Mrs. Burke's Math Page
The Amazing Pi Race
Add a sense of excitement to your math class with this race across the country. Using their knowledge of all things circular, young mathematicians work in pairs answering a series of pi-related word problems as they hop from one city to...
Novelinks
The Tempest: A-Z Book Project
Create a picture dictionary for one of William Shakespeare's most famous plays. After readers finish The Tempest, they assign each letter of the alphabet to a concept or character, and add a description and evidence from...
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Connecting Fractions and Rational Expressions
Teach class members to work with rational expressions using their knowledge of fractions. The lesson plan starts with a warm-up of rational expressions at four different levels of complexity. The different levels continue throughout...
ReadWriteThink
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Me: Identifying with a Hero
Here, young historians compare their early lives to that of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s. They listen to a read aloud of a story by Dr. King's sister, and then write in the provided reflective journal template. Lastly, they share their...
Chicago Botanic Garden
Climate Change Around the World
It is unknown if cloud cover increases in response to carbon dioxide levels changing, helping climate change slow down, or if cloud cover decreases, allowing Earth to warm faster. Part four in the series of five lessons has classes...
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Adverbs
Fourth graders add er and est to adverbs, add more and most to adverbs, and proofread adverb sentences that compare. In this adverbs lesson plan, 4th graders complete worksheets and play an adverb game.
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Subtracting Integers
In this mathematics worksheet, 6th graders subtract a number, add its opposite, and explain what opposites are, giving an example of two numbers that are opposites. Then they subtract each integer by adding its opposite.
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Bringing a Scene to Life With Sound Words
In this sound words learning exercise, learners read a scene from Megamind and add sound words to it to make it come to life. Students read a scene called "Megamind's Hideout".
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Fraction Review
In this fractions worksheet, learners put fractions into their simplest form, write as improper fractions, add and subtract, estimate amounts, and more. They complete 31 problems.
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Understanding Procedural Justice
Learners analyze the concept of procedural justice. In this judges in the classroom instructional activity, students role play the ways the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights established certain procedures to protect people from...
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Awwwk…..Jim Crow Laws/ Constitutional?
Students examine the constitutionality of Jim Crow Laws. In this civil rights instructional activity, students read excerpts of the U.S. Constitution as well as examples of Jim Crow Laws. Students select Jim Crow laws and then find out...
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Flag Bookmark Craft
Students identify the characteristics of the American flag and create a Pledge of Allegiance bookmark. They discuss the symbolism of the U.S. flag, and identify the meaning of the stripes and the stars on the flag. Students then create a...
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Math - Does It Add Up? Applying Arithmetic Operations to Solve Everyday Problems
In this story problem worksheet, student find ten math problems in the story, write the problems down and say what type of calculation it was. Students also complete 12 computation problems.
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Add It Up
First graders engage in a activity that gives the research basis for the use of manipulatives for the basic operations in mathematics. They use the variety of tools to solve basic problems. The activity has valuable resource links for...
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TELL THE SEQUENCE IN AN ORAL REPORT
Second graders survey a favorite story he/she has read or heard read aloud. They use the graphic organizer to draw illustrations that show the beginning, middle and end of the story. They tell the title of the story, whether it is...
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Yikes! An Interjection!
In this grammar worksheet, students learn about using interjections in sentence writing. They then use what they learned to answer 9 questions. The answers are on the last page.
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U.S. Geography: California
In this map skills about the state of California worksheet, students locate and label specific places and areas and create a map key and symbolize the economy and areas of personal interest. Students answer 5 questions.
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An Environmental Puzzle: The Carbon Cycle
Students are introducced to how respiration and photosysnthesis cycle carbon through ecosystems. They read background information that describes the role of the Sun as Earth's ultimate energy source and explains how the energy...
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Areas Under Curves: An Astronomical Perspective
In this area under the curve worksheet, students use a graph of the number of exoplanets discovered and the year they were discovered to solve 5 problems. Students find the total area under the curve, they find the total number of...
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Sentence Styles: Lesson Ten
For a basic overview of phrases (prepositional, absolute, appositive, and participial), use this presentation in your grammar unit. Each slide contains a short explanation and an example, concluding with a slide about relative clauses....
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Build Mastery: Main Idea
Use a graphic organizer to get readers thinking about main ideas as they record the who, what, where, when, and why of a story. Consider modeling this process completely before kids do this independently. They fill in five boxes charting...
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Florida Blue Crab
Explore the extraordinary creatures of the ocean! Learners create Florida Blue Crabs (imitation of course) using blue paint and their hand prints. This is a cute supplementary project perfect for an ocean-themed unit or preschool...
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Newspaper Article
In this writing worksheet, students write a newspaper article about an event they have experienced firsthand. Students draw a picture with a caption and add a headline.
Simply Worksheets
Singular and Plural Nouns
In this nouns worksheet, students add s, es, ies, to singular nouns making them plural, and change plural nouns to singular nouns. Students complete 28 problems.