A What Time Is It worksheet where 1st graders read six analog clocks and write the digital time to the hour and half hour. Includes a complete answer key — perfect for quick, no-prep telling time practice at home or school.
This What Time is This Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 1st graders a short story about a boy's day and five questions about the o'clock times inside it. Answer key included for quick, no-prep practice.
A Telling Time To The Half Hour Worksheet where first graders read eight analog clocks and write each time. Includes an answer key—perfect for quick, no-prep clock practice at home or school.
The Clock Worksheet has 1st graders fill in the missing numbers on a big clock face, then read three clocks and write each time. Answer key included, so the dial finally makes sense with zero prep.
This time to the hour worksheet has 1st graders read six analog clocks and then draw the hands on two more. An answer key is included, so whole-hour practice is ready to hand out with no prep.
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This time telling worksheet asks 1st grade students to write the time under six clocks set to the hour and half hour, then draw the hands on three more. An answer key is included.
This Telling Time To The Hour Worksheet gives 1st graders eight analog clocks to read and write as digital times. Includes a complete answer key—perfect for quick, no-prep clock practice at home or school.
This time to the hour matching worksheet has 1st grade students match analog clocks to digital times and draw the hands themselves. An answer key is included, so practice is ready to print and go.
Meet the clock: face, hands and numbers!
First graders get to know the parts of a clock: the face, the numbers 1 to 12, the short hour hand and the long minute hand. They learn that the hands move clockwise and that the minute hand travels all the way around while the hour hand moves to the next number. They read analog and digital clocks to the hour and half hour, like 9:00 and 9:30. The click moment comes when a child watches the classroom clock and announces, "The long hand is on the 6. It's half past!"
Before kids can tell time, they need to understand how a clock works. These moves build that foundation.
Have kids label the face, numbers, hour hand and minute hand on a clock picture. Then they point to each part on the real classroom clock. Knowing the parts makes every telling-time lesson easier.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withThe Clock WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Turn a learning clock slowly and ask, "What is the long hand doing? What about the short hand?" Kids describe what they see. Talking about how the hands move helps them understand, not just memorize.
Why it works: when kids say the precise math words, their understanding gets sharper, a recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withTelling Time ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Show an analog clock and kids find the matching digital time card. Then switch. Matching both kinds of clocks helps kids read any clock they see.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
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The face, the numbers 1 to 12, the short hour hand and the long minute hand. Some clocks also have a second hand.
The short hand is the hour hand. It points to the hour. The long hand is the minute hand and shows how many minutes have passed.
Clockwise is the direction a clock's hands move: from 12 to 1 to 2 and around. Kids can trace it with their finger.
Hang an analog clock in a busy spot and talk about it often. Point out times for routines like dinner and bedtime, and let your child move the hands on a toy clock.
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