What's new in second grade?

The clocks now land on any five-minute mark, like 7:05 or 3:40. That matches 2.MD.C.7 and leans on skip counting by fives, which second graders are practicing anyway.

Should my child write a.m. or p.m.?

Not on these. A clock face doesn't say, so the answer is just the time, like 7:05. Talking through a.m. and p.m. at home is still worth doing, since it's part of second grade too.

2nd grade telling time

2nd grade telling time worksheets

Second grade telling time worksheets move to the five-minute marks: each analog clock shows a time like 7:05 or 3:40. Reading these means skip counting by fives around the face. Every numeral stands for five minutes. The draw-the-hands version works the same times in reverse.

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The kind of problems you'll get

Write the time shown.

At 3:00, where do the hands point?
Answer: The short hand points to 3; the long hand points to 12.

Most problems on this sheet sit beside a picture, model or diagram, so this is the worked example the sheet itself prints. The answer key on page two prints the answer under every problem.

Every print pulls a fresh set of problems at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling never gets the same sheet.

What's on a 2nd grade sheet

The sample sheet above has 6 problems. This sheet is aligned to 2.MD.C.7. The 1st grade sheet is aligned to 1.MD.B.3.

Read the clocks. Write the time shown. 6 problems per page.
Drawing clock hands. Draw a short hour hand and a long minute hand for each time. 6 problems per page.

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key after the problems.

How to teach this

Skip counting by fives is the whole game here. Practice it around a real clock, touching each numeral: 5, 10, 15. When your child reads a time, ask for the hour first, then the minutes as a separate step. A time like 7:55 is the classic trap: the hour hand looks like it's on the 8, but it hasn't landed yet.

Watch for: Kids read the long hand as the hour because it's the one that stands out. The short hand always tells the hour, so find it first, then count minutes with the long hand. Kids call 4:45 five o'clock because the hour hand has moved past halfway. The hour stays 4 until the short hand actually reaches the 5. On draw-the-hands sheets, kids point the hour hand straight at the number for times like 4:30. By half past, the hour hand should sit halfway between the 4 and the 5, and the key draws it there.

Common questions about 2nd grade telling time

What's new in second grade?: The clocks now land on any five-minute mark, like 7:05 or 3:40. That matches 2.MD.C.7 and leans on skip counting by fives, which second graders are practicing anyway.
Should my child write a.m. or p.m.?: Not on these. A clock face doesn't say, so the answer is just the time, like 7:05. Talking through a.m. and p.m. at home is still worth doing, since it's part of second grade too.

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Aligned to Common Core 2.MD.C.7. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 240, updated October 2026.

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