Time to the hour · Easy
6 problems · Plain
Telling time worksheets for Grade 1
First graders are learning to read a clock face for the first time. These sheets show analog clocks and ask your kid to write the time in a box. Add your kid's name and the sheet feels like theirs.
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Parent guide
In Grade 1, telling time starts with the hour and the half hour. Kids learn that the short hand points to the hour and the long hand tells how far along that hour we are. Most children this age still find it odd that two hands share one dial.
The hard part is not the numbers. It is knowing which hand to read first. Many kids look at the long hand, see a 6, and write 6 o'clock. If that happens, point to the short hand and ask which number it has just passed or is nearest to.
Start with the Time to the hour sheet. The long hand always sits on the 12, so your kid only has to find the short hand. When most answers come back right, move to the half hour sheet. Here the long hand points straight down at the 6 and the short hand sits between two numbers, which is a new idea worth a few minutes of talking.
Do not rush to five-minute steps. Those belong to Grade 2. A first grader who can read o'clock and half past with confidence is exactly where they should be. Do two or three clocks a day rather than a full page, and check the answer key together.