Student Handouts
What Year Is It?
This page includes a space to write in the date, but what does the date even mean? And where does it come from? Inform your class about the various calendars and how the Western calendar came into widespread use with an informational...
Concord Consortium
Leap Years and Calendars
How many birthdays do leap year babies have in a lifetime? Learners explore the question among others in a lesson focused on different calendar systems. Given explanations of the Julian, Gregorian, and Martian calendars, individuals use...
Curated OER
Time and Timetables
In this recognizing time and timetables activity, learners compare Julian and Gregorian calendars, determine leap years, and apply the formula for finding the day of week and Easter day for any year. Students solve 20 problems.
Curated OER
Leap Year
In this Leap Year reading comprehension worksheet, can learn about the various types of calendars (lunar, solar, etc.) and answer 7 multiple choice questions. Also included is a word search of key terms.
Illustrative Mathematics
Comparing Years
Who knew that the Egyptian, Julian, and Gregorian year were different lengths? Your mathematicians will! They will have to calculate the difference between the years in seconds and find the percent change. Using dimensional analysis,...
Curated OER
Reading Comprehension Volume 5 Number 10: Simple Math
In this missing words in a text worksheet, students read an article about the new millennium and the Gregorian calendar. Using a word bank of 4 possible choices for each blank space, students complete the article, filling in ten missing...
Curated OER
Calculating the Date of Easter
In this calculating the date of Easter learning exercise, students use the flowchart to enter a year and complete the mathematical calculations to determine the date of Easter in any year.
Curated OER
Math-- "What Is the Day Today?"--Measurements of Time
For this measurement of time worksheet, learners read a one page information text about measuring time and the origin of the calendar. Students answer 20 questions in which the days and months are listed in order.
Curated OER
Identifying Verb Tenses
How many different verb tenses are there? When do you use each? After introducing the different tenses with your upper elementary schoolers, have them read through a series of sentences, underline the verb in each sentence, and then...
Curated OER
The Sled Problem
In this algebra worksheet, high schoolers try to figure out if a sled being auctioned is real or fake with the carvings of G. Washington on it. There is an answer key.
Curated OER
Observing The Sky
In this space science worksheet, students find the words that are related to the observations made of constellations and other related puzzles.
Curated OER
Hanukkah Questions
In this Hanukkah worksheet, learners read a 4-paragraph selection about the Festival of Lights and then respond to 5 short answer questions.
Curated OER
Holidays: New Year's Eve/New Year's Day
For this foreign language worksheet, students read nine sentences about New Year's traditions. They are given two choices for each of the 13 blanks.
Curated OER
Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
In this allusion worksheet, students work in pairs to define the allusions assigned to them from the play 'Skin of Our Teeth.' Students present their research to the class.