1. The Hands of Time The long hand is the minute hand.
The short hand is the hour hand.

2. The Hands of Time 60 5
There are 60 minutes on a clock face. So, the minute hand is a long hand.
Skip count by fives to count the minutes with me. 55 10 15 50 20 45 25 40 35 30

3. The Hands of Time
Count the numbers on the clock. There are only ____hours on a clock face. So, the hour hand is a ______hand.

4. “Minute” is a long word. So, the minute hand is a long hand.
“Hour” is a short word. So, the hour hand is a short hand.
hour

5. When the minute hand is pointing to 12, read the time as “o’clock”
When the minute hand is pointing to 12, read the time as “o’clock”. In this case, the hour hand is pointing to the 3 and it is “three o’clock”.

6. Now the minute hand is pointing to ____and the hour hand is pointing to the _____. So, we read the time as
“________”.

7. What time is it now?

8. Another hour went past. What time is it now?

9. Another hour went past. What time is it now?

10. Another hour went past. What time is it now?

11. Take a look at the clock hands.
What time is it now?

12. Two hours went past. Look at the hour hand. What time is it now?

13. Take a look at the hour hand. What hour is it?
Take a look at the minute hand. How are we going to determine how many minutes the minute hand is showing?

14. A half hour went past. Look at the hands. What time is it now?

15. Look at the hands. What time is it now?

16. This time the hour hand is pointing to the 12 and so is the minute hand. What time is it now?

17. What time is it?

18. This is a little tricky.
What time is it?

19. What time is it?

20. Telling Time Remember that the long hand is the ___________hand.
And, the short hand is the ________hand.