DK Publishing
Learning 15 and 16 - Write the Numbers
Focus on the numbers 15 and 16 with young counters as they explore number value and printing. First, they trace each number before printing it on their own. Next, scholars examine sets of objects and circle the corresponding number from...
DK Publishing
Learning 4 - Write the Word
Focus on the number four as youngsters complete several exercises to solidify this number concept. Note pre-readers will have a hard time with this, as it requires reading instructions. Consider doing together as a class or having...
Curated OER
Time
Three time-telling activities help scholars comprehend analog clocks on the hour. First, they write in the time displayed on three clock faces. Beginners to this concept only write in digits, as the o'clock is already written for...
DK Publishing
Using the 2 Times Tables, Part 2
Put on a happy face! Third graders master the two times table with the help of a worksheet that prompts them to match groups of happy faces with corresponding numbers. The catch? Each happy face represents two faces! A great way to...
Curated OER
Which Coin?
Manage your money with change purses and piggy banks. Once they match different coins to corresponding price tags, first and second graders add the amounts of change in each illustration. For extra practice, bring in small items for kids...
Curated OER
Colors
A tricky activity on color words is sure to challenge your kindergarten readers. They match color words to pictures that correspond to each color - yellow for banana, for example. Next, kids color a paint set to match four color words....
Curated OER
Learning Colors
Can you match the color with its Spanish word? You have two options available: you could have your kids color each square with its corresponding color, or you could have them cut the colored boxes from the second sheet and use them to...
Curated OER
I Know My Colors
How well does your beginning Spanish class know their colors? Give them this quick coloring worksheet to find out. Each shape is paired with a color (in Spanish), and youngsters must color the shape with its corresponding color. A fun...
Curated OER
Can You Count in Spanish?
Your young Spanish speakers are learning to count in Spanish. They count the objects in the right column and find the corresponding Spanish numbers. Only the numbers 1-10 are represented.
Curated OER
Uncovering Underground Veggies
Add a word puzzle to your underground vegetable lesson plan. Learners unscramble vegetable names and discover a hidden message using corresponding numbers and letters.
Curated OER
Representing Data 2: Using Box Plots
What information can be gleaned from a box and whiskers plot? Discuss the five summary values - minimum, maximum, upper and lower quartiles, and median - and what conclusions can be made from these values? Included here is a matching...
EngageNY
Close Reading: Unpacking Specific Articles of the UDHR
Lesson 6 of this extensive unit finally has your class begin to work their way through specific articles from the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Before examining the rights actually detailed in the document,...
EngageNY
Contrasting Two Settings (Chapter 6: "Lost Melones/Cantalouples")
Continue working through Esperanza Rising, by Pam Munoz Ryan, by looking into language choices and discussing text-dependent questions. Pupils converse in small groups and as a class about plot, setting, and figurative language. Using...
Illustrative Mathematics
Identifying Graphs of Functions
Match the graph with its function in an exercise that focuses on variations of the graph of y = e^x. Learners are given four graphs on the same set of axes and four functions, all involving e^x. The task is to match each function with...
Illustrative Mathematics
Color Week
Practice counting by ones up to 20 with your kindergartners using this colorful class experiment. There are two versions for the lesson. Version 1: The Friday beforehand, send home a notice for the week assigning a different color for...
Perkins School for the Blind
Counting Book
Here is a wonderful way to teach children with visual impairments how to count and build number recognition skills. Included, you will find a set of instructions on how to create a counting book from card stock, jump rings, and cotton...
Shmoop
ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.11-12.1
You want your class to meet all of the Common Core standards, and here is one way to tackle the first speaking and listening standard. Given a theme to focus on from "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" by Leo Tolstoy, small groups come up...
Innovative Mobile Apps
Action Words
From asking to yelling, this app teaches action verbs through images. Users listen to each word and tap the picture that corresponds with that verb. Just touch the screen to get started!
Originator
Endless Alphabet
Engage emergent readers with colorful monster animations as they practice sound-letter correspondence, develop phonemic awareness, and gain new vocabulary.
Illustrative Mathematics
Planes and Wheat
Understanding government spending is difficult. The number of variables can be enormous. In the corresponding resource, number crunchers are given one equation related to government spending with a number of variables. Your class is...
Curated OER
Challenging Stereotypes: A New Look at Old Age
Combine a lesson on the elderly with grammar instruction. Before viewing a series of provided video clips, class members brainstorm a list of words related to senior citizens and organize these words into categories that correspond with...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Pictograph
An easy and fun way to look at data is with a pictograph. A lesson plan friendly enough for multiple grade levels shows how to set up this graph with a corresponding key. The steps review the importance of choosing an appropriate...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Tree Diagrams
With so many toppings to chose from, make the ice cream truck combinations a fun math problem that teaches your learners about outcomes. The video introduces a tree diagram that allows your mathematicians to see how to create...
Teacherfiles
Plot Graph
Any story can be mapped onto a plot graph. This particular chart includes the mountain shape of a traditional plot graph. Each element of plot is labeled on the page and surrounded by a box to make the words stand out. Learners write in...