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2nd Grade Telling Time Resources

29 2nd grade telling time resources: 14 activities, 13 worksheets, 1 flash card and more. How teachers use these

2nd Grade Telling Time Resources

29 2nd grade telling time resources: 14 activities, 13 worksheets, 1 flash card and more. How teachers use these

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeTime to the Five Minutes Worksheet

A time to the five minutes worksheet for 2nd grade: read six analog clocks, write each time, then draw the hands for two printed times. Answer key included, so practice is quick to check and ready to print.

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Worksheet2nd GradeWrite the Time Worksheet

This Write the Time Worksheet has 2nd graders read six analog clocks to the nearest five minutes, then draw the hands for two more. Answer key included, so clock practice is ready in one print.

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Worksheet2nd GradeCount by Fives on a Clock Worksheet

This count by fives on a clock worksheet has 2nd graders skip count around a clock face, then read three clocks to the nearest five minutes. Answer key included, so telling time practice takes no prep.

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Worksheet2nd GradeShow the Time Worksheet

This Show the Time Worksheet has 2nd graders draw clock hands for six printed times, then write the digital time two clocks already show. Answer key included, so telling time practice needs no prep.

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Worksheet2nd GradeWhat Is The Time Worksheet

This What Is The Time Worksheet gives 2nd graders six analog clocks to read to the nearest five minutes, plus three a.m./p.m. sentences. An answer key is included, so time practice checks itself in seconds.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards2nd GradeTime Flash Cards

These time flash cards help 1st through 3rd grade students read analog clocks to the hour, half hour and quarter hour with 40 fold-over cards. A practice page and answer key are included.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeTelling Time Activity

Read analog clocks to the hour, half hour and quarter hour with leveled clock task cards, a recording sheet and a draw-the-hands practice page for 1st and 2nd grade. An answer key is included.

Activity
Activity2nd GradePrime Time Telling Time Activity

This prime time telling time activity is an I Have, Who Has? game where 1st and 2nd grade children read time to the hour on analog and digital clocks. Answer key included.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeHow Much Time Passed To The Hour Worksheet

This how much time passed to the hour worksheet gives 2nd graders four pairs of analog clocks plus two word problems to find the hours between a start and an end time. Answer key included for fast, no-prep practice.

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Worksheet2nd GradeShowing the Time on a Clock Worksheet

A showing the time on a clock worksheet where 2nd graders draw the hour and minute hands for six five-minute times, then solve two clue problems. Answer key included for fast, no-prep practice.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeTime by Five Minutes Worksheet

This time by five minutes worksheet helps 2nd grade students read the minute hand by counting by fives and draw it to match. An answer key is included for quick, confident checking.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeBee on Time to the Hour Activity

This Bee on Time to the Hour activity is a memory match game where 1st and 2nd Grade students pair clock cards with honeycomb time cards. Answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeTelling Time Half Hour Clock BINGO

This telling time half hour clock BINGO activity has 1st and 2nd grade children read analog clocks to the hour and half hour on 12 boards. Answer key included.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeTelling Time To The Quarter Hour Worksheet

A classroom-themed Telling Time to the Quarter Hour Worksheet where 2nd graders read clocks and draw hands for times to the quarter hour. Answer key included for quick, no-prep math practice.

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Worksheet2nd GradeHalf Hour Elapsed Time Worksheet

This half hour elapsed time worksheet gives 3rd graders four analog clock problems and two word problems that cross noon. An answer key is included, so half-hour time practice is ready with no prep.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeHow Much Time Passed To The Half Hour Worksheet

On this how much time passed to the half hour worksheet, 2nd Grade students read a start clock and an end clock, then write the hours and minutes that went by. An answer key is included.

Workbook
Workbook2nd GradeTelling Time Clocks Mini Pack

Using this Telling Time Clocks Mini Pack, students learn about Telling Time through ten fun worksheets and three activities.

Activity
Activity2nd GradePut the Time in the Coconut Activity

This put the time in the coconut activity has 2nd-3rd grade students hunt for coconut clock cards and read each time to five minutes. Answer key included.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeWhat Time Is It to 5 Minutes Activity

This what time is it to 5 minutes activity lets 2nd and 3rd grade students match analog clocks to digital times in a domino circle game. Answer key included for easy checking.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeTelling Time To The Hour Clock Activity

This telling time to the hour clock activity lets 1st and 2nd Grade students match analog clocks to fiesta event cards for a Cinco de Mayo schedule. Answer key included.

From our teachers' playbook

Tick, tock, count by fives!

What do 2nd graders learn about telling time?

Second graders move past the hour and half hour and learn to tell time to the nearest five minutes on an analog clock. They count by fives around the clock face, read and write times like 3:45, and learn that "quarter past" and "quarter to" mean 15 minutes. They also sort the day into a.m. and p.m. The click moment comes when a child sees the minute hand on the 7 and says "35!" without counting from the top.

Our favorite ways to make telling time stick

Five-minute time takes lots of quick, friendly practice. These are the moves that get our 2nd graders reading clocks with confidence.

Move the hands yourself

Give every child a clock to turn while you call out times: "Show me 4:20!" Have them check a partner's clock before you reveal yours. Moving the hands helps kids feel that the hour hand creeps toward the next number as the minutes go by.

Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.

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Two-minute clock check

Flash a time card and kids write the time on a whiteboard, then flip boards up together. Keep it to two minutes at the start of math. Quick daily retrieval beats one long clock lesson every time.

Why it works: a big review of study methods ranked quick self-quizzing among the most powerful ways to remember (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).

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Count by fives out loud

Point to each number on the clock as the class chants "5, 10, 15…" Then ask kids to explain why the 6 means 30 minutes. Saying the reasoning out loud turns a memorized trick into real understanding.

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.

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Questions teachers and parents ask

What time should 2nd graders be able to tell?

By the end of 2nd grade, most kids tell and write time to the nearest five minutes on analog and digital clocks, and use a.m. and p.m. correctly.

Why is telling time hard for kids?

The clock uses two hands with different jobs, and the numbers mean different things for each hand. The 3 means 3 o'clock for the hour hand but 15 minutes for the minute hand. Practicing counting by fives around the face helps a lot.

How do I teach quarter past and quarter to?

Fold a paper circle into four parts and show that each quarter is 15 minutes. Quarter past is 15 minutes after the hour, and quarter to is 15 minutes before the next hour.

How can my child practice telling time at home?

Hang an analog clock where your child sees it every day and ask, "What time is it now?" before meals, bath and bedtime. Real routines give real reasons to read the clock.