Curated OER
Word Roots 1: Dict, Vent, Duct Advanced-Crossword
Create a game out of learning vocabulary. The Latin roots dict, vent, and duct are part of the words used in this crossword puzzle. Definitions are given as clues; no word list is included but the answers are available so you can provide...
Curated OER
Convert Roman Number to Whole Number
In this number conversions worksheet, students convert the Roman numeral to a whole number. Students covert to solve the 20 problems.
Curated OER
Match Roman Numerals to Whole Number
In this number conversions worksheet, 4th graders read the Roman numerals and match them to the whole number. Students match 10 problems.
Curated OER
Convert Roman Number to Whole Number
In this number conversions instructional activity, students convert the Roman numeral to a whole number. Students convert 20 Roman numerals.
Curated OER
Coast-to-Coast Book Design-Part 1: What is a book?
In this first of four lessons on book design, students are introduced to the vocabulary of book design through the use of bookwalks and a non-linear PowerPoint presentation in game-show (Jeopardy!) format.
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Debate in the United States over the League of Nations: Five Camps: From Voices of Consent to Voices of Dissent
Students explore and discuss Woodrow Wilson's concepts for peace and the League of Nations. They understand efforts made to foster American support for the League and discuss the opposition shown in the Senate.
University of Colorado
Patterns and Fingerprints
Human fingerprint patterns are the result of layers of skin growing at different paces, thus causing the layers to pull on each other forming ridges. Here, groups of learners see how patterns and fingerprints assist scientists in a...
WakeGOV
Plastic Sight Words
Plastic math? Have young learners count and name the number of plastic items in their centers. Kindergartners match sight word cards to the number of plastics in a given group, while learning that plastics come in all different shapes,...
PBS
Using Primary Sources: The Rogue's Gallery
What would be in your life's scrapbook? Scholars use short video clips, primary and secondary documents, and photos to investigate a 1909 scrapbook. They analyze and uncover what the Rogue Book tells them about the past in Western...
Discover Earth
Weather Stations
Transform your classroom into a fully functioning weather station with this series of hands-on investigations. Covering the topics of temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, and cloud formation, these activities engage young...
Science Matters
Energy from Water Wheels
Historians believe the first vertical water wheel was invented in Rome during the Augustan Age. The sixth lesson plan in the series of 10 has scholars experiment with designing their own water wheels. Through testing various pastas and...
Curated OER
Numeral Recognition, Matching, and Writing
Students reinforce numeral recognition by matching and writing the numbers from 1-20. In this numeral recognition activity, students count aloud sequentially from one to twenty, identify numerals 1-20, write numerals 1-20, and match...
Curated OER
Compare: 1 Digit Numbers
In this comparing numbers learning exercise, students use their math skills to compare 20 pairs of 1 digit numbers. Students fill in the 20 blanks with greater than or less than symbols.
Curated OER
Compare Numbers: 5-6 Digits
In this comparing numbers worksheet, students examine 10 pairs of 5 and 6 digit numbers. Students identify the numbers as greater than, less than, or equal to one another.
Curated OER
Compare Numbers: 5-6 Digits, #2
In this comparing numbers worksheet, students examine 10 pairs of 5 and 6 digit numbers. Students identify the numbers as greater than, less than, or equal to one another.
Curated OER
Ordinal Numbers: Match
In this ordinal numbers and ordinal names learning exercise, students match the 10 listed ordinal numbers to the 10 listed ordinal names.
Curated OER
Ordinal Numbers: Match 4
In this ordinal numbers and ordinal names worksheet, students match the 10 listed ordinal numbers to the 10 listed ordinal names.
Curated OER
Convert Whole Number to Roman Number
In this number conversions worksheet, 4th graders read the given whole numbers and then convert those numbers to Roman numerals. Students complete 10 problems.
Curated OER
Three-Digit Subtraction, No Regrouping /Borrowing / Trading
In this subtraction practice worksheet, students use their math skills to solve 20 problems that require them to subtract 3 digit numbers without regrouping, borrowing, or trading.
Curated OER
Icky Insect Is In Icky Sticky Ink
Practice the strategy of letter-sound correspondence when identifying the short vowel /i/ sound in written and spoken words. The teacher recites the tongue twister "Icky insect is in icky sticky ink," while listeners repeat. Letter boxes...
Historical Thinking Matters
Social Security: 5 Day Lesson
Did the New Deal fundamentally shift the role of the American government in the economy? Your class members will examine the interpretations of various historians in answering this question, and use a variety of primary and secondary...
Laura Candler
Fishbowl Multiplication
Transition young mathematicians from using repeated addition to multiplication with this fun, hands-on activity. Using manipulatives and the included game board, students work in pairs modeling repeated addition problems before...
Scholastic
Pilgrim and Wampanoag Daily Life for Grades 6–8
Two slide shows, viewed side-by-side, permit middle schoolers to compare and contrast the lives of the Pilgrims of the Plimoth colony and the Wampanoags. Four videos take learners on virtual field trips to the Plymouth plantation. And an...
Scholastic
Voyage on the Mayflower for Grades 6–8
Imagine living in the hold of a sailing ship for 63 days, enduring rough seas and autumn storms. As part of a study of the voyage of the Mayflower, class members examine an online resource that details life about the ship, watch a slide...