Telling time card games for every level, from time to the hour all the way to five minutes! This bright card game bundle gives you four leveled sets and five fun games for math centers and review time, so your students can grow their telling time skills one level at a time.

Telling time can be a tricky skill for young learners, but review becomes a game with these cards. Children match analog clocks (clock faces with hands), digital clocks (times shown with numbers only) and times written in word form. Level 1 covers time to the hour, Level 2 time to the half hour, Level 3 time to fifteen minutes and Level 4 time to five minutes. Some games are fast paced and others take a slower approach, so you can choose what fits your group.

With this telling time card games bundle, you get

• Four leveled card sets: the hour, the half hour, fifteen minutes and five minutes
• Five card games: Go Fish, Snap!, Slap-It!, a Matching Game and P-I-G
• Three card formats: analog clocks, digital clocks and time in word form
• Ideas for customizing the games for different learners

Print the level your students need and start playing!

What's Included

• Level 1: Time to the Hour
• Level 2: Time to the Half Hour
• Level 3: Time to Fifteen Minutes
• Level 4: Time to Five Minutes
• Digital clock, analog clock and time in word format cards for each level
• Game instructions for Go Fish, Snap!, Slap-It!, Matching Game and P-I-G
• Ideas for customizing the games

Why Teachers Love It

• Grows with your students: Move from the hour to the half hour, fifteen minutes and five minutes as children are ready.
• Easy to differentiate: Put different levels out at the same time so every child practices at the right level.
• Five games, one routine: Children learn the games once and then play them with every level.
• Three ways to show time: Analog clocks, digital clocks and word cards help children recognize every format.
• Fast or slow, you choose: Some games are fast paced and others take a slower approach, so you can match the game to your group.
• More than a game: Use the cards for independent matching practice or to put times in order.

Skills Students Practice

Primary Academic Skills

• Telling time to the hour and half hour: Levels 1 and 2 focus on reading :00 and :30 times, such as 4:00 and 10:30.
• Telling time to fifteen minutes: Level 3 adds quarter hour times, such as 10:15.
• Telling time to five minutes: Level 4 covers five-minute times on the clock.
• Reading analog clocks: Children look at the hour hand and the minute hand to find the time shown.
• Matching time formats: Children connect each analog clock to its digital time and its word form.
• Ordering time: Putting the cards in order by time helps children see how the minutes and hours move together.

Secondary Life & Learning Skills

• Taking turns
• Listening to classmates
• Maintaining attention
• Following directions
• Using mathematical language
• Working independently

How to Use It

Step 1: Choose the level your students need and print the digital clock, analog clock and word cards. Laminate them for durability and cut them apart.

Step 2: Choose a game and decide which card formats to use. Model a few turns and read each time aloud together.

Step 3: Set the game out in a math center, small group or partner practice. When children are ready, move them to the next level and play the same games with new times.

Easy Differentiation

Children learn to tell time at very different rates. With four levels and five games, it is easy to give each child the right amount of challenge.

For Children Who Need More Support

• Start with Level 1, time to the hour
• Use the analog and digital cards only before adding word cards
• Use a real or toy clock to show the same time
• Play the Matching Game with a small set of cards

For On-Level Practice

• Play with the level that matches what your class is learning now
• For Slap-It!, choose the set that is hardest for a child as the center pile, so they can look for the formats that are easier for them
• Use the cards for independent matching practice with all three sets
• Mix two levels together for review

For an Extra Challenge

• Use the Level 4 five-minute cards
• Play with all three card formats at once
• Put all of the cards in a level in order by time
• Ask children to say each time two ways, such as 10:15 and quarter after ten

For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support

• Practice time words such as o'clock, half past, quarter after and minutes
• Use a sentence frame such as "It is ___."
• Let children point to the matching card when speaking is hard
• Reduce the number of cards and give extra processing time

Perfect For

• 1st and 2nd grade math centers
• Small groups
• Partner games
• Intervention
• Early finishers
• Review before a time test
• Special education classrooms
• Substitute plans
• Homeschool

Standards

These leveled telling time games support 1st and 2nd grade standards in Common Core, the TEKS (Math, adopted 2012) and the Virginia Math SOL (2023):

Common Core State Standards

• CCSS 1.MD.B.3: Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks, as in Levels 1 and 2.
• CCSS 2.MD.C.7: Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, as in Levels 3 and 4.

Texas TEKS

• TEKS Math 1.7.E: Tell time to the hour and half hour using analog and digital clocks.
• TEKS Math 2.9.G: Read and write time to the nearest one-minute increment using analog and digital clocks.

Virginia SOL

• VA SOL Math 1.MG.3: Tell time to the hour and half-hour and match the time on an analog clock to a digital time.
• VA SOL Math 2.MG.2: Show an understanding of time to the nearest five minutes using analog and digital clocks.

Add the 5 Time Card Games for Telling Time (Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4) to your cart and have four levels of telling time games ready for your math centers. Print the level each child needs, pick a game and watch confidence with the clock grow one level at a time!

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