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2nd Grade Tell Time to Five Minutes worksheets

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Tell Time to Five Minutes

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Write the time below each clock.

2nd Grade Tell Time to Five Minutes worksheet 1 – printable PDF — Download PDF: 1 2 3 4 5 6

About this worksheet

Telling time to five minutes is the second grade step after hours and half hours. A child counts by fives around the clock face: when the minute hand points to the 4, that is 20 minutes, not 4. This sheet has one job. Each clock shows a time, and your child writes that time as hours, a colon, and minutes, the way a digital clock shows it. There are no choices to guess from, no a.

m. or p. m. questions, and no stories, so the only thing being practiced is reading the two hands. Start by finding the short hour hand, then count by fives to the long minute hand. If the minute hand is past the 6, the hour hand is close to the next number but has not reached it yet. Check one clock together, then let your child finish the page.

What your child will learn

Read the minute hand by counting by fives
Find the hour from the short hand
Write a time as hours, a colon and minutes

Common Core standard: 2.MD.C.7

Worked example

The short hand is just past the 3 and the long hand points to the 5. Count by fives to 25, so the time is 3:25.

Common mistake

Writing the number the minute hand points to as the minutes: 4 for 20 minutes, so 3:04 instead of 3:20.

Helpful hint

Count by fives from the 12 to the long hand, then read the hour from the short hand.

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with tell time to five minutes?

Writing the number the minute hand points to as the minutes: 4 for 20 minutes, so 3:04 instead of 3:20.

How can I help my child with tell time to five minutes?

Count by fives from the 12 to the long hand, then read the hour from the short hand.

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