State Report Worksheet

This worksheet is double-sided, and meant to be folded into a booklet. Students choose one of the 50 American states to research, and then use the Internet or school library to find the information within the booklet. There are twenty questions inside, and on the back of the booklet students must draw a map of [...]

Learning Numbers Using Cards

Materials: one deck of cards for each group
Description: This works best in small groups, no more than 3. Aces count as 1 and all face cards start out as 10. You can change this when practicing bigger numbers. When learning numbers 1-10, students place deck of cards in the middle. One student flips the top [...]

Matching Cards

Materials: premade cards on slips of paper or index card halves (see below for ideas)
Description: This is an easy way to work on almost any concept, and the cards can be easily stored for future classes and years. All you need to do is make sets of cards that illustrate the concept you’re trying to [...]

Dinosaurs and Humans

Materials: a white/black board, four or five pictures of people (like stick people), three or four pictures of dinosaurs, tape, dice
Descriptions: To set up, draw a grid on the board – the smaller the grid, the quicker the game, but shoot for about 6×6 or 7×7. Attach tape to the backs of the people and [...]

Prisoners

Materials: 1 photocopy per desk of the following descriptions Prisoners, plus an additional photocopy cut into individual descriptions for each of the “prisoners”
Time: 25 minutes
Description: Below are 6 profiles of prisoners who have all been convicted of petty crimes. The jail is overcrowded and one of these 6 will be released. The class will [...]