What you'll need: Construction paper Scissors 1. Show kids these shapes 2. Have kids cut out shapes and explain the amount of sides they have, or other distinct features to them.
Learning fractions
What you need: Chocolate bar (Or piece of paper for students allergic to dairy) for number of students in class 1. Have students break up bar in 12 pieces. *Do not have students eat chocolate until end of lesson. 2. Have students arrange chocolate into different fractions explaining what fractions they are (1/2, 1/3, etc.) 3. Have students eat chocolate bar when lesson is done.
Will it float?
What you need: A basin of water A twig A stone 1. Gather kids around and ask them if the items will float, and if so, which one. 2. Put the stone in the water, then the twig in the water (Or you can do the twig first, it doesn't matter.) 3. Have students find things around the class (pencil, eraser, etc.) and test them in the water basin.
The Alphabet hunt
What you need: 26 boxes with a letter on it, A-Z At least 1 item that starts with the letter of the Alphabet (One item that starts with A, one with B, etc.) *Sticky notes telling kids what letter the item starts with 1. Tell kids about the Alphabet and all the letters in it. 2. Then have kids find times starting with that letter and put it in the matching box, until they found one for every letter.
Spelling baseball
What you need: Four bases, or pieces of paper A marker board to keep score and/or show them how to spell the word 1. Divide the kids into teams of two. 2. Divide the vocabulary/ spelling words into 4 sections by difficulty. (Keep this only to yourself.) 3. Tell kids that for each base, you need to spell the word correctly to get there. Example: Cat= 1 base, frog=2 base, moose=3 base, elephant= home run 4. Kids take turns spelling them on the board, and going to the base if they get it right. 5. If three kids misspell words wrong, than you go to the other team. 6. The team with the most points after however many rounds you want wins.
The human clock
What you need: Two pointers 1. Hold the pointers at 12:00 2. Tell students to move hands to different times (1:00, 1:15, 12:00, 6:30, etc.) 3. Have students move hands to the correct time, and let students check the student's work 4. You could also move hands to times and have students tell you the time
Candyarray
What you need: M&M's (Or Skittles for those allergic to chocolate) 1. Have students make arrays by arranging candy into the multiplication factor ( 3x4, arrange candy into 3 rows of 4 columns.) 2. Have students eat the candy when all desired arrays are made.
Fidget Spinner Math
What you need: 1 Fidget Spinner A list of math problems 1. Give students the math problems sheet face down. 2. Have them turn it over, and spin the fidget spinner on a flat surface. 3. The round is over when the fidget spinner stops spinning. 4. Continue as much as you want, or until someone finishes all their math problems.
The Wheel of Vocab
What you need: A wheel with a spinner (It needs to have enough spaces for the number of vocabulary words.) A marker (To update the wheel whenever vocabulary words need to change.) 1. Spin the wheel. 2. Wherever it lands on, call on a student to identify the given word.
Multiplication war
What you need: A deck of cards (without the Ace, Jack, Queen or King) 1. Split the deck evenly 2.Have both students flip over the cards 3. Whoever says what the cards equal when multiplied earns both of the cards 4. Whoever has the most pairs at the end of the game wins
Domino addition
What you need: A pack of dominoes 1. Show students the pack of dominoes 2. Have them pick a domino and then add up the total number
Shadow Science
What you need: Chalk A sunny day 1. Make an X 2. Pick a student to stand on the X, and draw her shadow in chalk 3. In a couple hours, go out and have the same student stand on the X and draw where their shadow is now 4. Explain to students why the shadow changes
Soccer ball Math
What you need: A soccer ball A marker 1. Write the numbers 1-10 on the mini hexagons of the soccer ball 2. Have students stand on their desk and throw the soccer ball to a student 3. Whichever 2 numbers the students thumbs land on they can do one of two options: They can add 2 numbers to get a sum, or They can multiply the 2 numbers to get a quotient 4. Once students have done the equation once, then they sit back on their desk
Back-to-back Math
What you need: Students 1. Have students get into groups of 2, with their backs facing each other 2. Tell students to take different amounts of baby steps (go 3 step forward, 5 steps forward, 2 steps backwards) 3. Whenever you want, have students turn around and tell each other the total amount of steps taken
Juice density
What you need: Juices of different densities Cups (to hold the different juices in) A glass A turkey baster 1. Have students form a hypothesis over which juice will be the most dense. 2. Use the baser to extract juices out of the cups, and into the one glass. 3. Have the students watch in amazement as the less dense juices float on top of the denser ones.
Odd or Even
What you need: A deck of cards (remove the kings queens, jacks, and jokers) 1. Pick a card and show the class 2. Have students go to the left side of the classroom if the number is odd. Have students go to the right side of the classroom if the number is even. 3. When all the students have picked a side, reveal the correct answer
Noun or verb
What you need: Several note cards, with either nouns or verbs written on them A container to place the cards in 1. Draw a note card from the container 2. Pick a student and have them say whether the card says a verb, or a noun
name that president
What you need: A picture of every U.S. president 1. Show the picture of the first president 2. Have the kids guess which president it is (for other countries, you can name kings, or other leaders) 3. Have kids guess all the presidents until you have went through all the pictures.
Colored celery
What you need: A stalk of celery A glass of water Food coloring 1. Apply food coloring to the glass of water 2. Stick stalk of celery into glass 3. Wait until the celery is turning the same color as the water.
Baking-soda volcano
What you need: Baking soda Vinegar Tube 1. Fill the tube full of baking soda. 2. Show kids what happens when an acid and a base combine by pouring vinegar in the tube. 3. Watch the kids amazement as the volcano "erupts". Optional: Put food coloring in the vinegar to make it look like lava.