1. Tell Time to the Quarter hour.
First Grade
Clocks
Telling Time
Tell Time to the Quarter hour.

2. They are placed in a circle
Clock Face
There are 12 numbers
on a clock face.
They divide the day
into hours and minutes.
They are placed in a circle
because time is a cycle
that keeps repeating.

3. Hour Hand Hours Hour Hand short and red Click space bar to see how the
Moves.
Hours
Hour Hand
short and red

4. Minute Hand Minutes Minute Hand 60 45 15 long and blue 30
Click space bar
to see the minutes
first graders
need to know.
Minutes 45 15
Minute Hand
long and blue 30

5. 10:30 Saying the Time Say hour first Say minutes last 60 45 15 30
The number the hand
is on or has just passed
Short red hand 10
Say minutes last
Long blue hand 30 45 15
10:30 30

6. Quarter Hours ___ O’Clock 60 ___:45 Quarter-till ___ 45 15 ___:15
Quarter-After___
___:30 Half-Past ___ 30

7. 3 O’Clock Short red hand is at hour 3 Long blue hand is45 60 15 30
Short red hand is at hour 3
Long blue hand is
at 60 (o:clock)

8. 3:15 Quarter after 3 Short red hand was at 3 and is now45 60 15 30
Short red hand was
at 3 and is now
moving toward 4
Long blue hand
has moved
to 15

9. 3:30 Half past 3 Short red hand is now mid-way between 3 and 445 60 15 30
Short red hand is
now mid-way
between
3 and 4
Long hand has
moved to 30

10. 3:45 Quarter till 4 Short red hand is now almost to 460 15 30
Short red hand is
now almost to 4
but not there yet
Long blue hand
has moved to 45

11. Now Let’s Practice Telling Time
Click on the picture below to view how hands move on a clock.
Click play to practice telling time to the quarter hour.