This 1st grade math unit is jam-packed with first grade math worksheets, games, and activities for grade 1 students! You can use this as a supplement to your curriculum or use it solely as your skill practice for first grade telling time.
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Help your students master one of the most practical math skills with this 1st Grade Telling Time to the Half Hour Math Unit! This hands-on resource includes telling time to the half hour worksheets, engaging math games, and interactive activities that make learning to read clocks both fun and meaningful.
Students will practice identifying times on analog and digital clocks, matching clock faces with written times, and drawing clock hands to represent given times. With a mix of visual practice, hands-on games, and real-world scenarios, this unit makes it easy for first graders to understand the concept of time.
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This comprehensive telling time to the half hour resource is packed with worksheets, games, and centers that keep students active and excited about learning.
10 Telling Time Worksheets: Students practice reading and writing times to the hour and half hour using both analog and digital clocks. Activities include matching, coloring, writing, and drawing clock hands.
Hands-On Clock Craft: Students build their own paper clock with moving hands, perfect for kinesthetic learners.
Task Card Game: Students move the hands on their personal clocks to show the time displayed on each task card. Great for centers or small groups.
Matching Game: Students match each person to the correct movie ticket time while practicing telling time to the hour and half hour.
Emoji Math Sort: Students decide if each clock matches the written time and place a smile or frown emoji accordingly.
Game #1: Line Them Up! A fun team challenge where students race to line up task cards in order from earliest to latest time.
Game #2: Build a Pirate Island! Each correct answer earns students an island item. Chance cards keep gameplay fresh and full of surprises.
Game #3: Whole-Class “Bucket Filler!” Students walk around the room solving clock task cards. Correct answers get dropped in a class prize bucket.
Each activity comes in color and black-and-white versions and includes recording sheets and answer keys, so prep is quick and differentiation is easy.
Teachers love how versatile this telling time to the half hour worksheets unit is! Use it in a variety of classroom settings:
Math centers or guided math groups for hands-on clock practice
Whole-class lessons introducing time concepts
Independent practice for morning work or early finishers
Small-group reteaching for struggling learners
Homework or spiral review before assessments
Students learn to recognize half-hour intervals, connect analog and digital representations, and describe time using everyday language.
This 1st grade math unit aligns with Common Core 1.MD.3, helping students:
Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks
Understand the position and movement of the hour and minute hands
Connect clock reading to real-world daily events
The mix of visual, tactile, and reasoning-based activities ensures students master both conceptual and procedural understanding of time.
Teachers love that this telling time to the half hour math unit is equal parts fun and functional. The interactive games, easy-to-follow worksheets, and clock-building craft give students plenty of opportunities to practice while staying engaged.
Students enjoy games like Build a Pirate Island and Line Them Up! that make learning time feel like an adventure. Teachers appreciate the low-prep design, clear visuals, and consistent layout that matches other 1st Grade Math Units, keeping lessons cohesive across the year.
Every activity encourages reasoning, precision, and hands-on exploration—skills that help young learners succeed far beyond the clock.
This 1st Grade Math Unit is part of a complete year-long bundle designed to make math instruction engaging, structured, and easy to manage. Each unit includes printable worksheets, center games, and hands-on activities that help students build core math skills while having fun.
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