I have changed this to a 3rd grade activity. 3.2.4 Identify fossils and describe how they provide evidence about the plants and animals that lived long ago and the nature of their environment at that time.

Adaptions: you can adapt this lesson by having ELL and special need students explore in the dirt and sketch what they find in each layer and what layer they found it in making it into a "Dirt Journal" They will learn a lot just by exploring in the dirt and talking wtih friends about what they find. Extensions: You can extend this activity to older students by creating "dig sites" for each student to dig and identify the different layers. They can futher research types of rocks they find and identify what type of rock it is.

this lesson would be great for special needs students to give them visual aids used to help them relate and understand math in the real world

This activity could be extended to other grades in a variety of ways. For example, you could use it to teach place value for first grade using money, or teaching how to count change for kingergarten. Also, you could set up a class store and demonstrate positive and negative intergers pretending to "shop" for items in the classroom, this cold be a great 3rd grade activity. You could make a "grocery list" and give them a spending amount and demonstrate - or + integers!

You can adapt this lesson by using smaller numbers until the concept is grasped, then you can move to larger numbers

You could extend this activity to higher grades by using higher fractions, adding or subrtacting fractions, or for younder geades by using number cards instead of a deck of cards to help them identify numbers.

this a great lesson to help students visualize place value. You could pair ELL/special need students with advanced students.

So many ways you can extend this activity to other grades. You could extend it for Kindergarten and 1st grade by using manipulatives instead of a deck of cards to introduce place value. You would want to give the 1st and second graders a ganizer mat when using manipulatives. For higher grades you could have the students pair up and then have to make two sets of numbers and add them together to make the highes number, or subtract them to make the lowest number. You could also do this activity using decimals to intoroduce the place value of decimals.

you can adapt this lesson for ELL students by going over the symbols , =

you can extend this activity to KG or 1st grade by using single digit numbers 1-9 and then once they have mastered these you can use numbers 11-20. To extend this activity for older grades add additional steps by having them solve a multiplication or division problems and them comparing the answers or use fractions and compare greater than, larger than, or equivalent fractions.

You could adapt this lesson by providing base 10 pieces for students who need more visual aids, or adapt it for advanced students by having them point out even numbers or off numbers.

you could extend this activity to older students by starting with a higher number. Also, you could extend this activity to younger grades by reversing it and have the students start with number 1 and add up to 100 (use a smaller number depending on level)

you could do this with subtraction for advanced students or you could adapt it by giving them a sheet with problems already solved and they have to try to match their turns with all of the problems. (this would be good for memorizing)

You could adapt this for students wth special needs or ELL students by paiting them with at level students and giving them counters and ganizer mats to help them visualize addition.

You can extend this lesson to 3rd or 4th grade by chaning the rules. FOr 3rd grade they can multiple instead of add and for 4th grade you can have them adding or subtracing fractions or decimals.

So many things you could do with this activity. You could use base 10 pieces and teach place value, or you could adapt it to ELL students by also counting spanish along with english (you could use flash cards to do this)

you can adapt this lesson by using only the number cards 1-9 instead of a deck of cards and have them line up that many manuplitaves, for advanced children you could make the queen & kind "wild" cards.

you can extend this lesson for 1st or 2nd grade by paring them up into two. They lay the 5 out and one person is the "dealer" and the other person is the "guesser". The guesser gets to ask if the card is higher or lower than 5. After the dealer resonds the guesses must try to guess which number they think the dealer has. If they guess it correclty the dealer keeps the deck, and if they guess it incorrectly the dealer passes the deck on and they switch roles. This is a great activity to reviewing , or =.

you can adapt this activity in many ways. You could just have children build shapes with the pices or you could give them tangram mats to build specific shapes.

you can extend this lesson for 5th and 6th grade to help work on reasoning and logical thinking by setting up a 3 circle venn diagram and giving the students cards and the oponent has to guess the puzzle of which shapes belong in which circle based on their attributes.

you can adapt this lesson for different levels by chaniging the amount of salary depending on level....Ex: 1 cent starting with lower levels and $100 for students at higher levels.

you could extend this activity for KG or 1st grade by simplifying the worksheets and the senerios to an easier level. This would be a great way to introduce money and show real world representations.

You can adapt this lesson for ELL students by pairing with students at higher levels. Be sure you define and simplify vocabulary

There are many ways to extend this puzzle for lower or higher grades. You can change the sizes of the tubs, or even add more tubs. You can change the amount to be measured out.

adapt this for students with special needs by having them first do this with a real coffee cup and sugar cubes to understand the concept. Also, you can click on easier levels or harder levels depending on student need.

I love this game. There is really no need to come up with new ways to extend this activity, as the students pass each level they get a little more difficult! I think kids will LOVE this activity and not even realize they are learning! This will be good for working on introducing computer skills as well. Be sure to go over how to use the mouse for younger grades and ELL and special need students.

when doing this lesson make sure you explain vocabulary for ELL students, for example explain what blueprints are and what an architect is...etc.

you could differeniate this lesson by selecting easier patterns or difficult patterns depending on child's level.

I love this activity! YOu can extend this acvity by choosing different puzzles for the level the students are at. They range from easy-difficult. This would be a great activity to all grades kg-6th!

you could adapt this game by selecting easier levels for students who need differeniation, and higher levels for advanced students.

Great way to intorduce factors

you can use variation in this game by changing the multiples to an easier number or harder number depending of child's level.