Curated OER
How 'Bout Them Apples?
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation in words and phrases.
Curated OER
Picture Matching Game: Farm products
In this initial consonant worksheet, learners will match a letter with items found on a farm. There are four questions and three choices for each question.
Alabama Learning Exchange
As If Numbers Weren't Complex Enough Already!
The class explores the concept of complex numbers on a website to generate their own Mandelbrot sets. They will practice performing operations with complex numbers and then to get a visual understanding, graph the absolute value of a...
Syracuse University
Women's Suffrage Movement
Women gained the right to vote in the twentieth century, but the fight for equality dates back centuries. Using an invitation to an 1874 suffrage convention, eager historians consider the motivations behind supporters of the suffrage...
Mathed Up!
Probability
How likely is it to draw a blue marble? Pupils find the likelihood of events and connect that to the probability of the event. They find the probabilities of simple events and show their probabilities on a scale.
Prestwick House
Introducing Symbols–The Beach
Looking for a way to introduce class members to the concept of symbolism and multiple levels of meaning? Readers examine two different passages about the beach and consider how the writers use concrete objects, and places to represent...
Alabama Department of Archives and History
How Would You Feel? The Bravery of Civil Disobedience
As part of their study of the US Civil Rights Movement and the Montgomery bus boycott, class members read Dr. Martin Luther King's "Integrated Bus Suggestions." They then craft a short story about the first week of Montgomery bus...
California Department of Education
An Online Tool I Can Use
Tools for school—and beyond! Introduce your sixth graders to online tools to plan their academic and professional futures. The fifth and final lesson in a series of career and college readiness activities focuses on a scavenger hunt to...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Goldilocks Revisited
After a read-aloud of the story Goldielocks and the Three Bears, scholars gather into small groups to answer a series of questions. Peers examine the idea of smart decisions and identify three feelings of characters alongside three...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Are You Balanced?
Balance scales create a strong visual of how an individual prioritizes one's self alongside their commitments to the community, school, and home. Scholars complete a graphic organizer then discuss their findings with their peers. A...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Be a Problem Solving Star
Encourage scholars to problem solve everyday frustrations using the STAR method. Using the acronym, learners remember to stop, think, act, and review. Participants begin with a math analogy in which they problem-solve to find the correct...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Healthy Touches and Private Touches
Scholars identify the difference between healthy touches and private touches. A discussion leads pupils to recognize several trusting adults. Peers role-play scenarios in which they use three rules to remain safe.
PBS
Star Power
Let there be light—or maybe not. Pupils learn about light pollution with an investigation of constellations. They create constellation boxes and experiment with different levels of light. Observations are then made about the lighting in...
Curated OER
Picture Dictionary
In this picture dictionary worksheet, students match a picture to its initial letter. The pictures represent a duck, an elephant, a cat, and a butterfly.
Curated OER
Animal Crossword Puzzle
For this language arts worksheet, students learn to spell names of common animals by completing a crossword puzzle. The clues given are a picture with the first letter of the animal name.
Curated OER
Picture And Word Card Matching-- Full Color Cards
In this vocabulary worksheet, students learn 20 three or four letter sight words and match them to their picture clues. Students cut out 20 each of word and picture cards.
Curated OER
Colors Matching Worksheet
In this color words worksheet, students draw lines to match 6 pictures with the color word that goes with each. Note: The words begin with capital letters even though they are common nouns.
Curated OER
Matching Words and Pictures, A to Z
In this matching words and pictures, A to Z worksheet, students match words to pictures for every letter of the alphabet, printable either in black and white or color version.
Curated OER
Come West Young Man
Students interpret the maps associated with the early development of the Oklahoma Country. They describe reasons for moving to Oklahoma Country in a letter to a relative.
Curated OER
Don't Fence Me In
Students examine historical information about the development of barbed wire and practice identifying geometric terms. After reading through background information, they participate in several activities that include making calculations...
Curated OER
Goal: Ending Child Labor
For this ending child labor worksheet, 4th graders read, evaluate and analyze an article on ending child labor and answer seven comprehension questions associated with the article. Students either write a letter to a company trying to...
Curated OER
Christmas Alphabet
In this Christmas alphabet worksheet, learners complete twenty-six phrases that are associated with Christmas and the twenty-six letters of the alphabet.
Curated OER
Life in the Trenches
Students examine changing military practices. In this World War I activity, students explore the conditions, health, routine, spare time, and communications associated with trench warfare. Students also analyze the Defense of the Realm...
Curated OER
Beginning Consonant Sound Matching
In this beginning consonant matching activity, learners analyze 6 pictures of common objects and match them to the initial consonant letters.