Time to 5 minutes worksheets
Aligned with Common Core 2.MD.C.7
Printable second-grade clock worksheets: read the time to 5 minutes, draw the hands, and choose a.m. or p.m. for everyday things.
The worksheets
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Count by 5s Clock
A big clock with the minutes by 5s around the outside and how to read 4:35.
Tell Time to 5 Minutes
Clocks to read to the nearest 5 minutes.
Draw the Hands
Draw clock hands for times to the nearest 5 minutes.
a.m. or p.m.?
Everyday things with their times. Decide if each one is a.m. or p.m.
Print the whole packet
One copy of every sheet above, in order. Tap + for more copies (up to 10).
For the parent or teacher
What it is
In second grade kids read clocks to the nearest 5 minutes. The short hand shows the hour and the long hand shows the minutes, counted by 5s around the clock. They also learn a.m. for times from midnight to noon and p.m. for times from noon to midnight.
What comes next
Money, which also uses skip counting by 5s and 10s.
How to teach it
- Count by 5s around a real clock, touching each number.
- Read the hour first. It is the number the short hand just passed.
- Talk about your day with times, like "we eat lunch at 12:15 p.m."
- Show a digital clock next to the analog one.
Common mistakes
- Reading the hour from the number the short hand is closest to, instead of the one it just passed.
- Writing 4:7 instead of 4:35 by reading the number the long hand points to.
- Mixing up a.m. and p.m. around noon and midnight.