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Newspaper in the Classroom
Newspapers aren't only for reading—they're for learning skills, too! A journalism unit provides three lessons each for primary, intermediate, and secondary grades. Lessons include objectives, materials, vocabulary, and procedure, and...
August House
The Ogre Bully
English language arts, math, science, dramatic arts, and cooking; this instructional activity has it all! In this multidisciplinary resource, your scholars will take part in a read aloud of The Ogre Bully by A.B. Hoffmire and...
Curriculum Corner
Splashes of Spring Math Centers
Spring into math practice with a set of resources that taps into a variety of math practice. Skills include matching expressions to their definitions, a place value sorting activity, three multiplication and division games,...
Curated OER
Star Wars: Rays and Angles Edition
Rays and angles and Star Wars? It sounds strange, but it's actually a fun game to help fourth graders get good at measuring and identifying angles and rays with a protractor. Each pair of children chooses which Star Wars character they'd...
Curriculum Corner
16 Fall Themed Math and Literacy Centers for Kindergarteners
Look no further because your fall literacy and math centers are here. Cards allow learners to practice counting, writing, tracing, finding missing numbers and letters, skip count, and match letters to their sounds.
BBC
The Cream Cake Mystery - Seeing Patterns
A great language arts lesson designed for emerging readers awaits your class. Rhyming words are the focus. Learners play an interactive learning game on the computer that helps them to understand words that rhyme. As with all of these...
Curated OER
Uses of Coal
An interesting series of puzzles and word games are available in this multi-page collection, which focuses on coal. Learners practice math and language arts skills as they solve the puzzles, and learn many facts about coal at the same time.
Arcademics
Dirt Bike Proportions
Dirt Bike Proportions is a multi-player racing game that allows students from anywhere in the world to race one another while completing equivalent proportions!
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Export-Import Game
Students recognize how international trade affects them as consumers and become familiar with basic agricultural crops grown in Kentucky. They identify items used in their daily lives and .heir place of origin and examine export/import...
Arcademics
Penguin Jump
Don't jump to conclusions but to products instead. Pupils participate in an online race as penguins. Users choose the ice sheet with the correct product to the individual's multiplication prompt. The penguins jump from one product to...
Curated OER
Common Weights and Measures 1
In this math and language arts worksheet, students practice writing metric and standard weights and measures in word form. Students read 12 measurements and write them out in full using words. Example: 30 cm (30 centimeters).
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How Do You Analyze a Corporation?
Young scholars find out how to use annual reports to analyze a corporation whose stock they may buy for the Global Stock Game. They read the investor information section, which provides detailed information about the company's products...
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What Drives the Stock Prices?
Students discover that earnings drive stock prices. They look for earnings growth from the continuing operations of a business. They also use price-to-earnings ratio as one of the tools in choosing stocks for the Global Stock Game.
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Lesson 1 Who Owns the World?
Learners experience how to turn firsthand knowledge of common products into a useful way of choosing stocks for the Global Stock Game. They engage in a simulation of buying stocks.
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Lesson 10 What is an Initial Public Offering (IPO)?
Learners understand the difference between primary and secondary stock markets. Through the activities in this lesson, students predict the next best time to invest in IPOs for the Global Stock Game.
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Lesson 9 What are the Indices of Investing?
Young scholars explore the benchmarks that measure the ups and downs of the stock market. They also set up a diversified portfolio and trade stock indices for the Global Stock Game (GSG).
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Real Math
Students explore careers that require math knowledge and solve real life math problems. As a class, they compare and contrast classroom math to real life math and explore the links between algebra, geometry and math skills used in...
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Food Labels
Students study Nutrition Facts labels. In this life science lesson, students explore Nutrition Facts labels, then determine and analyze the nutrients found in a variety of foods. Additionally students construct bug boxes used to collect...
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Fun, Fun, Fun
Students participate in playing online games. In this practice lesson, students play online games to practice skills learned throughout the week.
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Name Scramble: African Ungulates
In this language arts and science worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures of African ungulates (hoofed animals) with scrambled names. Students decipher the names and write them correctly under each picture.
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Trading Faces
Students use addition to determine values of coin combinations. They play a game where they come up with possible trades: two nickels for a dime and complete a tally worksheet. There are other lessons in this unit.
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Maths with the Mob - Aboriginal Culture
Students read and discuss books about aboriginal family life. Working individually and in groups, they complete a series of activities in various subject areas, including art, language, math, and social studies. Among the activities ...
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Classes of Sailing Vessels
Students examine the construction and operation of various sailing vessels. In groups, they use the internet to make flash cards of the different types of classes of sailing ships. They participate in a game in which they use the cards...
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What Drives the Stock Prices?
High schoolers see that earnings drive stock prices. More importantly, students look for earnings growth from the continuing operations of a business.