Analog Clocks: On the Hour
Ages 6–8 · 8 minutes · Math
Learn to read times on the hour
An introduction to analog clocks with a focus on the hour hand and times ending in "o'clock." If a student is comfortable with reading digital clocks, they are ready for this introduction to analog clocks.
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Standards alignment
Common Core State Standards
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Alabama
- 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
- 1.MD.B.3a — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- K.CC.A.2 — Count forward from a given number other than one, within the known sequence (e.g., "Starting at the number 5, count up to 11.").
Arkansas
- 1.GM.5 — Tell and write time to the nearest hour and half hour using analog clocks; understand how to read hours and minutes using digital clocks.
California
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- MP7 — Look for and make use of structure.
Colorado
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Connecticut
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Delaware
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Florida
- MA.1.M.2.1 — Using analog and digital clocks, tell and write time in hours and half-hours.
Georgia
- 1.MDR.6.2 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks, and measure elapsed time to the hour on the hour using a predetermined number line.
- 1.MDR.6 — Use appropriate tools to measure, order, and compare intervals of length and time, as well as denominations of money to solve real-life, mathematical problems and analyze graphical displays of data to answer relevant questions.
Hawaii
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Idaho
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- K.CC.A.2 — Starting at a given number, count forward within 100 and backward within 20.
Illinois
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Indiana
- 1.M.2 — Tell and write time to the nearest half-hour and relate time to events (before/after, shorter/longer) using analog clocks. Explain how to read hours and minutes using digital clocks. (E)
Iowa
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Kansas
- 1.MD.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Kentucky
- KY.1.MD.3.a — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- KY.1.MD.3 — Assign values to time and money.
Louisiana
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Maine
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Maryland
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- MP7 — Look for and make use of structure.
Massachusetts
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Michigan
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Minnesota
- 1.3.2.2 — Tell time to the hour and half-hour.
Mississippi
- 1.MD.3.a — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Missouri
- 1.GM.C.8 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- 2.GM.D.11 — Describe a time shown on a digital clock as representing hours and minutes, and relate a time shown on a digital clock to the same time on an analog clock.
- K.GM.B.3 — Demonstrate an understanding of concepts of time and devices that measure time.
Montana
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- MP7 — Look for and make use of structure.
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.
- 1.G.3.c — Tell and write time to the half hour and hour using analog and digital clocks.
- K.G.3 — Time and Money: Students will know coin names and values and tell time to the hour.
Nevada
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- MP7 — Look for and make use of structure.
New Hampshire
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
New Jersey
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
New Mexico
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- MP7 — Look for and make use of structure.
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
- NC.1.MD.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
North Dakota
- 1.GM.M.3 — Tell and write time to the hour and half-hour (including o-clock and half past) using analog and digital clocks.
- K-2.MA.P — Learners can identify and use strategies to problem-solve situations and determine an appropriate solution.
Ohio
- 1.MD.3.a — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- 1.MD.3 — Work with time and money.
Oklahoma
- 1.GM.3.1 — Tell time to the hour and half-hour (analog and digital).
- 1.GM.3 — Describe and measure concepts of time.
Oregon
- 1.GM.C.6 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- MP7 — Look for and make use of structure.
Pennsylvania
- CC.2.4.1.A.2 — Tell and write time to the nearest half hour using both analog and digital clocks.
Rhode Island
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
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.
- MP7 — Look for and make use of structure.
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.
Utah
- 1.MD.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- 1.MP.7 — Look for and make use of structure.
Vermont
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Virginia
- 1.MG.3c — Tell time to the hour and half-hour, using analog and digital clocks.
- 1.MG.3d — Describe the location of the hour hand relative to time to the hour and half-hour on an analog clock.
- 1.MG.3e — Describe the location of the minute hand relative to time to the hour and half-hour on an analog clock.
- 1.MG.3f — Match the time shown on a digital clock to an analog clock to the hour and half-hour.
Washington
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Washington, D.C.
- 1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
West Virginia
- M.1.17 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- MHM7 — Look for and make use of structure.
Wisconsin
- M.1.MD.B.3 — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
Wyoming
- 1.MD.I.3.A — Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
- 1.MD.I — Work with time and money.