Types of Clocks

Types of Clocks

Ages 3–5 · 6 minutes · Math

Explore different types of clocks

A basic introduction to different types of clocks, looking at examples of digital and analog clocks, such as alarm clocks and wristwatches. No math knowledge is required.

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Standards alignment

Common Core State Standards

  • L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Alabama

  • ELA21.K.20 — Name and sort pictures of objects into categories based on common attributes while relating vocabulary to prior knowledge and building background knowledge.
  • MA19.1.19 — Tell and write time to the hours and half hours using analog and digital clocks.

Alaska

  • K.MD.5 — Tell time to the hour using both analog and digital clocks.

Arizona

  • K.SL.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
  • 1.MD.B.3a — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
  • K.L.5.c — Identify real‐life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Arkansas

  • K.GM.7 — Understand concepts of time, recognizing that clocks and calendars are tools that measure time. • Concepts of time include: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year
  • K.V.1 — Determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases in a text read aloud.

California

  • L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Colorado

  • SC.P.3.1.d — Observe and discuss common properties, differences and comparisons among objects.
  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
  • RWC20-GR.K-S.1-GLE.2-EO.f — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (for example: note places at school that are colorful).

Connecticut

  • L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Delaware

  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
  • L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

Florida

  • MA.1.M.2.1 — Using analog and digital clocks, tell and write time in hours and half-hours.

Georgia

  • K.PAR.6.2 — Describe patterns involving the passage of time using words and phrases related to actual events.
  • K.PAR.6 — Explain, extend, and create repeating patterns with a repetition, not exceeding 4 and describe patterns involving the passage of time.

Hawaii

  • K.L.5c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
  • K.SL.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Idaho

  • K.RS.DR.2 — Listen to a series of texts organized around a variety of conceptually related topics to build knowledge about the world.
  • K.VD.WB.2d — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).

Illinois

  • L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Indiana

  • K.M.2 — Identify and use appropriate terms to describe intervals of time including: morning, afternoon, evening, today, yesterday, tomorrow, day, week, month, and year; describe how calendars and clocks are tools to measure time.
  • 1.H.7 — Explain how clocks and calendars are used to measure time.

Iowa

  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Kansas

  • SL.K.8 — Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading, and through being read to.
  • RI.K.12.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
  • SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about Kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • SL.K.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.

Kentucky

  • KY.1.MD.3.a — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Louisiana

  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Maine

  • L.5.K.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • L.5.K.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
  • SL.3.K.a — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Maryland

  • L.PK.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note objects in the classroom that are small).

Massachusetts

  • L.PK.5.c — Apply words learned in classroom activities to real-life examples (e.g., name places in school that are fun, quiet, or noisy).
  • PreK-PS1-2(MA) — Investigate natural and human-made objects to describe, compare, sort, and classify objects based on observable physical characteristics, uses, and whether something is manufactured or occurs in nature.
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Michigan

  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Minnesota

  • 0.3.1.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media (e.g., poems, rhymes, songs) by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
  • 0.1.8.2 — Ask and answer questions about unfamiliar vocabulary in informational text read aloud.

Mississippi

  • 1.MD.3.a — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Missouri

  • K.GM.B.3 — Demonstrate an understanding of concepts of time and devices that measure time.

Montana

  • L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Nebraska

  • K.G.3.b — Identify the parts of digital and analog clocks. Tell and write time to the hour using digital clocks and analog clocks using only the hour hand.

Nevada

  • L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

New Hampshire

  • L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

New Jersey

  • L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • SL.K.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

New Mexico

  • L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

New York

  • NY-1.MD.3.a — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks. Develop an understanding of common terms, such as, but not limited to, o’clock and half past.

North Carolina

  • SL.K.1 — Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
  • SL.K.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
  • NC.1.MD.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

North Dakota

  • K.GM.M.2 — Tell time related to daily life (today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, night).

Ohio

  • K.1 — Time can be measured.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Oklahoma

  • K.GM.3 — Tell time as it relates to daily life.
  • K.GM.3.1 — Develop an awareness of simple time concepts within daily life, using age-appropriate vocabulary (e.g., yesterday, today, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, night).
  • PK.4.R.3 — Students will begin to acquire new vocabulary and relate new words to prior knowledge.
  • PK.4.R.1 — Students will name and sort familiar objects into categories based on similarities and differences with prompting.

Oregon

  • K.L.5c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use.
  • K.SL.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Pennsylvania

  • 3.5.K-2.C — Explain ways that technology helps with everyday tasks. Contrasting the lifestyles of earlier societies with their own will provide ample examples.
  • 3.5.K-2.F — Investigate the use of technologies in the home and community.
  • 3.5.K-2.R — Draw connections between technology and human experience

Rhode Island

  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

South Carolina

  • 1.MDA.3 — Use analog and digital clocks to tell and record time to the hour and half hour.

South Dakota

  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Tennessee

  • 1.MD.B.3 — Recognize a clock as a measurement tool. Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Texas

  • 1.7E — tell time to the hour and half hour using analog and digital clocks.
  • K.12A — identify examples of technology used in the home and school;

Utah

  • 1.MD.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

Vermont

  • L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).
  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.

Virginia

  • 1.MG.3a — Identify different tools to measure time including clocks (analog and digital) and calendar.

Washington

  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).

Washington, D.C.

  • L.K.5.a — Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.
  • SL.K.4 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
  • 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.

West Virginia

  • ELA.PK.SL.EL.2 — Use increasingly complex and varied vocabulary. d.
  • ELA.PK.SL.EL.6 — Engage in communication and conversation with others.
  • ELA.PK.SL.RL.3 — Comprehend increasingly complex and varied vocabulary and sentences.
  • ELA.PK.SL.EL.3 — Describe familiar people, places, things, and events through a variety of verbal and symbolic forms.

Wisconsin

  • M.1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
  • SS.BH4.a.e — Describe specific types of technology and demonstrate how they are used on a daily basis for social or cultural purposes.
  • ELA.K.L.3.d — Connect common words to real life (e.g., colorful).

Wyoming

  • 1.MD.I.3.A — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
  • L.K.5.c — Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at school that are colorful).