Assessment
New York State Education Department

Comprehensive English Examination: January 2014

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What better way to prepare learners for academic success than to administer practice tests? With the Comprehensive Examination in English, scholars read informational and literary texts and answer listening and reading comprehension...
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Look High and Low

For Students 7th - 12th
From the highest high to the lowest low here's a resource that won't fall flat. Given data on the area and the highest and lowest elevations of each of the 50 states, learners decide which states are the least flat and the most flat. Of...
Study Guide
Reed Novel Studies

Hatchet: Novel Study

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Thanks to Gary Paulsen's Hatchet, teen readers now know it's possible to survive in the wilderness. A study guide for the novel discusses common topics and vocabulary words found within the text. Additionally, readers get the chance...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Average of Numbers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders find the average of a set of numbers. In this math lesson, 4th graders add up a group of numbers and divide by the amount of numbers there are. They complete a worksheet and work in groups to find the averages in multiple...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Igloo Building

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students build igloos. In this igloo building instructional activity, students read Living with the Eskimos by Bernard Planche and then follow the provided instructions to build miniature igloos.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fahrenheit vs. Celsius

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study temperatures. In this science lesson, students convert temperatures from Fahrenheit to Celsius and from Celsius into Fahrenheit understanding the relationship between the two measurements.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wintry Conditions

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create their own crystal snowflake. For this snowflake lesson, students discuss how snow forms and the individuality of snowflakes. They make their own snowflake (crystals) using pipe cleaners, string, and borax.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Topographic Maps

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete a worksheet about topographic mapping. In this map skills lesson, students examine the features and discuss the uses for topographic maps.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scrimshaw/Soap Carvings

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discover scrimshaw art. In this art lesson, students discover the history of scrimshaw and create their own scrimshaw art. Students write a poem, a short story, or a description about the image they chose to make.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

History of the Iditarod

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students read a book about the Iditarod and write their reactions to the story. In this Iditarod lesson plan, students read the book The Great Serum Race and read their reactions to one another.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Gold Rush

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice researching the Gold Rush. In this research lesson, 4th graders take the Gold Rush and break it into smaller topics they can research. They fill in a graphic organizer to organize their topic and subtopic.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding a Narrative: The True Story of Balto

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Strong comprehension questions and a list of initiating events that drive the plot make this resource worth a try in your classroom. Intended for use with tools specific to the mindwing concepts reading strategy system, the outline...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Caribou

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study the cultural and nutritional importance of the Caribou in Inupiaq life.  In this World History lesson, 8th graders analyze primary sources that explain these people's lives. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Where is ? ? ? ?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students explain and explain the concept of a grid system. They define absolute and relative location and develop an imaginary city on graph paper using a grid system.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weather Forecasting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine cold, warm, and stationary fronts. They also examine the roles of relative humidity and the way air masses move. They are to create forecasts based on the information they collect. Tapes are shared with the class.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life in the Freezer

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this global warming worksheet, climatologists examine a few possible results of climate change. There is no specific reading from which learners extrapolate the information needed to answer the questions, so you will need to preface...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Explore the Arctic: Tracking the Dog Teams in the Ididarod Race

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use the Internet to gather and analyze information about competing Iditarod teams during the actual race. They also have the opportunity to share and compare data collected by fellow students.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Earth's Poles

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Earth's Poles worksheet, learners survey, examine and dissect the North and South Magnetic Poles, the Earth's axis and summarize the Aurora legends. Students research six directives involving space weather and predicting answers.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Animals A to Z: Eagle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this editing sentences instructional activity, students read and edit six sentences about eagles to find ten errors involving capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct the errors found.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Total English Elementary: The Best Thing is...

For Students 3rd - 5th
Given two nouns separated by an adjective, learners create eight sentences using the adjective in comparative form. Example: Jamaica/hot/UK, which becomes Jamaica is hotter than the UK. They then write the superlative form of eight...
Organizer
Curated OER

The United States and Canada: Climate and Vegetation

For Students 7th - 10th
Display U.S. and Canadian climate and vegetation through this text-companion worksheet. Learners read about the geography of these regions, take notes, and answer 3 comprehension questions as they read the selection. A graphic organizer...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geography A to Z: The Letters W,X,Y and Z

For Students 6th - 8th
Warm up the class with a fun geography quiz. They'll use the letters W, X, Y, and Z to answer seven geography-based questions. Y for Yangtze, Z  for Zimbabwe, or Y for Yugoslavia. 
Lesson Plan
Polar Trec

Recess at 25 Below

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Is there any difference between the ways a child from the polar region gets ready for recess, and the way a child from a tropical region gets ready for recess? Youngsters use a checklist to dress their Arctic Barbie and Polar Bob dolls...
Worksheet
Math Worksheets Land

Patterns of Association (Using Data Tables) - Independent Practice Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Here is a worksheet that belongs in a four-part resource that has learners practice using data tables to calculate percentages. The page has ten problems with different data tables asking to find different...

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