NTTI
What Size Is It Anyway?
A fabulous plan on teaching basic concepts of measurement to young learners. Pupils use nonstandard units to measure length, practice using a ruler and a yardstick, compare the length of two objects, and perform estimations of length....
Curated OER
Hot and Humid, That's Manu
Elementary and middle schoolers participate in a demonstration of the heat and humidity of the Manu rainforest environment. They watch and discuss a video, calculate the humidity and temperature in the humidified tent, and write a...
Curated OER
¿Qué significa el dibujo? El otoño
Have your young Spanish speakers practice their visual comprehension by looking at the pictures provided and selecting the sentence that best describes each one. There are five simple pictures to look at, and some of the answers for each...
Curated OER
Activity Flashcards
Use this set of flashcards with your English language learners. They will study the sports related vocabulary and learn the English terms. There are only 16 flashcards here (and many more sports), so consider having your learner make a...
Growing Minds
Potato Exploration: Projects All About Potatoes!
How many potatoes tall are you? Unearth this rich resource! A reading of John Coy’s Two Old Potatoes begins a cross-curricular exploration of potatoes. Class members read, write, weigh, measure, and experiment with potatoes. Additional...
Curated OER
Hatching Chickens
Students understand the process of how an egg hatches. In this hatching eggs lesson, students care for eggs and chickens while the eggs are hatching. Students observe the hatching process and relate to other animals and humans.
Curated OER
Good Old-Fashioned Books
Teen Read Week offers learners the chance to discover the educational, as well as entertainment, value of reading.
Curated OER
Let's Learn About Time
Learning to read an analog clock is not a lost art! Use these worksheets as you introduce youngsters to telling time. Because much of this packet is informational and includes a lot of text, this may be intended for older learners....
Curated OER
One Plus One Makes You and Me - Respect
Young pupils should benefit from this wonderful series of activities designed to teach them how to get along with, and respect each other. Learners recognize how to demonstrate both respectful and disrespectful behavior, and take part in...
Curated OER
Honey Bees and Communication
Did you know that honey bees dance to communicate information? Do you know why bees use hexagons to build their hives? The Honeybee Man, Brilliant Bees, and Show me the Honey provide background information on how honey bees communicate....
Curated OER
Lions and Tigers and Wolves, Oh My!
New picture books will tickle the funny bone while indulging a child’s love for animals.
Curated OER
Effective Back-to-School Nights
Here is an engaging and creative project to do with your ESL learners in preparation for back to school night. A digital camera is used to photograph each pupil, and everyone completes a short writing assignment that goes along with...
Curated OER
Measuring Around the House!
Trying to approach measuring in a fun and interactive way? You found it! This worksheet has young learners first cut out two "rulers" - one with simple units marked, and another with blank squares. They begin by going around their house...
Curated OER
Exploring Polygons and The Greedy Triangle
Excellent lesson plan! Anne Linehane's geometry story, The Greedy Triangle, offers an opportunity to practice forming various types of polygons with your learners. Using elastic bands (or Chinese jump ropes),...
Curated OER
Learning About Inventions
This site contains a variety of worksheets and activities to supplement the on-line problem-based learning activity about how imagination and how inventions are created. TheWright Brothers are used as a case study. The links and...
Curated OER
The Voice of the Individual
Young learners explore the role of the individual within society. They view art work, design calling cards, and display their work. Additionally, learners document an imaginary trip, create sculpted self-portraits, create a class play, a...
Curated OER
Spanish Numbers Coloring Packet
A perfect packet of exercises for your young Spanish learners! They'll practice counting, spelling, and printing numbers! Sweet illustrations make this packet fun!
Curated OER
Laura Joffe Numeroff "If You Give..." Book Activities
Have learners choose activities to complete based on the books by Laura Joffe Numeroff. They are introduced to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and the other books in this series through prereading activities. They then construct a portfolio...
Curated OER
Anansi and the Tug O' War
Read a short book with your first graders! Anansi and the Tug O' War is the focus of this lesson. After reading the African story together, they complete language arts activities to practice reading comprehension. A stellar...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Numbers 11-19
Develop the concept that numbers from 11 to 19 are essentially a 10, plus more! The first two of the six story problems on this sheet are scaffolded with pictures. Learners compose and decompose numbers to answer how many 10s and how...
Curated OER
Subtraction with Base 10 Models
Learning how to regroup can be a difficult concept to learn, as well as teach. This PowerPoint does an excellent job at visualizing the process with step-by-step guidelines and base ten animations. There are multiple examples for...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Ten More, Ten Less
Six story problems needing answers await your class. Pictures provide some scaffolding, but consider also using unit cubes and 10-rods to compose and solve equations for each. Some of the problems require a two-step processes to solve. A...
Free Homeschool Resources
Addition/Subtraction Worksheet Collection
This resource links you to Free Homeschool Resources' comprehensive directory of worksheets that provide practice in all basic math fact skills. Need to practice addition or subtraction? Loads of worksheets to help all come with answer...
Curated OER
Mental Math: Adding 10s
To develop mental math skills for adding 10s, learners read an example, solve one carefully scaffolded problem, and then complete 6 more independently. Pictures of 10-rods make the connection between sets of 10 and the corresponding...