1-10 Number Bar Blackline: Vertical PDF Download
Click here to download this horizontal 1-10 Number Bar classroom worksheet as a PDF. Click here for the horizontal version of this blackline.
Lesson Plans
Clover Search Game
Ian McCall has designed two wonderful exercises that are great practice for younger children and fun for kids of all ages. We were quite taken with his Clover Patch Search game, where you browse among square photos to find the clovers, and maybe even a four-leaf clover!
A Presidents’ Day Pop Quiz
When students are given the gift of a three-day weekend, it’s always fun to make sure they know why they’re getting that extra day off. Surprise your students with a pop quiz, and a reminder of the great service each of our presidents provided for our country. Grab your free, editable quiz here.
Valentines Activities and Lesson Ideas
Find all of our Valentine’s Day crafts, activities, and lesson ideas in one place. Just click here for a complete listing.
DIY: Art Turntables for the Classroom
While looking for an inexpensive way to make turntables for classroom use, I stumbled onto using two plastic cups, one inside the other. The two key components to making this work are dead simple.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
This video, created by a US History student, showcases many excellent photos of Dr. Martin Luther King and includes voice over of King’s “We shall overcome” speech. Before heading out for the three day weekend, be sure your students know why Monday is observed as a national holiday.
Science 911
So you really want to know – did dinosaurs really roam the earth in what is now Kansas? What the heck is a quark? Just >>>
Quick Newspaper Activities
To jump-start creativity, keep a supply of old newspapers on hand. For information processing and communication exercises, students can write new captions for photos, draw new pictures to go with articles, or write new headlines for articles.
Fahrenheit to Celcius Temperature Converter
Just type a value in one field and the other field will show the equivalent temperature in Fahrenheit or Celcius.
Print Your Own Keyboard for Typing Practice
Free download for a printable computer keyboard prints out on a 8-1/2″ X 14″ sheet of paper. Now… practice, practice, practice!
Printable Oversized Playing Cards – Download the free PDF
These oversized playing cards are great for all kinds of math activities. Simply download the Acrobat PDF file, print and trim.
Weekly Parent Activity
Our school is installing a Parent-Teacher Hotline, a telephone system that allows teachers to record messages to their parents, and parents can call in, enter the classroom I.D. number, and hear the teacher’s message regarding homework, upcoming activities, permission slips that need to be returned, etc. We’ll be using ours to include a Home Activity for the Week, a simple learning activity designed to involve parents in the learning/teaching process.
Self-Hardening Clay
Self-hardening clay is available in five pound boxes at hobby stores, dries on its own when left uncovered in about a week, and is paintable. This clay is great for a first-time art project if no kiln is available, and dividing the five pound cube into eight equal sections gives students a large enough piece to make a small coiled pot.
Dividing Students Into Teams
When dividing your class into teams, skip the unfair practice of having team captains pick favorites. Have students line themselves up chronologically by their birthdays, but make them use sign language to communicate their birthday.
The Nuts and Bolts of Sorting
A little real-world exercise for your kids: do you have one of those cans of bolts, nuts, screws and washers sitting around the house that you just keep intending to sort out so you won’t have to dig through it when you are looking for a bolt to replace the one that just fell out of the lawnmower but you never get them sorted because you spend all of your time grading papers? Bringing it to school and getting your kids to do it isn’t as far fetched as it sounds. A little time digging through those odds-and-ends can sharpen their visual acuity, teach them the difference between a metal screw and a lock washer, sharpen their sorting skills and help them see how a large task can be accomplished with persistence.