Grades 1–2
Draw the Time: Hour and Half Hour
Twelve blank clocks with a time under each. Kids draw the hour hand and minute hand, on the hour and half hour.
Math worksheet · Telling time and elapsed time
Telling Time to the Hour
Twelve clocks showing o’clock times. Kids read the hour hand and write the time.
- Grade level
- 1st grade
- 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
“Look at the short hour hand. The long minute hand points to 12. Write the time.”
Teacher tip
The minute hand is always on 12 here, so all the attention goes to the short hand. Good for a first clock lesson.
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
Ask kids to record the time of five things they do after school.
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Grades 2–3
Telling Time to Five Minutes
Twelve clocks at five-minute times. Kids count by fives around the clock and write the time.
Grades 3–4
Telling Time to the Minute
Twelve clocks at any minute. Kids count by fives, then by ones, and write the time.
Grades 3–4
Elapsed Time
Six start and end clocks to read, then work out how much time passed, plus two short time problems.
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