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Clock to five minutes: 2nd grade math

Time to nearest 5 minutes; a.m./p.m.. A free 2nd grade lesson plan, a question set with answers and a printable sheet with its key. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students can do this: time to nearest 5 minutes; a.m./p.m.

Teach (10 min)

  • The long hand counts by fives as it goes around: on the 1 it's 5, on the 2 it's 10, on the 3 it's 15….
  • The short hand stays on the hour until it reaches the next number.
  • Work one example on the board while students say each step aloud, then do one together.

Practise (15 min)

  • Students work the printable sheet in pairs, then alone.
  • Or practise it as a game with no sign-up: https://peabody.kids/math/whole.clock?lesson=2-time-five&at=2

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • Use the first three questions on the printable sheet as a slip.

Printable sheet

Name: ____________________   Date: ____________

Clock to five minutes (2nd grade)

  1. What time is it?
    123456789101112
  2. What time is it?
    123456789101112
  3. What time is it?
    123456789101112
  4. What time is it?
    123456789101112
  5. What time is it?
    123456789101112
  6. What time is it?
    123456789101112
  7. What time is it?
    123456789101112
  8. What time is it?
    123456789101112
  9. What time is it?
    123456789101112
  10. What time is it?
    123456789101112
  11. What time is it?
    123456789101112
  12. What time is it?
    123456789101112
Key
  1. 12:20
  2. 2:25
  3. 8:05
  4. 2:15
  5. 9:50
  6. 12:20
  7. 4:40
  8. 7:15
  9. 3:10
  10. 2:50
  11. 11:50
  12. 11:35

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