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Sportsperson of the Day
Students follow the classroom and game/activities rules. They demonstrate responsibility by wearing tennis shoes to class, assisting others, taking care of equipment, helping clean-up, show respect and kindness to others during class time.
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Teaching Place Value
Utilizing mathematical literature and games are two excellent ways to introduce and teach place value.
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Multiplication Bingo
Students review and reinforce multiplication facts using a bingo game.
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A Day in the Life of a Deminer
Students acquire basic insight into the process of demining and beccome aware of risks specific to this type of work. They play games, and role-play based on information they've acquired through the materials imbedded in this plan about...
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Try to See It My Way
Students participate in a game to identify with other people's points of view. They complete a worksheet about minefields and locate them on a map. They work together in groups to identify why the landmines were placed where they were.
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Living With Fire
Students identify effects of treatment weather on behavior of a wildland fire. They view simulation game that predicts effects of forest management on fire behavior.
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Pyramid Play
Students investigate the concept of the Food Pyramid. They use a game as a tool of discovery in order to classify different types of food in the pyramid. Upon completion of the game the students construct their own models of it.
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John Muir - Around the World in 76 Years
Sixth graders create timelines of John Muir's life while playing a game based on John Muir's travels. They discover that John Muir traveled around the world to compare and contrast natural phenomena and to speak out about preserving...
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Syllables Millionaire, Silent Scrabble
In this spelling instructional activity, teachers have access to websites with games to enhance learning. Syllables Millionaire is a powerpoint presentation used to help students understand how syllables help spelling. Silent Scrabble...
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Animal Activities: Just the tracks, ma'am
Students learn most urban mammals are nocturnal and are difficult to observe. One of the simplest ways to determine the kinds of animals living in your neighborhod is to track them down.
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Bottle Cap Basketball
Students play a simple game to practice the fundamentals of a bounce pass and aiming the basketball.
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E.T. Phone Home
Students participate in a game designed to help them focus on listening skills. They divide into team and choose one member to go into the middle of the field. They in the middle of the field are blindfolded, spun and 'called' back home.
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Hats off to you!
Students learn about cultures through hats. Students complete "hat" writings, puzzles, and language games around the theme.
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Jingle Bell Bounce
Students attempt to dribble the basketball in a predetermined sequence. After practicing several dribbling techniques, the game begins. This process should emulate the Jingle Bells song set music.
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Newspaper Research
Fifth graders use newspapers in order to perform research. The literacy skill of finding facts is reinforced. The students play a game of scavenger hunt by finding specific facts prepared in advance in the newspaper.
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Words For Playing Silent Scrabble
In this literacy worksheet, students work to create a game board to use the words on this list. They should practice reading and spelling them.
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Origami Darner
For this art worksheet, learners follow the directions to make an origami darner, which is a kind of dragonfly. There are 11 unlabeled diagrams that instruct students step by step in constructing this difficult project.
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Louisiana Folklife Bingo (North Louisiana)
In this Louisiana folklife bingo learning exercise, students test their knowledge on a game board that displays information on Louisiana folklife.
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Physical Fitness
Students compare sedentary lifestyles to active lifestyles. In this health lesson plan, students discuss the implications of different kinds of lifestyles, complete a worksheet, then participate in a physical activity.
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The Designed World
Students manage and retrieve numbers and letters that are logically sorted. In this logical information lesson, students do the flood game from the PBS website. Students answer questions about library books.
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The Emperor's New Clothes
Students read The Emperor's New Clothes. In this language arts lesson, students reconstruct the story. Students play a game to recall words they heard in the story. Students discuss how the story might end.
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Name Scramble: Familiar Fishes
In this science and language arts worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures of familiar fishes with scrambled names. Students unscramble the names and write them correctly under each picture.
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Best Practices
Students create displays throughout the year to generate interest in upcoming events. They develop a plan to increase awareness of a variety of physical fitness programs. Students create flyers about local activities and share the...
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A Biography of Amir Khan
In this literature worksheet, learners read a biography about Amir Khan, a middleweight boxer who won an Olympic bronze in Athens. They identify whether each statement is true or false. Then, students look at his career and respond to...