Time to the hour and half hour worksheets
Aligned with Common Core 1.MD.B.3
Printable clock worksheets for first grade: reading the time to the hour, reading the time to the half hour, and drawing the hands.
The worksheets
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Clock Chart
How to read a clock, with o'clock and half past examples.
Time to the Hour
Clocks showing times on the hour. Write the hour. The 00 for the minutes is already there.
Time to the Half Hour
Clocks showing times on the hour and half hour. Write the hour and minutes.
Draw the Hands
Blank clock faces with a time underneath. Draw the hands to match.
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For the parent or teacher
What it is
First graders learn to read a clock with hands when the time is exactly on the hour (3:00) or half past (3:30). They also learn to write the time the way a digital clock shows it.
What comes next
Halves and fourths. A half hour is half of the clock, which ties right into fractions.
How to teach it
- Start with the short hand only. It tells the hour.
- On the hour, the long hand points straight up at the 12. Read it as "o'clock".
- At half past, the long hand points straight down at the 6. The short hand sits halfway between two numbers.
- At half past, the hour is the number the short hand just passed, not the one it's heading to.
- Talk about time during the day. "It's 7:30, time for breakfast."
Common mistakes
- Mixing up the long hand and the short hand.
- At half past, reading the next hour instead of the one the hand just passed (calling 4:30 "5:30").
- Writing 3:3 instead of 3:30.