Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading: Climbing Mount Everest

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading: Climbing Mount Everest worksheet, learners read an interview and assess comprehension. Students choose one or more answers to complete eight sentences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Climbing Mount Everest: Vocabulary Practice

For Students 4th - 5th
For this vocabulary practice worksheet, students use the words in a word box to complete ten sentences about climbing Mount Everest.
Article
PBS

Sherpas on Everest

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Every successful climb of Mount Everest can be attributed to the assistance of the local Sherpas. A short, informative article explains the history behind the Sherpa's involvement in Mount Everest expeditions, the physiological reasons...
Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Hillary Conquers Everest

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
If a field trip to the summit of Mount Everest isn't in your school budget, make the trek virtually! An interactive lesson allows class members to follow Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's trail up the mountain, and provides...
Article
PBS

Tiger of the Snows: Tenzing Norgay

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Tenzing Norgay, the Sherpa man who made history when he reached the summit of Mount Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary, is the focus of an informative article. Class members read about Norgay's perspective on the way up the mountain, the...
Activity
Lee & Low Books

Classroom Guide for Sacred Mountain: Everest

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
The most famous climbers of Mount Everest could never have made it to the summit without the assistance of the local Sherpa. Christine Taylor-Butler's nonfiction children's book Sacred Mountain: Everest is the focus of an extensive...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mount Everest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
  Students brainstorm about what different professions roles are and what skills they obtain.  In this critical thinking lesson, students discuss reasons of why different people would want and need to climb Mount...
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Curated OER

Reading: Climbing Mount Everest

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read an interview based on an actual interview with Edmund Hillary and answer comprehension questions. Students answer 8 multiple choice questions.
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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Everest Wedding

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Everest Wedding," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Curated OER

Must and Have to

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Use this assignment to help address CCSS.ELA.Literacy.L.4.1b in your fourth grade language arts curriculum. The modal auxiliary verbs "must" and "have to" are explained in terms of the roles that they play. Examples are provided, and...
Interactive
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TAKS Quiz-Meaning Based on Context

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this TAKS quiz learning exercise, students take an online quiz focused on meaning based on context. Quiz may be graded online by clicking a link.
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Curated OER

Vocabulary Practice: Completing Sentences

For Students 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students use a word pool to fill in blanks and correctly complete a set of 10 sentences. Word bank contains 12 words, 2 will not be used.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Total English (Elementary)

For Students 4th - 5th
In this geography word puzzle worksheet, students read 10 clues pertaining to geography terms. Students place the answers in a word puzzle grid. This is intended for ESL use but could be used by all.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Building Worksheet

For Students 5th - 10th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students fill in the blanks for sentences and answer definition questions about vocabulary words. Students complete 4 pages, with 6 words each and 18 questions per page.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Future Real Conditional/Future Unreal Conditional

For Students 4th - 6th
In this conditional form worksheet, learners fill in the blanks to sentences with the future real conditional or the future unreal conditional form of the word. Students complete 10 sentences.
Article
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: True Everest: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer [Pdf]

For Students 10th - 12th
This 29-page PDF article "True Everest: Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer published in September 1996 in Outside Magazine focuses on his experience in climbing Mount Everest and the impact on him after the deaths of his fellow climbers.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an 11- page PDF about Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer's book about his experience climbing Mount Everest. It includes a short summary of the book, a biography about the author, book reviews, discussion questions, an interview with...
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Read Works

Read Works: Going Up a Mountain

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about climbing Mount Everest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.