Didax
Pi Day #1a – Discovering Pi
Unravel the mystery behind the infamous number pi. Scholars complete a series of activities that explores where pi comes from, its digits and estimation strategies. Pupils should be ready to measure, calculate, and look for patterns to...
Illustrative Mathematics
Making a Ten (Grade 1)
How many ways can first graders make a 10? Using an addition chart, learners color in the 10s on the table. They notice and explain the meaning of the pattern, and how to get to another sum of 10.
Nevada Outdoor School
Let It Snow! Let It Melt!
Winter weather offers a great opportunity to teach young scientists about the states of matter. This activity-based lesson plan includes a range of learning experiences, from experimenting with the rate at which ice...
PBS
Blow the Roof Off!
Blow the minds of young scientists with this collection of inquiry-based investigations. Based on a series of eight videos, these "hands-on, minds-on" science lessons engage young learners in exploring a wide range of topics...
Discover Earth
Weather Stations
Transform your classroom into a fully functioning weather station with this series of hands-on investigations. Covering the topics of temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, and cloud formation, these activities engage young...
Novelinks
Tunes for Bears to Dance to: Concept Analysis
Considering using Robert Cormier's young adult novel, Tunes for Bears to Dance to for book circles or as a whole-class anchor text? Check out this overview of the key concepts and issues raised by the novel.
Great Books Foundation
Rattlesnakes
John Muir may be a friend to the natural world, but as a short reading passage confirms, he is no friend to rattlesnakes. As young readers learn about Muir's encounters with the dangerous creatures, they answer four comprehension...
Core Knowledge Foundation
A Time for All Seasons - Winter
As the days get shorter and a chill enters the air, it's time to start teaching your little ones about the wondrous winter season. Through a series of teacher demonstrations, whole-class read alouds and discussions, and hands-on...
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
Multiplication Chart
This is not your run-of-the-mill multiplication chart. Going beyond the standard 12 x 12 limit, this resource includes multiplication facts up through 12 x 20, making it great for supporting children as they continue working toward being...
K-5 Math Teaching Resources
One Hundred Chart Template
There are hundreds of learning opportunities with this hundreds chart. Just print, laminate, and you're ready to get counting.
Curated OER
Number Patterns
In this online interactive number patterns worksheet, students use their math skills to fill in the 22 blanks with the appropriate numbers to complete the 22 number sequences.
T. Smith Publishing
Finding Number Patterns
Ten rows of numbers are arranged with three blank spaces in each. Little mathematicians analyze the pattern and fill in the missing numbers. Proper practice for a foundational skill!
Curated OER
The Squares of Numbers in Multiplication
Review multiplication facts and concepts! This clear, and easy to follow instructional activity will help your class to understand multiplication by using arrays and repeated addition. There are strategies to help with memorization and...
Curated OER
Investigation - Adrienne's Pattern Block Angles
Fifth graders investigate possible solutions to a word problem. They explore properties of polygons and right angles. Students demonstrate proper angle measurement. Students discover patterns.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Numbers Are Made of Parts
Children play with barnyard animal cards to practice composing and decomposing numbers. With their "secret number" of animal cards in a cup, they shake and spill them onto a barn story board, counting how many animals fall in the barn...
Curated OER
Recognizing and Extending Number Sequences
Number sequences and pattern recognition are vital skills for understanding more complex mathematical concepts. Practice determining the rule with your class. Each slide shows a sequence of numbers, they need to work together to find the...
Curated OER
Sequencing and Counting on
This series of slides gives learners an opportunity to count on by 10's in number sequences then discuss how to apply counting on to addition and subtraction problems. Learners count on and back by 1's, 10's, and 100's.
Illustrative Mathematics
Complex number patterns
Start off with the definition of the imaginary number i, then have your class practice simplifying expressions involving powers of i and look for patterns. See how the cyclic nature of powers of i translate to sums of powers of i.
Curated OER
Number Chart 12: Skip Counting by 5
In this skip counting instructional activity, students fill in the numbers to complete a pattern of skip counting by 5. Students begin with the number 5 and write the numbers as they skip count to 200.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Thinking About Numbers from 1 to 20
Help your kindergarteners discover new number-sense concepts and to compose and decompose numbers. Though the resource contains no procedural details, the assessment tool (which you can find in the "printer friendly version") has...
Curated OER
Transferring Rhythmic Patterns From Music to Movement
Students identify and demonstrate movement elements in relation to musical notation. They clap to rhythms, beat on drums, match musical notes to speech patterns and use the rhythms of the their names to create a dance.
BrainPOP
Migration Activities for Kids
For as long as there has been life on earth, animals, including humans, have used migration as a means of survival. This collection of activities supports young scientists as they learn about this behavioral adaptation, encouraging them...
Curriculum Corner
Large "Wh" Words
Help young readers learn which way to pronounce the wh- digraph with this set of word cards. Introduce and sort through these 21 different words as a whole class before having students practice independently or in pairs as a...
Math Worksheets Land
Patterns of Association (Using Data Tables) - Independent Practice Worksheet
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...