Help your students build fluency with time conversions using the fun and engaging Units of Time Colour Match Worksheets! These bright, beach-themed worksheets provide a fantastic way for students to practise converting between units of time while developing accuracy and confidence with this important skill.

Each worksheet features different time measurements displayed inside colourful beach balls. Students must identify which time measurements represent the same duration and colour them using the same colours. This interactive task encourages visual thinking and strengthens understanding of how different time units relate to one another.

Units of Time Colour Match Worksheets includes three differentiated versions, allowing you to tailor the activity to your students’ needs or use it to support progressive learning. Once you’ve decided how you’d like to implement the activity, simply print the number of copies required. Coloured answer sheets are included to support easy marking and feedback.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Convert between different units of time
• ✅ Develop fluency and accuracy in recognising equivalent time durations
• ✅ Build visual discrimination and problem-solving skills
• ✅ Strengthen understanding of time relationships and patterns
• ✅ Engage in a fun and interactive way to consolidate time concepts

What’s Included:

• Three differentiated Units of Time Colour Match worksheets
• Beach-themed design featuring time measurements displayed inside beach balls
• Coloured answer sheets provided for quick and easy marking

Materials Needed:

• Printed copies of the chosen worksheets
• Coloured pencils, crayons, or markers for colouring the beach balls

How to Use:

1. Print the worksheet versions that best suit your students’ learning needs.
2. Review or introduce key strategies for converting between units of time.
3. Have students work independently or in pairs to identify equivalent time durations and colour the matching beach balls the same colour.
4. Use the provided answer sheets to check responses and provide feedback.
5. Encourage students to explain their thinking and discuss any interesting patterns they observe.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use during maths rotations to reinforce time conversion skills
• 💡 Provide as an independent consolidation task or a fun Friday maths activity
• 💡 Offer progressively challenging versions to differentiate for varied student needs
• 💡 Use as a revision task before assessment on time measurement and conversions
• 💡 Provide in early finisher tubs for ongoing practise and confidence building

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Model how to approach matching equivalent time durations before students begin the activity
• 💛 Provide opportunities for peer discussion and justification of choices during or after the activity
• 💛 Encourage students to look for patterns in the way different time units relate to each other
• 💛 Use the coloured answer sheets as a tool to support guided correction and reflection

Units of Time Colour Match Worksheets are a fun and effective way to help students build accuracy and confidence with time conversions, while adding a splash of colour and beach-themed fun to your classroom!