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Soup is Good Food!
In this PKU instructional activity, students read about different kinds of soups and decide whether or not they are good for you. Students complete 5 word problems and fill out a chart.
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Baseball - America's Pastime
Students complete Internet research about baseball and baseball players. They complete a variety of activities including writing an epitaph for Jackie Robinson, a news article about him, and make graphs displaying salaries of a number of...
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Three-Digit Numbers Activities
In this three-digit numbers worksheet, students write numbers in columns of place values, write expanded form numbers in standard forms, and write numbers using words. Students complete fifteen number activities.
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The Doubling Rule Practice
Students practice the rule for doubling the final consonant of a word when adding a suffix. Through guided practice and class discussion, they identify the spelling patterns that require letter doubling. Students practice doubling by...
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Verbs: Doing Words
In this action verbs review worksheet, students identify the verbs in 10 sentences and then complete a chart by recording 16 action verbs for the 8 professionals listed.
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Station Information
Students investigate the International Space Station. They complete a KWL chart, participate in a class discussion, and draw a picture of the International Space Station.
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The Bear Necessities: A K-2 Computer Activity
Students demonstrate understanding of basic facts of polar bears based on their completed worksheets. They then demonstrate basic skill at scrolling on a Web page and identify key points in text.
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The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs
First graders compare fictional and real pigs. In this pig comparison lesson, 1st graders read a fiction text then a non-fiction text on pigs. Students complete a K-W-L chart and fill out a Venn Diagram.
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Mathematics Within: Algebraic Processes and Its Connections to Geometry
Fifth graders discover the connections between algebra and geometry. With a focus on arrays and factors, they are introduced to multiplication. They develop an array for multiples of 2 through 10 and identify the factors of each row....
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Place Value
Students use various manipulatives and play a game to practice place value and to help them visually see how many "ten" is.
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Plane,Trains, Automobiles...and Airships
Students develop an understanding of the benefits of all forms of transportation. Students list and record observations from watching several films. Students share findings with the class members. Students complete a KWL chart.
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Assuming Responsibility
Sixth graders examine the meaning of responsibility for sixth graders. For this responsibility lesson, 6th graders use a list of brainstormed ideas to create a definition of responsibility. They look at their own responsibility to...
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M&M Caper
Students participate in a game with M&M's to be introduced to percents and ratios. Individually, they estimate and record the number of candies they believe the bag holds and the amount of each colored candy. They open the bag and...
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Mexican Money Activity
In this Mexican money worksheet, students read about Mexican money values, then complete a chart, filling in amounts as fractions, decimals and US dollar equivalents.
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Area Card Game
In this area card game activity, 4th graders cut out the cards, drawing them one at a time, recording the measurement in the chart as length or width then finding the areas in a card game format.
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It All Adds Up
Students practice addition and thinking skills by solving number puzzles. They exercise their addition skills in order to fill in missing numbers so that all columns, rows, and diagonals add up to the number in the squares along the...
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Freedom
Students listen to a read aloud of Dr. Suess' Yertle the Turtle while thinking about the power struggle and oppression in the group of turtles. They note their feelings on chart paper before reviewing more books. They chose a creative...
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Set the Scene
Third graders read the story "A Bargain for Frances" and make predictions about the unfolding plot of the story. In this set the scene instructional activity, 3rd graders examine the three parts of a story; the beginning,...
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Weather Graphs
First graders use their knowledge of weather symbols to organize and construct a graph of the daily weather for one month. Each student have a chance to give the daily weather report using Sammy's Science House Computer Software.
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Activity Plan 4-5: I'm Graphing to Know You!
Students create graphs about themselves to learn more about one another. In this early childhood math lesson, students record information about one another as they make picture graphs.
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Festivals
Students investigate Festivals and invent a new one, and write a short review of it.
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M & Ms in a Bag
Students make predictions about the number and colors of M&M's in a snack size package. They create an Excel spreadsheet to record the data from their small group's bag, create a graph of the data, and discuss the variations of data...
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Find the Pattern
In this patterning worksheet, students use a chart to respond to 6 questions. Students decipher what patterns they are using to answer each of the given questions.
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Tool Shop
Students learn how tools help us accomplish things. In this tool discovery lesson, students review the function of tools. They then make a class chart and categorize different types of tools found in the classroom. Finally, they create a...