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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Roll Out Fractions Game: Comparing Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Reinforce the concept of comparing fractions with a hands-on, two-player game that calls for a visual model, score board, and dice. Players roll dice to acquire their given fraction, create the fraction using fraction tiles, then...
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Reading Resource

Take Me Out to the Ballgame Card Game

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack! Inspire some competition between your learners with a baseball-themed reading game. Players take turns reading as many words as they can, and once they reach a card they can't read, they tally...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Baseball

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Baseball is an American pastime, super fun to play, and can be made accessible to learners with visual impairments. Instead of taking to the ball field, your class can learn the rules of the game by playing a small three-dimensional...
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Curated OER

Fun Fitness Activities For Kids

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
From shuttle run relays to ACTIVE Bingo, you'll be elated to have this PE resource packet in your tool belt for your next fitness lesson. After all, who wouldn't want to play a game called, "Elephants, Giraffes, and Palm Trees"?
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Have Fun Teaching

Brick Breaker: Initial Consonant Blends

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Practice initial consonant blends with a fun, interactive game! Choose the sounds you'd like to practice, and then have kids place the appropriate pictures for their brick breaker boards. Spin the spinner to select a blended sound, and...
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International Technology Education Association

Pixel This!

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Did the image I drew match the image you saw? By simulating a satellite and a ground station, teams of two transmit data in the form of pixels in order to recreate an image. They use four different levels of brightness, creating slightly...
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101 Questions

Pixel Pattern

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Any vintage video game users in the room? Young scholars use a video presentation to analyze patterns in pixel arrangements. By writing an arithmetic sequence, they make predictions about the size of the image.
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Curated OER

Bear Hunt Book

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students create their own illustrated books. In this visual arts lesson, students use the paints and other materials to illustrate their own version of Going on a Bear Hunt. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with...
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Peaceful Playgrounds, Inc.

10 Rainy and Snow Day Activities for Indoor Recess and PE

For Teachers K - 6th
Don't let the rain and snow put a damper on your PE lessons. This collection of indoor activities is a perfect way to keep students active regardless of the weather outside.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Recreational Mathematics

For Students 9th - 10th
Recreational Mathematics contains lots of fun links to Mathematical Art, Number Guessing, Puzzles, Cryptograms, and seven other fun topics. Each area is explored in depth and is appropriate for both students and teachers.
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Read Works

Read Works: Let the Games Begin!

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about some of the sports in the Winter Olympics. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Sherry's Game

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Sherry who lives in New York City and loves to play handball with her friends. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Playing With Your Health

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether or not video games have a negative impact on a child's health. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Top Builder Challenge

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students were challenged to create something powered by rubber bands. Check out the winners and runner ups. Can you recreate theirs or create one of your own?
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Read Works

Read Works: Child's Play

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text and interview with a girl named Kylie Copenhagen who invented a board game. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the television game show "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?" A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
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Read Works

Read Works: Shoot It Harder, Shoot It Softer

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy who likes to play games at the arcade. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Sounds of Baseball

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An descriptive text about the sounds a person would hear at a baseball game. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Pitcher Perfect

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about Katie Brownell, a female Little League pitcher who threw a perfect game. A question sheet is available to help students build reading comprehension skills.
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Read Works

Read Works: You're Out

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a new baseball field designed to help parents be good sports during the games. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Big League Injuries

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the injury, treatment, and precautions against an ACL tear as an athlete. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.