Daily routines not only help to manage classrooms, they can also provide students with rich opportunities for learning. This activity supports young learners in developing their number sense by counting up the school days on a class...

On the 124th day of school, young mathematicians are asked to find out how many days are left in the 180-day school year. The teacher version to the task offers several ways the problem can be solved, and can be used to guide...

It's a snow day, and two brothers attending schools with different schedules each got a late start to the day. But who had the shorter school day? That's what your class will find out as they apply their knowledge of fractions to this...

Rumor has it exponential functions help solve problems! In a kingdom filled with rumors, young scholars must determine the speed a rumor spreads. The ultimate goal is to decide how many people must know the rumor for it to spread to the...

Introduce young mathematicians to concepts of financial literacy with this open-ended word problem. With seven dollars to spend during field day and given a list of available items and their prices, children must determine how they want...

In this days worksheet, students answer short answer questions about the days of the week. Students complete 10 questions total on this worksheet.

For this online/interactive worksheet about Valentine's Day, students click the multiple choice answers to fill in the blanks and complete the sentences. Students choose 10 answers.

In this filing in the blanks about Valentine's Day online/interactive worksheet, students read incomplete sentences and choose the words that correctly complete them. Students choose 10 multiple choice answers.

In this St. Patrick's Day worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the history and traditions of St. Patrick's Day.

In this online interactive ESL worksheet, students respond to 10 fill in the blank questions regarding Valentine's Day. Students check their answers immediately.

In this Memorial Day quiz worksheet, students complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions about Memorial Day. Students may click an "answer" button for immediate feedback, worksheet is labeled ESL, but is not exclusive.

The key is ... After a day of instruction on key features of graphs, groups create a poster and presentation on the key features of their given function graph. The resource provides an extension activity of "telephone" using...

Use 2x2 matrices to move along a line. The second day of a two-day lesson is the 28th installment in a 32-part unit. Pupils work together to create and solve systems of equations that will map a transformation to a given...

Elapsed time is a skill developed by the single question that is the center of this activity. Fifth graders are asked to find out the time that is 2011 minutes after the beginning of 2011. This question addresses the standard that...

This activity gets at the heart of algebraic reasoning and setting up equations with one variable to solve real-world problems. The worksheet has only one problem, but it requires that learners first use their own reasoning...

An applicable task presents a problem for pupils to solve: where to go for a class field trip. The pupils must take into consideration the first and second choices of members of the class when determining where to go. Individuals also...

Use mathematics to help plan a field trip. Scholars use the results of a survey to determine where a class should go on a field trip. They use provided data about entrance fees and mileage to calculate the cost per person of such a...

Determine the right mix of cans of cat food. The resource consists of an assessment task to determine the cost to feed two cats for a specific number of days and requires scholars to interpret remainders within a context....

A three-part writing assessment challenges scholars to think critically about schools of the past and present. Learners read informative texts, answer questions to prepare for a discussion, research in small groups, complete a Venn...

Provide a test run. Pupils use the questions to practice taking the free-response section of the AP® Calculus BC exam. Teachers see the different ways questions appear on the exam to prepare individuals for whatever comes their way on...

The second day of a two-part instructional activity on motion introduces the class to circular motion. Pupils learn how to incorporate a time parameter into the rotational matrix transformations they already know. The 24th installment in...

In this online interactive St. Patrick's Day learning exercise, students respond to 10 questions regarding the holiday. Students may check their answers with the click of the mouse.

What better way to start your day than with a box of oatmeal? Or what better way to start your geometry class than by calculating its volume? Eighth graders discover just how practical volume computation can be in business and in breakfast!

Teaching young mathematicians about collecting and analyzing data allows for a variety of fun and engaging activities. Here, children observe the weather every day for a month, recording their observations in the form of a bar graph....