Time and the clock
In Grade 2 you read the clock to the half hour and quarter hour. This year you take three big steps:
- read the clock to the minute,
- compute how much time elapsed between two times,
- convert between hours and minutes.
You'll also learn the order of the days of the week and months of the year.
Two hands, two stories
A clock has two hands:
- The short hand tells the hour.
- The long hand tells the minutes.
When the long hand is on 3, it means 15 minutes past the hour (because each big number on the clock is 5 minutes apart).
Why time matters
Time is everywhere — when school starts, how long lunch is, when you can play. Once you can read the clock to the minute, you can plan your day yourself.
What you'll learn here
- Reading the clock — five-minute marks, then any minute.
- Elapsed time — start, plus minutes, what time now?
- Conversion and calendar — hours ↔ minutes, days, months.
- For parents — how to help at home.
Try it
- 🕐 Clock to 5 minutes — read time at 5-minute marks
- 🕘 Clock to the minute — full precision
- ⏳ Elapsed time — start + minutes = end
- 🔄 Hours and minutes — convert
- 📅 Days and months — calendar order
Summary
- Short hand = hour, long hand = minutes.
- 1 hour = 60 minutes.
- 1 day = 24 hours; 1 week = 7 days; 1 year = 12 months.