Mr. Nussbaum
Money
Young readers test their comprehension skills with an interactive practice. Pupils read a brief informational text about money then answer five questions. A detailed page appears at the end to showcase participants' work.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Personal Stories and Primary Sources
Young scholars will explore the value of personal stories and first-hand accounts when exploring history, in this case, the events of the early twentieth century, which included World War I and the Great Depression. Through this...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Estimation (Elementary)
In this instructional activity students will practice estimation with computation, counting, length and area.
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Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Daisy Head Mayzie [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Dr. Seuss'children's book, Daisy-Head Mayzie, is provided on these pages. Sixteen character roles are needed in this activity.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Our Pets [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of concepts involved in representing and interpreting data.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Pam's Shopping Trip [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of equal groups of objects to gain a foundation for multiplication.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Peanuts and Ducks [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of concepts involved in addition and subtraction. A student must be fluent with addition and subtraction within 100 and understand the relationship between addition and...
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Pocket Money [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate fluency in adding and subtracting whole numbers.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Sheeps and Ducks [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use addition and multiplication to think about and calculate equal sized groups.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Adding Numbers [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of place value to solve a problem using a variety of strategies.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Boxing the Pots [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to demonstrate an understanding of concepts involved in multiplication and division.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Parking Cars [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use their understanding of scale to read and interpret data in a bar graph.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Time to Get Clean [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use understanding of time to convert between hours and minutes to make comparisons of units of time.
University of Texas
Inside Mathematics: Which Shape [Pdf]
This task challenges a student to use knowledge of geometrical attributes to identify and describe shapes.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Dust Catchers
Dust consists of individual particles of different substances. Even air that appears to be clean may contain dust and other pollutants. In this lesson learners make a simple device to collect particles from the air at home or in the...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: My Doll From the Memories of Yael Rosner
How do you teach the Holocaust to young children? The story "The Doll" is adapted for young children to help them understand the struggle and resilience of the Jewish children. The story omits all gruesome events. Use these teaching...
Other
The World of Beverly Cleary: Teaching Resources
A comprehensive guide to teaching Beverly Cleary's Ramona books. Includes material available as web pages as well as PDF formats. Also provides the words of Cleary herself when discussing characterization, as well as some unforgettable...
Other
Historical Thinking Matters: Rosa Parks: Intro
Extensive teaching aid to help students understand the Montgomery Bus Boycott using primary sources such as letters, police reports, leaflets, and speeches. Includes many student activities and resources.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Genre Study of Letter With the Jolly Postman
In this instructional activity outline based on The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, students learn about parts of a letter, the different genres of mail, and letter attributes by studying the letters included in the book.
Read Works
Read Works: Passages: Grade 2: When Television Became Colorful
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a non-fiction article about colored television and answer questions in comprehension, sequencing, inferences, main idea, transitions, and more.
US Geological Survey
United States Geoglogical Survey: Resources for Teachers
USGS provides lesson plans, activities, maps, podcasts, online lectures, videos and animations, and lots more. Covers all grade levels.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Five Ways to Practice Spelling: Trace, Copy, and Recall
This Daily Teaching Tools resource relates to word study. Students will learn the spellings of new words by tracing and copying so that they can recall them.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Extreme Weather on Other Planets
Examine the variety of weather found on all of the planets in the solar system with this classroom exercise. Students will see a video and observe differences and similarities among the planets.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Measuring Distances on a Map
Activities will enhance students' understanding of how to read the map scale and apply it to measuring distances between locations.