Telling Time to the Quarter Hour Worksheets for 2nd Grade

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Grade 2MathTime & MoneyCCSS 2.MD.C.7

Skill: Reading analog clocks to the quarter hour and using o'clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to

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Teaching tips and what to try next

Fits second graders who read hour and half-hour clocks confidently in Telling Time to the Hour and Half Hour. The usual slip is naming the hour that just passed for quarter to, so ask "Which hour is coming next?" for every clock where the minute hand points at 9. Times to any five minutes are next in Telling Time to the Nearest 5 Minutes.

10 versions, each with its own answer key

Same skill and layout, a fresh set of problems in every version, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).

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About this worksheet

After learning the hour and half hour, children start to hear phrases like "quarter past three" and "quarter to five." These words describe the four quarter-hour marks on a clock, and second graders are expected to read clocks to five minutes and use these time words. This second grade worksheet focuses on the quarter hours so the phrases make sense.

The page has twelve analog clocks. Three clocks show each of the four quarter hours: on the hour, 15 minutes past, 30 minutes past and 45 minutes past. Under each clock, children write the time in digital form, such as 4:15, and circle the matching words: o'clock, quarter past, half past or quarter to. The clocks are mixed up, so children have to read each one rather than follow a pattern. Each of the ten versions has new times and its own answer key.

How to use it: draw a circle, cut it into four equal parts like a pizza, and show that each part of the clock is 15 minutes. Point out that at quarter to, the hour hand is close to the next number, so 4:45 is quarter to 5, not quarter to 4. That is the most common mistake, so check those clocks first. Ask about real times during the day, too.

The answer key shows the digital time and the time words for every clock. For the earlier step, try our Telling Time to the Hour and Half Hour worksheet. For more precise times, try our Telling Time to the Nearest 5 Minutes worksheet.