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Chalkboard Relay

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students solve addition facts. In this computation instructional activity, students participate in a relay activity where one player writes a number on the chalkboard and the second player writes a second number underneath it. The second...
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Spicy Hot Colors

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover the importance of primary colors by reading a book in class.  In this art lesson, 1st graders read the book Spicy Hot Colors, and discuss the three primary colors and the numerous combinations they can make....
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Hot Hamsters

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Using this quick activity, you can have your class review what they have learned about mammals. Learners sit in a circle, and take turns naming a mammal. This activity could be enriched by having learners go to their desks, identify a...
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Sound Tracks Game

For Teachers K - 1st
Students engage in a activity that is concerned with the playing of soundtracke to learn the alphabet, animal sounds, and nursery rhymes. They are given the opportunity of working together or independently listen to the stories.
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"24" Game

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students use four digits obtained from rolling four dice to create a mathematical expression equal to 24.
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Line and Shape Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a picture of an actual scene or overlap the called out lines or shapes into a space-breaker. If someone calls out a line or shape a student had not planned to use in the art, they have to figure out some way to use...
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Olympic Games Snowboard Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers find travel destinations and information on countries around the world, and use their knowledge to create a snowboard design that represent the country they pick. They explore maps, weather, geography, languages, in...
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Light Travels As A Game

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify ways that light can travel and why. In groups, they develop an experiment to show that light can travel because it is a form of energy. They use this information and apply it to other forms of energy to end the...
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Bead Game Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students have the opportunity to participate in the three basic economic systems, (market, command, and tradition).
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Ditto - A Cooperative Game

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students, in groups, first build/design something using equipment given. Then students write a detailed description of what they built. After all groups are finished they switch directions and try to build the other teams design by...
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Playful Verbs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read sentences and determine whether the verb tense of the sentence is past, present, or future. They play a game in which they identify the correct tense and move along on the game board.
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Rock the Boat

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders play a spelling game. They draw a card that shows two ways to divide a word into syllables. They are to choose which one is divided correctly, either A or B. They move along the game board as they choose correct answers.
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Direction March

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in a game that explores map reading skills and intermediate directions. The teacher turns over a direction card for each player or team and announces the move, and they move towards a designated cardinal or...
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Predators and Prey

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explain how the food chain works. They contrast predators with prey and describe their function in nature. Students discuss how the food chain aids in keeping nature balanced. In small groups, they play a game that...
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Beginning Sounds

For Teachers K
Students find the beginning letters of words. In this alphabet lesson, students sound out words to find the beginning sound and the beginning letter. They play a game to mark these letters on a card. 
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It's Not Trivial!

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in a trivia game about the environment. They focus on recycling and how to protect the environment. The team with the most correct answers wins.
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Risk-It

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners 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...
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Estimating and Counting Money

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore the concepts of estimating and rounding. In this estimating and rounding lesson, students play a game of tic-tac-toe. Students pick items and must estimate their cost by rounding. Students estimate the costs of pretend...
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Cuisenaire Rods And Math

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students find the least common multiple of several given numbers using Cuisenaire rods. Previously taught math skills are reinforced by using Cuisenaire rod games, puzzles and or activities.
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Identifying Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers, after completing a warm up exercise on one proportion word problem, distinguish between functions and non-functions. They identify domain and range on a function as well as recognize and implement function notation. They...
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Beginning Sounds - Kindergarten Reading

For Teachers K
Students practice the use of beginning sounds to improve their emerging reading skills. In this beginning sounds lesson, students review beginning sound of words before participating in a "Bingo" type game that has them use the sounds...
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Music Twister

For Teachers 3rd
Distinguish the sound of musical notes and correctly name them. In this music lesson, participate in a game of musical twister where the circles are renamed with musical note names. Additionally, display recognition of eighth, quarter,...
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Relay Races

For Teachers K - 5th
Students, in groups, race to the board drawing the music symbol, tagging the next person while SAYING THE NAME OF THE SYMBOL THEY DREW! (everyone draws the same symbol)
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Word-O for Fluency

For Teachers 1st
First graders are introduced to the game of Word-O to increase their fluency while reading. Individually, they look, say and write at their high frequency words and practice spelling them. To end the lesson, they are introduced to new...

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