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The Outer Planets Lessons and Activities Grades 3-5
Explore the solar system, investigate space technology, and examine the planets—and their relative size and distance compared to the inner planets—with a collection of space science lessons.
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STEM: Elementary Inquiry
Encourage scholars to investigate and think critically with a collection of 14 STEM lesson plans. The following inquiry-based lessons explore the concepts of life cycles of plants and animals, measurement, magnets, evaporation,...
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States of Matter: 3rd Grade Science Unit
Ten lessons make up a collection designed to teach the three states of matter—liquid, solid, and gas. The series of resources offers investigations, demonstrations, grand conversation, and a variety of practice pages to teach and support...
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3rd Grade Math Word Problems Worksheets
Reinforce math concepts with a collection that offers twelve worksheets focusing on solving word problems. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and more make up the variety of math skills supported through independent practice.
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Space Science: The Sun and Its Influence on Earth
These videos by Crash Course Kids are an excellent way to get your class pumped up about the solar system. From rotations and revolutions to the gas giants and rocky planets, everything (and more) about the solar system is covered in...
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Mathematics Instruction Parent Guides
Provide parents and guardians with the support needed to assist their child in today's math strategies. Here you will find a collection compiled of seven reference sheets each covering a different mathematical concept—addition,...
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Rainforest Alliance Belize: 1st Grade
Take a journey to Belize with a collection that looks closely into its habitats. Scholars take part in grand conversations, read-alouds, and hands-on activities to delve deep into the different types of habitats, the animals that call...
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Rockin' English Lessons: Rockin' Grammar
Add some rockin' tunes to your grammar instruction with a collection of videos addressing the grammar needs of first to eighth graders. Each video provides the song's lyrics, so prepare your scholars to sing loud and proud.
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Surprise!: 1st Grade ELA Unit
Challenge, extra support, and English language development are the three units that make up a collection designed to meet the English language arts needs of your first graders. The Houghton Mifflin Surprise! themed units consist of...
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Los Substantivos y Los Verbos: Spanish Grammar and Vocabulary
Perfect for first-time instruction or classroom review, a set of four presentation enhances learners' Spanish comprehension. They cover parts of speech, including feminine and masculine nouns, as well as the time of day.
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4th Grade Math Vocabulary Cards
Reinforce math vocabulary with eight sets of vocabulary cards from Houghton Mifflin Co. Covering a variety of fourth grade based vocabulary terms, this collection is sure to help your class become stronger mathematicians. Cards come in...
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Two Minutes, Twice a Day: Oral Health Skills
Check out these four cross-curricular lessons to teach young elementary schoolers about the importance of oral hygiene! They will have a blast and learn a lot about caring for their teeth in the process.
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Getting to Know You Activities
Another school year; another set of growing minds to welcome. Get to know your newest scholars with a series of activities created by The Curriculum Corner. Pupils get creative and reflect on their personal favorites, family life, and...
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Finding Our Families, Finding Ourselves
Give scholars the opportunity to discover their past with a collection from the Museum of Tolerance that highlights the uniqueness of every family's story. Learners gain insight through interviews, family tress, heirlooms, and oral...
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ABCmouse—Alphabet Jams!
Tap your toes and get your groove on with a set of individual alphabet letter songs by ABCmouse Early Learning Academy. Not only do the videos teach the letters and model their sounds, they incorporate a different genre of music into...
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Who's Your Hero?
Who is your hero? Kids will love to dive into this theme as you work through the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt unit on heroes. The materials can be used with the textbook or without, and come with options for English Language Learners, as...
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Solve Problems Involving Multiplication of Fractions and Mixed Numbers (5.NF.B.6)
Watch how its done. The two resources in this collection use visual representation to model how to multiply fractions. One lesson focuses on simple fractions and the other on mixed numbers. A nice way to introduce the topic to allow...
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Discriminating Phonemes
Emergent readers will love these activities designed to help them understand basic phonemes. Find everything you'll need to create an engaging introduction to digraphs, consonants, and vowels.
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Bulletin Boards to Get You through the Year
It can be very tricky to find time to come up with rotating bulletin board ideas. Here is a collection that answers all your problems. From August to June, these bulletin board ideas are guaranteed to help get you through the year.
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Tone Worksheets: Poetry
So much of a poem's tone is determined by the author's word choice as it relates to the poem's meaning. Explore the concept of tone in poetry with a literary analysis unit, which includes an explanatory slideshow presentation and five...
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Ancient Egypt
Bring to life a study of ancient Egypt with this series of engaging educational resources. Providing information about the culture and history of ancient Egypt, these videos, activities, and lesson plans will make a great addition to an...
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Rock Out to Fractions and Decimals
Study Jams! resources provide different videos and practice problems to focus on a topic. This collection has a variety of different fraction, decimals, and percent videos that each focus on something a little different. Because the...
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Find the Area of Triangles, Quadrilaterals, and Polygons (6.G.A.1)
Before diving into the formulas for area, show where the formulas connect to the shape of the figure. The four videos look at different shapes and by decomposing them, they end up relating directly to their area formula.
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Photosynthesis: Just a Little Sunshine!
Brighten up your middle school unit on photosynthesis with a collection of worksheets and lessons, perfect for illuminating this brilliant topic.