Curated OER
Breaking News English: 1 Million Greet Pope in Germany
In this English instructional activity, students read "1 Million Greet Pope in Germany," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Curated OER
Breaking News English: Five Million Ecstasy Tablets Seized
In this English worksheet, students read "Five Million Ecstasy Tablets Seized," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Curated OER
Jacob Have I Loved
Eighth graders, while being introduced to Katherine Paterson's novel, Jacob Have I Loved, bring to class three facts about Pearl Harbor. They place the facts they brought to class on a display board. At the conclusion of the teachers...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Writing the Value of the Money in Each Purse
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students practice looking at a picture of a purse and determining the total value of money in the purse.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Writing Prices of Items
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes what the numerical value of money translates to in dollars and cents. The video is followed by additional problems for students to practice the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Combinations of Decimal Money Amounts
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Write amounts of money as decimals.
Georgetown University
Georgetown University: News Values
Learn the essential elements of every good news story from Gerald Lanson and Mitchell Stephens, authors of Writing and Reporting The News, who emphasize eleven judgments that journalism students should make when evaluating newsworthiness.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Write Now!: Value
A video writing prompt where students are asked to consider the question, 'What do you think society values more than money?' [0:38]
A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher Stuff: Teaching Money
This lesson plan site from A to Z Teacher Stuff focuses on students identifying coin, money values, writing amounts of money, and counting money to a specific dollar amount with at least 80% accuracy.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Putting Things in Place
In this activity, students investigate the value of the digits in $8,205.50 and determine the number of thousands, hundreds, tens, ones and even the number of dimes and pennies. The concept is then extended to additional situations. They...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Buy a Bond, James: A Lesson on Us Savings Bonds
This site is extremely informative for teaching children the value of saving money. "You will write a persuasive letter telling why people use savings bonds as a way to save their money."
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Counting Coins Worksheet
Generate a worksheet that shows different amounts of coins. Students will count the coins and write the total amount of money shown. The option is given to show the answers.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Counting Up the Cost!
Fourth graders love to shop! In this exciting lesson, 4th graders will discover how to count money using some real world activities. This lesson includes a detailed lesson plan, printable worksheets, and a link to an online interactive...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Money Bags
Practice your problem solving skills while you help Ram figure out how many pennies to put in each bag. The solution is right on this one page website.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Nifty Numbers
[Free Registration/Login Required] To learn and explore numbers while building various skills such as number recognition, writing numbers, counting money, and using place value.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Movie Theater: Whole Number: Rounding Numbers and Roman Numerals
Come see the movie theater and eat popcorn with Jennifer! Practice counting snacks, the money earned, and the most popular movies. Learn about putting numbers in order, writing numbers as words, using expanded notation, and reading Roman...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Interpreting Costs of Items Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to write cents in a numeric value from a written word problem. The video is followed by a series of practice questions to assess student...
PBS
Pbs: The Lowdown: Defining and Calculating Percents
Explore methods for calculating and comparing discounts in this video from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students develop different strategies for calculating and comparing discounts, including percent off a price,...