Curated OER
Plant Investigation Through Young Eyes
Students observe pictures of plants and forests. They observe their own plants in a plot of land especially for them. They are to identify the plants in the photographs they saw.
Curated OER
The Way Animals Move: Fly, Crawl, or Swim?
Students use "Kid Pix" to stamp and sort animals in groups to show the way animals move: fly, walk-slither-slide-crawl, or swim. They need to have knowledge of a variety of animals and how they move from one place to another.
Curated OER
All About Me: My Senses
Students explore the world around them and identify their five senses and the parts of their bodies that are associated with each sense.
Curated OER
Word Family Arrows
Students identify correct word families. In this word families educational game, students practice matching words to the correct word family.
Curated OER
Compound Word Heart Match
Students participate in a matching word parts activity. In this heart activity, students match two sides of a heart to make a compound word. Students match the word the teacher puts on the board. Students complete a matching word...
Curated OER
Running Colors
Students play a game with mats of different shapes and colors spread out over a playing area. As a shape and color is called out students run the the corresponding mat and stand on it.
Curated OER
Dinosaur Prints
Students examine dinosaur footprints and compare them to the shape of elephant footprints and to the size of their own footprints.
Curated OER
Plants
Students identify and label parts of a plant. They will construct a plant from art material and describe the purpose of each part for the plants survival. Students author a book with pictures and words or a story about a plant.
Curated OER
Digital Portfolio
Students work together using The Tool Factory Workshop to create memories for the entire school year. They (sixth graders) help the kindergarten with field day, grade level parties, local field trips, learning computer applications, and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Jumping Math: Lesson Plan
Combine counting sequences with physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a fifteen to twenty minute series of activities that can be easily tweaked to work in any elementary classroom.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: Elementary Addition
This resource offers six brief arithmetic lessons: sums less than ten, sums of ten, and sums between ten and twenty, doubling, zero, and a set of general practice problems.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: The Meaning of Subtraction, and Mental Calculation
This website explains and defines basic subtraction. There are practice problems at the very end of this lesson.
SEDL
Sedl:paso Partners Integrating Math, Science & Language
Contains a plethora of elementary bilingual education lessons and activities! Includes a curriculum plan, instructional strategies, activities, suggested teacher and student materials, and more. Each unit includes a Spanish translation!
Other
Aia Michigan: Architecture: It's Elementary!
The It's Elementary! curriculum guide is home to numerous lesson plans and activities designed for teaching architecture to students in grades K-5. You'll find activities involving math, science, visual art, and social studies. Includes...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Manipulatives for the Upper Elementary (Gr. 4 6)
Many teachers find it more challenging to incorporate the use of manipulatives into their mathematics programs at the upper elementary or middle school grades. Activities using manipulatives are provided for grades four, five, and six...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Lessons and Units
This is a searchable database of lesson plans and units in all strands of Mathematics, from elementary to secondary.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Elementary School Teacher's Place
The Math Forum provides lesson plan collections for elementary school teachers. Search the collection of lesson plans by scrolling down to the bottom of the page.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Musical Math Facts: Lesson Plan
Combine mental math with physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a twenty to twenty five minute series of activities that require pre-made math flashcards that can be easily created...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Measurement: An Elementary Resource List
University of Regina senior education mathematics students compiled this this in-depth resource list for elementary and middle school grades. The resources are categorized according to: supporting program materials, print resources,...
Fundación Cientec
Ecologia Y Matematica Entretejidas
Four lesson plans in Spanish for elementary math and science class. Students are required to classify animals and make observations. Offers explanations and detail of the lessons and methodology it is based in.
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Counting on Art
Several lesson plans available for grades K-8 that take a look at math and art. Each lesson includes printable resources, glossary of terms, an artist biography, and national math and visual arts standards.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Integrating Math and Literacy
This lesson plan provides the elementary teacher with an opportunity to integrate the concept of mathematics with reading literacy. Students use models to learn shapes, practice spelling the names and shapes, and learn to reflect and...
Teachnology
Teachnology: Math Shapes Teaching Theme
Shapes Theme provides an excellent collection of free sample worksheets, teacher resources, lesson plans and interactive media for the elementary grades.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Shape Activities
Two and three-dimensional geometric shape are explored in these exercises. Each activity has teacher notes, activity instructions, and a worksheet when necessary.