Curated OER
Naming Fractions
Early learners investigate fractions and review the definitions of numerator and denominator on the chalkboard. They complete a "Naming Fractions" worksheet which is included in the lesson plan.
Curated OER
Phonemic Awareness: Syllables
Count the syllables in your name, now count the syllables in your friend's name. Kids count syllables as they clap out and segment words. This activity is done as a whole class and has the potential of being highly engaging. The engaging...
Choose My Plate
MyPlate Word Scramble
Discover a variety of ways to eat and cook whole grains with a word scramble and secret code worksheet. Class members uncover seven whole grain options before using a number system to decode a secret message.
Illustrative Mathematics
Two Interpretations of Division
Division can be seen in two ways; as splitting a whole into a certain number of pieces, or splitting it into pieces of a certain size. Help your class reach this understanding with these two simple word problems. Encourage the use of...
Math Learning Center
Grade 1 Supplement Set A4 – Number and Operations: Equivalent Names
Engage young mathematicians in developing their basic arithmetic skills with these great hands-on activities. Using Unifix® cubes to model a variety of single digit addition and subtract problems, children build a basic understanding of...
Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary
Franklin, Master Diplomat
While many often associate Ben Franklin with his kite electricity experiments, budding historians find out he contributed much more. They discover Franklin's political savvy by examining primary sources in the informative installment of...
Curated OER
Making 10 Game
What a perfect tool to use at a math or independent learning center! Kids are shown an equation that makes 10, and choose the number that completes the each equation. There are 10 equations total and each time the choose correctly a...
Curated OER
Subtraction from 10
Mr. Monkey is your math host today, and he is here to help your class subtract from 10. They can count back as a number line is used to demonstrate subtraction from 10. Each problem includes Mr. Monkey, an equation, and the number line...
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.
Friends of Fort McHenry
Cannons During the War of 1812
During the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812, only 25% of the bombs and rockets fired at Fort McHenry actually reached their target. Using an interactive online simulation, combine your historical study with physics and discover why...
Core Knowledge Foundation
A Time for All Seasons - Winter
As the days get shorter and a chill enters the air, it's time to start teaching your little ones about the wondrous winter season. Through a series of teacher demonstrations, whole-class read alouds and discussions, and hands-on...
K5 Learning
Mixed Practice Word Problems #1
Five word problems make up a practice page designed to reinforce subtraction, multiplication, and division. Word problems require scholars to perform operations using numbers up to 1,400.
Funbrain
Math Baseball
Hey batter, batter, swing! Reinforce math concepts with a baseball-themed interactive. Scholars add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers with an interactive math resource. Custom-tailored to their proficiency level, the activity is...
Curriculum Corner
Spring Find a Fact Addition
Test scholars' knowledge of addition facts with a festive learning exercise that makes adding a two-person game. Pairs examine a grid of numbers to locate and color addition facts. Last person to color three squares wins!
Kenan Fellows
Isotopic Pennies
Many people confuse atomic mass and atomic numbers. The sixth of seven lessons in a unit requires scholars to find the weight of different groups of pennies. Then, they must solve how many of each type of penny exists in a closed system...
Pace University
Urban Communities
Urban communities are the focus of a series of lessons created to meet specific needs using differentiated instruction. A pre-assessment designates scholars into three groups based on their ability level. Small groups take part in...
EngageNY
Reading about Freaky Frogs: “The Amazon Horned Frog"
The Amazon Horned Frog is the focus of a activity designed to encourage readers to ask and answer questions. A frog-themed poem opens the door to a whole-group discussion. Following a read-aloud of an informational text, a three-page...
CK-12 Foundation
Problem Solving Plan, Estimation with Decimals: Shopping
Mathematicians go on a virtual shopping trip in an interactive designed to boost the concept of estimation. Scholars read and answer five questions—multiple-choice, true or false, and a discussion—with help from a drag-and-drop shopping...
Curated OER
PEOPLE OF THE STONE AGE
Sixth graders summarize how early people interacted to meet basic human needs. They observe how increased numbers of people and the search for food led to migration. Students analyze how the interactions among people led to the...
Curated OER
Corn Field Math
Students complete problems dealing with whole numbers, fractions and percents. After exploring the history of corn and related farming vocabulary, students work in pairs to solve multi-step problems. They incorporate the use of number...
Curated OER
Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and Big Hungry Bear Lesson Plan
Students create a fruit salad using pieces of fruit cut in halves. In this early childhood lesson plan, students discover the concept of half and whole. Students experience this concept in a hands-on activity in which they cut fruit...
Curated OER
Coo Coo for Counting
Students put coconut trees in order from numbers 1 through 10 that appear on each tree. In this ordering numbers lesson plan, students complete this activity after reading the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
Curated OER
Printing Practice: Numbers 1-20
In this early childhood printing practice learning exercise, students trace the numerals 1-20 following the arrows provided to help them form numerals correctly.
Curated OER
Compatible numbers to 20
Learners practice theories dealing with equals sign used as a balance, inequality symbols and practice utilizing a box or some other geometric shape to represent an unknown number. They assess numeracy problems embedded in language-rick...