Make sure to get enough for everyone. The three-part assessment task requires scholars to calculate with decimals. Learners determine the cost of school supplies and whether the teachers have ordered enough. The assessment is the sixth...

First graders are tasked to find the amount of money in dollars Pia came to the store with, after she bought five dollars worth of school supplies.

Ever wonder how long a pair of scissors are? Find out with this simple measuring activity in which pupils use the provided ruler to determine the length of four common classroom supplies.

Unscramble school words as a back-to-school activity. After you read each set of letters, figure out which school supply you can create by rearranging the letters.

In this school supplies and "there is/there are" online instructional activity, students enter the names of six school supplies that are shown by clip art pictures, they unscramble the names of school subjects, and use drop-down menus to...

What do you need for la clase de arte? What about a trip to la biblioteca? Get ready for a great day at school with a vocabulary-rich song about school supplies, what they're used for, and in what classes they're most helpful.

¿Estás listo para la escuela? Check your mochila for the materials you'll need for school with an engaging Spanish video that details a variety of school supplies and their purposes. Additionally, the video describes las clases de mate,...

Investigate the impact of supply shocks on prices and output. Upper graders use the market for oil and gasoline as a basis for an exploration into the causes and responses to the events surrounding an assigned supply shock.

A list of school supplies is accompanied by the price per unit and the price per package of six. Student shoppers work in pairs to use the chart for calculating out how much each of three McKinnzie children need to spend in order to...

Participate in three activities that look at the earth's limited water supply and the changes water goes through as it enters each phase of the water cycle. The resource is complete with three activities that demonstrate the changing...

Find the school supplies in a fun back-to-school word search. Using the word bank below, look for words such as backpack, glue, and stapler.

Tired of clutter and misplaced items in your classroom? Check out these beautifully designed school supply labels which will help you organize the most prolific and commonly used items in your class, such as erasers, tape, permanent...

Your classroom may feel like a zoo sometimes, but it's nothing like this! Stu Smith's book My School's a Zoo is an excellent way to introduce some fun vocabulary words in context, and it's available on YouTube in case you don't have it....

Students critique their own school bag by sketching and writing a detailed description of it. In this creative design lesson, students then design a more efficient carrier for their school supplies on paper. Students explain to their...

Students discover ways to help them enjoy reading.  In this beginner reading lesson, students identify problems they have with reading and discuss school supplies or opportunities that would help them achieve their goals.  Students...

Just how much spray paint does a mural require? Using proportions, graffiti artists determine the amount of supplies needed to complete a mural. The creative resource shows how to determine the area of composite figures and uses that...

Advances in packaging and refrigeration help keep food fresher longer. That's just one of the ways science is addressing global food waste. With the third of five lessons from the WE Are Innovators—High School Modules set, scholars use...

In this supply and demand learning exercise, students read about supply and demand and the impact these can have on a new business. They then answer the 9 questions in the packet. The answers are at the end of the packet.

For this school supplies word and picture matching worksheet, students examine 3 pictures of objects commonly used at school. Students match these to the words that name each object.

Here is a beautiful example of a Back-to-School Night PowerPoint presentation that can easily be modified to fit the needs of your own classes.

Once Upon a Dime ... a group of middle schoolers wanted to learn about economics! Teach them complex economic concepts like supply and demand through a resource that effectively simplifies the explanations. Pupils work through various...

Students, who are second language learners, develop a story about shopping. In this language development instructional activity, students brainstorm in their native language about the items they purchase at the beginning of the school...

Bring your thinking caps to this back-to-school activity! After cutting out the school-themed pictures on the page, paste them into a sudoku grid, making sure that each picture appears only once in each line.

In this ELL, school supplies vocabulary worksheet, students match 10 vocabulary words related to school tools to 10 pictures of different school supplies or tools.