Curated OER
Which Fraction is Bigger or Smaller?
Compare fractions with common numerators! Pupils look at fractions with different denominators and the same numerator to find which one is bigger. They look at hands-on manipulations of fractions to understand the concept of why one is...
Curated OER
Big, Bigger, Biggest
Which turtle is big, and which one is biggest? Add variety to your third graders' writing with a comparative adjective activity. Given eight adjectives, young writers find the comparative and superlative forms of each. The last two are...
Illustrative Mathematics
Fractions on the Number Line
Fractions are a common fear in school, but visualizing them on a number line can help your learners understand their relationship to one another. The activity provides two solutions; use either a number line or a common denominator....
EngageNY
Grade 5 Math Module 1, Topic B, Lesson 6
Which is bigger? The sixth installment in an 18-part series covering decimals provides a lesson on comparing decimals to the thousandths. Teachers use place value to help class members compare and order decimals. Instruction encourages...
Curated OER
Bigger or Smaller
Before introducing that old greater than/ less than alligator, have kids play this quick game. They are presented with five pairs of number, they click on the one that is bigger or smaller as directed. When they have a correct answer...
Noyce Foundation
Which is Bigger?
To take the longest path, go around—or was that go over? Class members measure scale drawings of a cylindrical vase to find the height and diameter. They calculate the actual height and circumference and determine which is larger.
Curated OER
P.O.V.'s Borders Picture Project: Lesson 1 - Air
Take photos of human activities that impact air quality. Collaborative groups present one of the photographs, identifying how the activity contributes to air quality and what can be done to minimize the impact. As one in a series of...
Curriculum Corner
Find the Biggest Number
Scholars answer the question, "Which number is bigger?" by circling the correct number among sixteen pairs of numbers. The given numbers range from 1 to 20.
Curated OER
Which Number is Greater?
In this number sense instructional activity, students compare three digit numbers and identify the greatest one. Students complete 12 problems.
Curated OER
Which Number is Greater?
In this number comparisons worksheet, students study the pictures and check the ones and tens place for the numbers. Students first fill in the missing parts and circle the number that is more. Students write in a greater or less than...
Foundation for Water & Energy Education
How is Flowing Water an Energy Source? Activity A
Here is a fun little exploration of the potential energy potential of falling water. Learners drop water from various heights using a straw, and they analyze the diameter of the splash. Pair this with two more activities of the same...
Education World
Predicting Pumpkins
If you want more pumpkin seeds, you should get a bigger pumpkin—right? Young harvesters use estimation skills to make a hypothesis about how many seeds they will find in a pumpkin before examining the real number inside.
Curated OER
Adjectives
In this adjectives activity, students circle the adjectives in sentences that describe underlined nouns, describe which one, describe how many, and more. Students complete 49 problems.
K5 Learning
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Guide kids as they trip trap over their bridge of reading with an activity focused on The Three Billy Goats Gruff. First graders read the classic story before answering a few reading comprehension questions about the events and...
Project Maths
Inequalities
Which number is bigger? Using a variety of activity sheets, this unit starts with the basics of inequalities and progresses through solving compound linear inequalities. Problems cover the range of inequalities including inequality word...
Curated OER
Adding Bigger Numbers: 2 and 3 Digit Numbers
Challenge your young learners with an addition worksheet, which provides different opportunities to practice adding two and three-digit numbers. The first two sections provide twelve problems for pupils to solve, while the last two...
Curated OER
Perspective Drawing for Beginners
Students explore one point perspective. In this perspective lesson, students discover how to create illustrations with vanishing points. Students create an original piece of art.
Curated OER
Comparing Fractions
In this comparing fractions worksheet, students compare fractions that contain 1 digit numbers and identify which is bigger. Students complete 10 problems.
Curated OER
Comparing Fractions
For this comparing fractions worksheet, students compare fractions that contain 1 digit numbers and identify which is bigger. Students complete 10 problems.
Serendip
Is Yeast Alive?
Through two investigations, life science learners determine whether or not yeast is alive. They perform tests for metabolism by providing sugar and observing if gas is produced as a byproduct. They incubate some of the sample for at...
Curated OER
Investigation: Area of Geometric Shapes
Fourth graders explore geometry by utilizing pattern blocks. In this pattern lesson, 4th graders analyze two separate pattern block shapes and discuss which one is bigger and smaller. Students collaborate in small groups to create...
Curated OER
Pets and their Homes
Students explore the space needed for an animal to live in. For this pets lesson, students view pictures of animals and decide which one needs more space or less space to live. Students discuss animals environments and why certain spaces...
Savvas Learning
Comparatives and Superlatives
If not the best, then certainly one of the better grammar resources designed for language learners, this packet focuses on comparatives and superlatives.
Curated OER
Lesson Four: Comparatives and Superlatives
Put on your best smile, or a least a better one, for this instructional activity on superlatives and comparatives. English language learners first fill out a graphic organizer by finding other people in the class who are taller than they...