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.
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.
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.
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.
This telling time hour clock bingo activity helps 1st to 3rd grade students read analog clocks to the hour with six BINGO boards and caller cards, answer key included.
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.
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.
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.
Using Don't Be Tardy for the Party Telling Time Half Hour Activity, students practice telling time to the half hour on an analog and digital clock.
Using this Telling Time To The Half Hour Clock Activity, students practice telling time to the half hour on an analog clock.
This time for sunshine to the hour clock activity lets 1st and 2nd Grade kids match sun clocks to digital times on self-checking puzzles. Answer key included.
Using this Time for Sunshine To The Half Hour Clock Activity , students practice telling time to the half hour on an analog clock.
Using this Telling Time Quarter Hour Clock BINGO, students practice telling time to the quarter hour on an analog clock.
Using this Spin It to Win It Telling Time Activity, students Play “Hour Power” and “Minute It To Win It” to begin learning about the basic parts of a clock.
Tick, tock, count by fives!
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.
Five-minute time takes lots of quick, friendly practice. These are the moves that get our 2nd graders reading clocks with confidence.
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.
Try it withTelling Time ActivityActivitiesOpen it →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).
Try it withTime Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →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.
Try it withCount by Fives on a Clock WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Clocks are everywhere, so turn the whole day into practice.
ActivitiesTeams race to match clock faces to digital times. The first team with a full board wins bragging rights.
Open Prime Time Telling Time Activity →
ActivitiesCall out times to the five minutes and kids show them on clock cards before the "wolf" turns around.
Open What Time Is It to 5 Minutes Activity →
WorksheetsStart a timer for a class job and figure out how much time passed. Elapsed time feels real when it's your own recess countdown.
Open Half Hour Elapsed Time Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Telling Time Activity, Prime Time Telling Time Activity and Bee on Time to the Hour Activity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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