The document explains how to tell time to the hour using an analog clock. It discusses that the long hand is the minute hand and the short hand is the hour hand. It explains that there are 12 hours on a clock face represented by the hour hand and 60 minutes represented by the minute hand. The document also describes ways to express times using terminology like "o'clock", "quarter past", "quarter to", and "half past".

1. Telling Time to the Hour

2. The Hands of Time
The long hand is the
minute hand.
The short hand is the
hour hand.

3. The Hands of Time
There are 60 minutes on
a clock face. Skip count
by fives to count the
minutes with me.
5
15
10
25
20
3035
60
55
40
45
50

4. The Hands of Time
Count the numerals on
the clock. There are only
12 hours on a clock face.
So, the hour hand is a
short hand.

5. “Minute” is a
long word.
The minute
hand is the
longer hand.
“Hour” is a
short word.
The hour
hand is the
shorter hand.
hour

6. When the
minute hand is
pointing to 12,
read the time as
“o’clock”. In
this case, the
hour hand is
pointing to the
3 and it is
“three o’clock”.

7. Now the minute
hand is pointing
to 12 and the
hour hand is
pointing to the
5. So, we read
the time as
“five o’clock”.

8. Four Quarters
• If we were to slice the
clock into 4 equal
sections, we would
have 4 QUARTERS.
Each quarter would
represent a 15 minute
section.

9. A Quarter After
• When the minute hand
is pointing to the
numeral 3, we say that
the time is “A quarter
after/past _____.”
Here, the clock shows
a quarter past seven,
or 7:15.

10. A Quarter Til/To
• When the minute hand
is pointing to the
numeral 9, we say that
the time is “A quarter
til/to _____.” Here,
the clock shows a
quarter to five, or
4:45.

11. Half Past
• When the minute hand
is pointing to the
numeral 6, we say that
the time is “Half past
_____.” Here, the
clock shows half past
2, or 2:30. Notice
how the hour hand is
half-way in between
the 2 and the 3.

12. AM/PM
• 12:00 AM is MIDNIGHT (We are sleeping)
• 12:00 PM is NOON (lunchtime)
• When we say AM, we are referring to the
hours before NOON.
• When we say PM, we are referring to the
hours past NOON.

13. Important Facts About Time
• 60 seconds= 1 minute
• 60 minutes= 1 hour
• 24 hours= 1 day
• 30 minutes= 1 half hour
• 15 minutes= 1 quarter hour

14. The End