Reading Analog Clocks

3rd Grade•15 minutes•CCSS 3.MD.A.1

Learning Objective

I can tell time to the nearest minute using an analog clock.

The small hand on a clock is called the hour hand, and it tells us what hour it is.

The big hand on a clock is called the minute hand, and it tells us how much time has passed after the hour.

To tell time, first look at the hour hand, then look at the minute hand and count by 5s.

This lesson includes 3 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. The hour hand is pointing between the 4 and the 5. The minute hand is pointing at the 2. What time is it?

2. If the minute hand is pointing at the 7, how many minutes have passed since the beginning of the hour?

3. Which hand do you look at FIRST when telling time on an analog clock?

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