+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Matching Pairs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners take turns matching the appropriate shapes (listing coin values) to those with numerical values listed on them. When pupils are successful, they win a blank shape for their collection.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Risk-It

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in a game in which they are introduced to the Federal Reserve system. After indentifying new vocabulary, they decide which categories to choose from and select a spokesperson for each team. They play the game...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Food Shopping Tips

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore different ways of shopping to try to save money.  In this economics lesson plan, 12th graders participate in a game that explains various shopping tips.  Students generate other shopping tips as a group to share...
+
Interactive
Curated OER

Idiom Quizzes-Cards

For Students 4th - 5th
In this idioms worksheet, students complete 6 quiz questions regarding card game idioms. Information is provided for students to read the different card game idioms and their descriptions prior to answering the questions.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Huddle up with a Character based Economic Plan to help Community Friends

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete Perseverance, Courage, and Caring lessons from Get into the Game: Beyond Winning to properly prepare students for cooperative group learning and create a class climate conducive for a successful unit. They create a...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 2--Obtaining Employment

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, after reviewing the vocabulary terms on the board, examine how to fill out a job application form with a prospective employer. After seeing one model for the students, they practice one and then fill out an actual job...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Probability Fun

For Teachers 1st
First graders use probability terminology to describe all possible outcomes of certain events. In this probability lesson, 1st graders use counters to create a pretend "purse" of objects. Students create their own probability drawings...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sales Tax and Discounts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of sales tax and discounts. In this sales tax and discounts lesson, students pretend to gamble in groups to win fake money. Middle schoolers must tax their winnings. Students collect receipts. Middle...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why Plan Meals?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate methods that families use for planning meals. In this nutrition lesson, students play a game that requires them to plan and pay for nutritious meals
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mama, Do You Love Me?

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars complete a variety of activities related to the /m/ letter sound. They participate in a class "I Spy" game and identify objects in the room that contain the "m" sound, then as a class recite a tongue twister. Students...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Review of Adding and Subtracting Integers

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders review adding and subtracting of integers. The class makes a number line from -10 to 10 and practice adding and subtracting by "acting out" the math problems. Students play a card game using the number cards from a regular...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Zoo Welcomes Baby Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students engage in activities to gain a better understanding of endangered animals. In these animal lessons, students use vocabulary and comprehension skills to gain a better understanding of endangered animals. They also watch video...
+
Handout
National External Diploma Program Council

Numbers

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
The written form for 345 is three-hundred forty-five, where as the word form for 70% is seventy percent. Here, young mathematicians read 10 sentences and write the word form of each number in the sentences.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Excursion

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners throw dice and make their way around a board, answering questions, performing tasks and finding out about the environment as they go.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Wants to be a Cellular Biologist?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders review concepts in cellular biology. In this biology instructional activity, 8th graders play an interactive game based on the idea of winning money. They discuss misconceptions about the topic.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Give Me Five, Cents That Is

For Teachers K
Students explore coins, especially the nickel, through a toy cash register, worksheet, and paper nickels.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Less Than Zero

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners examine negative numbers by extending a vertical number line to include numbers less than zero. After playing a game, students watch a Cyberchase video in which the characters try to solve similar problems.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ima's Dream

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers compile a list of items on which a person can spend money, categorize a list of items based upon similarities, and solve mathematical problems based upon given scenarios.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Fairfax County Budget -- A Look At Spending

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students brainstorm a list of items that should be a priority for the government to help its citizens. Using an out of date budget, they identify individual line items and the conflicts involved in making a budget work. They discuss...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Kinder Bakeshop

For Teachers K
Students create a bakery where they sell cookies for a week. Students identify and interpret how to make their own money and deposit it into their bank accounts. Students also identify how to withdraw money from these accounts in order...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

You May Already Be a Winner!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders flip coins and tally the outcomes. They play the You May Already Be a Winner! game with cards under their chairs. Some cards are winners, some might be and the others are not. They play to explain the probability concept.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hereos and Celebrities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars complete a vocabulary game using new words. They use a Venn diagram to distinguish between a celebrity and a hero. They take a vocabulary quiz to complete the lesson.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Day eight: Participating in a community service project

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars participate in a community service project. In this ELL lesson, students complete a project while the teacher takes photos. The young scholars use these photos in a bulletin board. 
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Survey Says...

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young statisticians collect, organize, and present data to illustrate responses to a survey question. They write and conduct the survey. They finish by presenting the results in the form of a graph.