"Telling Time Using Time Expressions" is a worksheet that gives students practice telling time based on common expressions. For example, one question asks students to identify the clock that shows 20 minutes after 8. Other questions include finding the clock that shows 10 minutes to 4. Students have to identify the correct time, and in some cases, they do it while practicing their rounding skills.

Some questions include finding the clock that shows the correct time, in addition to allowing students to practice their comparing and estimating skills. For example, three clocks might show the times 3:57, 3:47, and 4:56, and students have to find the one that's closest to 4:25.

It's important for students to learn how to tell the time by looking at a clock, but they must also learn time expressions. For example, when expressing time, some people state the minutes past the hour, while others state the minutes before the next hour. Students can practice telling time this way by looking at a series of clocks. One question could be, "Which clock shows 10 minutes after 6 or 20 minutes to 1?"

Once students get practice identifying the correct time for these kinds of time expressions, they can begin using them on their own. Give them a clock set to a certain time and ask them to write all of the ways they can express that time. For example, students can write 3:45 as 3:45, but they could also write that it's 15 minutes before 4 or a quarter till 4.

It also provides an opportunity to talk about acceptable time rounding. For example, if a student lists the time as 45 minutes past 4, you can talk about how after the 30-minute mark, you mention the minutes up to the hour and not past the hour.