Elementary Inquiry

Bring valentine fun into your classroom AND keep working on the math standards you have to teach! Each of these 10 color by code worksheets features a different skill, such as identifying equivalent fractions, comparing fractions and decimals to benchmark numbers, and adding and subtracting fractions with like or unlike denominators. Choose different pages for your students to practice the specific skills they're working on. Perfect for a no-prep February math center, early finishers, morning w

Bring St. Patrick's Day fun into your classroom AND keep working on the math standards you have to teach! Each of these 10 color by code worksheets features a different skill, such as identifying equivalent fractions, comparing fractions and decimals to benchmark numbers, and adding and subtracting fractions with like or unlike denominators. Choose different pages for your students to practice the specific skills they're working on. Perfect for a no-prep March math center, early finishers, morn

Bring spring fun into your classroom AND keep working on the math standards you have to teach! Each of these 10 color by code worksheets features a different skill, such as identifying equivalent fractions, comparing fractions and decimals to benchmark numbers, and adding and subtracting fractions with like or unlike denominators. Choose different pages for your students to practice the specific skills they're working on. Perfect for a no-prep spring math center, early finishers, morning work,

Bring holiday fun into your classroom AND keep working on the math standards you have to teach! Each of these 10 color by code worksheets features a different skill, such as identifying equivalent fractions, comparing fractions and decimals to benchmark numbers, and adding and subtracting fractions with like or unlike denominators. Choose different pages for your students to practice the specific skills they're working on. Correlated to 4th and 5th Grade CCSS, TEKS, and VA SOL standards. Perfec

Bring halloween fun into your classroom AND keep working on the math standards you have to teach! Each of these 10 color by code worksheets features a different skill, such as identifying equivalent fractions, comparing fractions and decimals to benchmark numbers, and adding and subtracting fractions with like or unlike denominators. Choose different pages for your students to practice the specific skills they're working on. Perfect for a no-prep October math center, early finishers, morning wo

Bring fall fun into your classroom AND keep working on the math standards you have to teach! Each of these 10 color by code worksheets features a different skill, such as identifying equivalent fractions, comparing fractions and decimals to benchmark numbers, and adding and subtracting fractions with like or unlike denominators. Choose different pages for your students to practice the specific skills they're working on. Perfect for a no-prep November math center, early finishers, morning work,

Practice plural nouns, parts of speech, plural possessives, synonyms and antonyms, prefixes and suffixes, and Greek and Latin roots with 6 Easter color by code worksheets. Each skill also includes an extra practice worksheet. Recommended for morning work or literacy centers in upper elementary grades. Because these pages cover a wide range of vocabulary and grammar skills, some pages may be too easy or too difficult for some students in your class. Choose the pages that best match individual stu

In this Halloween math activity with 6 hands-on measuring pumpkins centers, students will estimate, compare, and convert standard and metric measurements for length, volume, mass and weight. Students will make qualitative observations about pumpkins and count the number of seeds inside an average pumpkin. An optional density station is included to explain why pumpkins float. A poster for each station is designed to help students visualize and estimate before measuring. Recording worksheet with s

Create mixed student groups of any size - from partners to half the class - using these bright picture cards. Give each student a card, and use the included key to call out the icon set that corresponds to the group size you’d like to create. Students then find everyone who has identical symbols on their cards. You can laminate these cards to use all year long! A fun beginning of the year getting to know you activity is included to practice using these cards. A full, free preview is available ab

This week-long STEM challenge integrates science and music lessons about sound, pitch, volume, and vibration. Students investigate properties of sound, use the engineering design process to build pitched and non-pitched musical instruments, and write, notate, and perform a short musical composition to demonstrate their understanding of pitch, volume, and vibration. A differentiated reading passage and quiz about the use of gourds as a material in traditional musical instruments will set the

Have fun finding Pi by measuring the circumference and diameter of circles of all sizes! Students will calculate the ratio of the length of a circle’s diameter to its circumference. They’ll discover that the circumference is always a little more than three times as long as the diameter. This full lesson plan and teacher script will help you lead an inquiry based investigation and class discussion. It’s perfect for an introduction to these geometry concepts, or for a fun Pi Day activity. A full,

This collection is the perfect starter kit for your new makerspace or STEM lab! Or, take your STEAM or STEM program to the next level with this bundle of classroom resources, designed for upper elementary and middle grades. This bundle includes:★A rubric for the engineering design process that you can use for professional development or with students to cultivate a growth mindset ★A STEM/STEAM student portfolios kit to collect evidence and data over time ★A STEM challenge design brief template

Bring coloring fun into your classroom AND keep working on the math standards you have to teach! Each of these 10 color by code worksheets features a different skill, such as identifying equivalent fractions, comparing fractions and decimals to benchmark numbers, and adding and subtracting fractions with like or unlike denominators. Choose different pages for your students to practice the specific skills they're working on. Perfect for a no-prep anytime math center, early finishers, morning wor

Students will construct a 12-sided paper pumpkin and “carve” a Jack-o-lantern using the included craft patterns and glyph key. Choose one of the four included worksheets, aligned to 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade standards, to reinforce math concepts related to gathering and graphing data, subdividing polygons, or calculating area of non-rectangular polygons. All worksheets include a review of the geometry vocabulary words face, edge, vertex, and pentagon. This fall craftivity involves prec

Use these expectations for engineers, self-evaluations, and rubric to foster growth mindset conversations and to track student progress over time with any STEAM challenges- no formal grading required.   These materials were developed to give teachers and students specific language and criteria relating to each step of the engineering design process. They can be used for professional development, guiding the planning of STEM curriculum, or setting expectations and encouraging reflection

If you want to customize STEAM or engineering projects so that they are a perfect fit for your students and curriculum, you need this editable design brief template with student STEM journal pages to effortlessly create a unique printable work packet for each STEM challenge you plan. Start with any idea for a STEM or STEAM activity that will require students to use the engineering design process. Edit the design brief page in Google Slides to describe relevant background information, the chall

Students will read about the design of prairie schooners and engineer covered wagons that can traverse a model of landforms representing the overland trails used by pioneers. This mini-unit integrates STEM skills with geography and history content, along with reading, writing, and oral communication standards. Several options for sharing student work via oral presentations and writing assignments are included. These 8 sessions are designed to follow or supplement classroom instruction on US geog

Practice plural nouns, parts of speech, plural possessives, synonyms and antonyms, prefixes and suffixes, and Greek and Latin roots with 6 Thanksgiving color by code worksheets. Each skill also includes an extra practice worksheet. Recommended for morning work or literacy centers in upper elementary grades. Because these pages cover a wide range of vocabulary and grammar skills, some pages may be too easy or too difficult for some students in your class. Choose the pages that best match individu

Use this Google Slides™ interactive notebook to document each step of the engineering design process during any STEAM or STEM challenge. Choose from over 100 slides to customize an online STEM journal that integrates technology into every challenge. Detailed instructions support digital literacy by prompting students to use text, shape drawings, images, videos, and links to enhance the content they include on each page. Several design and content variations are included for each step of the engi

Decorate your makerspace with these STEAM (or STEM!) alphabet wall cards. Geared towards upper elementary and middle school grades, these alphabet wall cards include vocabulary from science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math. Over 90 words are included in this set, so you can mix and match posters to customize your alphabet line to match your curriculum. Three printing options are also included: color circles, black circles, and low ink outlines. The black and low ink options look fant