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Features

  • Six questions on the 1st grade time the unit builds on
  • Circle the hour hand and put an X on the minute hand
  • Read a clock and draw the hands for half past times
  • Count by 5s
  • Circle the name of a half hour time, and write the time 1 hour later
  • A Score line, to sort the class before the unit
  • Answer key names the lesson each question leads into

Skills Covered

  • The hour hand and the minute hand
  • Read time to the half hour
  • Draw the hands for a half hour
  • Count by 5s
  • Half past in words
  • The time 1 hour later

How to Use This Pack

One page to give on the first day of the unit on telling time, before any teaching. Its six questions are on the 1st grade time the unit builds on: the two hands, reading and drawing hours and half hours, counting by 5s, half past in words and 1 hour later. It has a Score line, and the key names the lesson each question leads into. The unit review and the unit test are packs of their own.

In the Classroom

Give the pre-check on the first day and sort the class by what they missed: a student who mixes up the hour hand and the minute hand needs a clock with hands in reach from the first lesson, and one who misses counting by 5s needs that practice before reading the minutes. Nothing on the page asks for times to five minutes yet, so a low score is no surprise; it shows where to start.

At Home

Use it to see what your child needs before the unit on telling time starts: look at a clock with hands together at the hour and the half hour, and count by 5s to 60.

Tips for Success

  • Give it before the first lesson, not after
  • Read the score as a starting point, not a grade
  • Keep a clock with hands out for a student who mixed up the hands
  • The key names the lesson each question leads into

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

  • 1.MD.B.3 Read and record times to the hour and half hour on clock faces and digital displays.
  • 2.NBT.A.2 Count up to 1,000, and count by fives, tens and hundreds.
  • 3.MD.A.1 Read and record time to the exact minute, find how many minutes pass between times, and solve story problems adding or subtracting minutes.

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2nd Grade Telling Time Pre-Check

A check to give before the unit on telling time, on the hours and half hours it builds on. Students find the hour hand and the minute hand, read and draw half past times, count by 5s, name a half hour in words and find the time 1 hour later.

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What’s Included

  • A one-page pre-check (6 questions) with a Score line
  • An answer key that names each question's lesson and skill (2 pages in all)
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