Crossword puzzle · Mathematics
Time and calendar words crossword · Grade 3
Solve a crossword of up to 13 words about time and calendar words from kid-friendly clues. Builds vocabulary, spelling and reading for meaning.
- Grade 3 · ages 8 to 9
- Hard
- 15 to 20 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
Goes with the game Clock Tower.
The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.
The crossword clues
Directions: Read each clue and write the answer in the grid, one letter in each box.
- Across
- 1 Thirty minutes after the hour (4, 4)
- 4 Said for times like 3:00, when the long hand points to 12 (6)
- 5 The part of the day from sunrise until noon (7)
- 7 A chart that shows the days, weeks and months of a year (8)
- 9 A tool with hands or numbers that shows the time (5)
- 10 Fifteen minutes after the hour (7, 4)
- Down
- 1 Sixty minutes (4)
- 2 A very short time, about one tick (6)
- 3 The short hand that points to the hour (4, 4)
- 5 Twelve o'clock at night, when a new day begins (8)
- 6 Seven days in a row (4)
- 8 About four weeks; there are twelve in a year (5)
What your child practices
Your child builds vocabulary, spelling and reading for meaning. The skill is “Tell time”: read analog clocks to the hour, half hour and minute.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 3, ages 8 to 9
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Level
- Hard for Grade 3
- Answer key
- Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
- Printing
- 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
- Updated
How to use it
Read the first across clue together so the format is clear. Use a pencil so mistakes rub out easily, and check every answer at the end. It is one of the harder sheets for Grade 3, best once the basics of the skill are secure.
An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.
Tip for grown-ups: Use the letter count after each clue and any crossing letters when a clue gets stuck.
Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.
Mathematics · Grade 3
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