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A Peaceful Leader
The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's life and message is just as important today as it was in his lifetime. Introduce elementary learners to the movement for civil rights with a timeline of Dr. King's life, as well as...
Curated OER
20 Tickets
A great hands-on activity involving adding and subtracting, beginner mathematicians determine how many games can be played with 20 tickets. Instead of tickets, youngsters use 20 counters or linking cubes to represent the amount of...
Illustrative Mathematics
Assessing Writing Numbers
Can I say a number by its name, and can you write it for me? Working in small groups or with the whole class, give your kindergartners a piece of 1-inch graph paper and have them write numbers 0 to 10 and 11 to 20. Next, pass out blank...
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
Parts of Speech Adverbs: Building Blocks of Grammar
What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb? Encourages scholars to explore the answer to this question while building a foundation of the English language. The lesson comes complete with an attention grabber, notes, and a...
Overcoming Obstacles
Handling Stress
Middle schoolers learn how to "put stress to rest" by identifying their stress factors and the physical and emotional signs they exhibit when stressed. After the class brainstorms ways to handle these stressors, individuals commit to...
Curriculum Corner
Problem Solving Cards
Twelve cards and a activity make up an activity designed to reinforce problem solving skills. Scholars read and solve a variety of word problems using a graphic organizer to show their work.
Noyce Foundation
Through the Grapevine
Teach statistics by analyzing raisins. A thorough activity provides lesson resources for five levels to include all grades. Younger pupils work on counting and estimation, mid-level learners build on their understanding of the measures...
Curated OER
Mentally Add Larger Numbers
Using what they know about adding 10s and 100s, learners attempt to mentally solve 18 addition problems. Each problem requires them to think of the nearest 10 or 100, add them together, then add the remaining units.
Common Core Sheets
Declarative, Interrogative and Exclamatory Sentences
It's time to identify these sentences as interrogative, exclamatory, or declarative based on their ending punctuation.
Saddleback College
The Wonder of Words
If your language arts students think etymology isn't relevant to their everyday lives, show them a presentation that will prove them wrong! The slideshow provides explanation about various words, roots, and suffixes that have adapted in...
Illustrative Mathematics
The Stamp Collection
By using language like "half of the stamps," children are exposed to patterns in arithmetic that requires solving a two-step word problem. This type of language opens a new door for transitioning learners toward understanding fractions...
It's About Time
Sounds in Strings
How many of your pupils play an instrument? A musical science lesson will help all of them understand how string instruments work. Young scientists construct a string-and-pulley system to test frequency and pitch. The lesson...
Read Works
Halloween Leftovers
Halloween isn't fun for everyone — but playing together is! Read about Esme and her space pirate friend with a short reading passage, accompanied by ten short answer questions.
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
Lines on Paper - Laser Box
See what you cannot see by getting a little creative. An intriguing lesson has learners use lasers to explore X-ray diffraction. Given a box with unknown structures, they shine a laser through the box and interpret the results....
Chicago Botanic Garden
Are You Bigfoot?
Scholars independently explore several websites to calculate their ecological footprint. Using their new found knowledge, they answer six short-answer questions and take part in a grand conversation with their peers about how...
Curated OER
Using the Sounds of Words Reading Task
Young readers demonstrate phonemic awareness in words and blends, and recognize 100 high-frequency words. Use a nursery rhyme to point out rhyming words, and change the words by putting a new letter at the beginning. Each learner will...
Overcoming Obstacles
Identifying Your Learning Style
How many different learning styles are there? Four? Five? Seven? Twelve? It depends on who you ask. But the point of this lesson is that people learn differently, and most have a way or ways that work best for them. To help identify...
Curated OER
Count to the Number Five
In this early childhood counting to 5 worksheet, students count 5 watches shown on the worksheet and identify the appropriate number at the bottom of the page by coloring or circling it.
Curated OER
Number Before, Number After
In this number order activity, students solve 6 problems in which a middle number is analyzed. Students write the number that comes before and after. All numbers are below ten.
Curated OER
Count the Dots
In this counting to 5 worksheet, students cut out and color 2 sets of dots numbered from 1 to 5. Students then glue the dots onto a butterfly and a ladybug.
Curated OER
How Many? Counting to 8
In this counting to 8 worksheet, students solve five problems in which objects are counted. Students circle the number that tells how many; the range here is from 1 to 8.
Curated OER
Counting Cards With Pictures
In this math counting instructional activity, students color and count the numbers from 1 to 5. Students see a large number, and a corresponding picture to color.
Curated OER
Beginning Counting
In this beginning counting worksheet, students count the number of objects in a box. Then, they circle the correct number from the options below the objects. There are 8 questions on this worksheet.
Curated OER
Counting 1-10 Practice Worksheet
In this counting instructional activity, students count the number of objects in a row and circle the correct number. There are 5 rows of objects to count on this instructional activity.