and its number on the chart.
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 long until lunch? How did you work it out?
- 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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Time in Words
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