Curated OER
A-Okay
Students complete a variety of activities related to the long /a/ sound and the a_e vowel correspondence. As a class they recite a tongue twister, and spell words containing the /ae/ correspondence using letter manipulatives. Students...
Curated OER
All About Me Poem
Eighth graders write a poem that introduces them to their class. In this poetry writing instructional activity, 8th graders use the format for the 'All About Me Poem" to write a poem about themselves and use it as get-to-know-you activity.
Curated OER
Think Green
Students experience and practice compositing and recycling through hands-on-activities. They distinguish between which items from their trash can be recycled, composted and reused. The process for making recycled paper is also covered in...
Curated OER
My Favorite Thing to Do
Students complete the questions to detail their favorite after school activities. In this after school activity lesson, students fill in the blanks using the word bank to detail information about their favorite after school activities....
Curated OER
Chart This!
Students collect data and graph or chart the information. In this data organization instructional activity, students poll their classmates about certain topics and chart or graph the information to show the results of their research.
Curated OER
Ow Sound
First graders write words containing the "ow" sound and use those words to write sentences. In this simple language arts lesson, 1st graders view models of sentences written by their teacher which contain examples of the "ow" sound, then...
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Smithsonian Institution
Lemelson Center: Spark!lab: Invent a Board Game [Pdf]
Are you interested in games? Have you innovative ideas? Use your imagination to create a story-based board game with inspiration from two early computer game designers.
Free Reading
Free Reading: Word Swat a Word Sound Recognition Game
A classroom game to help students create new words from a particular word family. The class is divided into two teams; the first student in each line is given a flyswatter and must go to the board and "swat" the correct letter that...
abcteach
Abcteach: Geometry
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource has an assortment of teacher-created geometry activities for elementary and primary students. Printable two-dimensional shapes, area and perimeter worksheets, board games, rules and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Linear Equations Game
Students groups act as aerospace engineering teams competing to create linear equations to guide space shuttles safely through obstacles generated by a modeling game in level-based rounds. Each round provides a different configuration of...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson Plan: Powerful Passwords
Students learn the benefits of using passwords and then play a board game to discover some strategies for creating and keeping secure passwords. Requires free membership.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Scrabble Game
[Free Registration/Login Required] Scrabble format game: Teacher needs to create Scrabble tiles for students. As students play tiles, however, they can write them as letters within the game board.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Prize Board
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a How-to flipchart. You can use it to create prize boards, concentration games, and unlimited possibilities.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Artificial Intelligence Teaching a Computer to Play Tic Tac Toe
This is a more challenging JavaScript project. You will have to figure out a way to translate game strategy into a computer algorithm. Directions will show you how to create a working Tic-Tac-Toe board on a webpage. Just by showing the...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Fuzz Bugs Farm Consonant Blends
Fuzz Bugs Farm Consonant Blends is a great activity for young children to work with consonant digraphs and the different words they create. Help your Fuzz Bugs Farm Animal make its way across the game board by answering different...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Clear It Addition
Clear It Addition is a fun game to practice and extend math fact fluency. Players must create number sentences that add up to the target numbers provided. Earn stars for extra points and clear the board before the timer runs out for...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's the Difference? Subtracting Integers
In Cooperative/Collaborative groups, this lesson will actively engage students to subtract positive and negative integers. An "Essential Question" will be used to activate background knowledge and set the purpose for understanding...
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Texas County Maps [Pdf]
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they research information about different counties in Texas. Assignments include...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Building Bridges of Friendship
Learn how to build better friendships when you explore this resource. This site provides detailed games, activities, and other resources to help students learn about the importance of building relationships.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Who Am I Thinking of Multiplication and Division
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an Multiplication and Division game that the whole class can play. It is similar to the "Who has? I have?" game. The game is set up so that the students or the teacher can create...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Who Am I Thinking Of? Add Sub
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an addition and subtraction game that the whole class can play. It is similar to the "Who has? I have?" game. The game is set up so that the students or the teacher can create problems...
Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: Generating Fun With Alternative Energy [Pdf]
Learners took what they had learned and created a matching game (simple circuit board) for others to test their knowledge about energy. The matching game illuminates a light bulb, when the correct matching pairs are selected.