Author: Tina Bell

Week 16: First Grade Lesson Plan

Lesson Topics MATH Go Math Addition Concepts – Chapter 6 Go Math Chapter 6 Supplemental Activities READING/ELA Who Works Here? Phonemic Awareness: Distinguish Long/Short Vowel Sounds Blend and Segment Phonemes Phonics: Long i (CVCe) and Digraphs wh,ch,tch Comprehension: Author’s Purpose Ask Questions Grammar: Special Titles Writing Trait: Conventions Sight Words: live, out, people, who, work Spelling Words: bike, dime, hide,

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First grade Christmas writing activitiesand read alouds

Christmas Writing Activities for First Grade

Inspiring young minds to love writing is especially fun during the winter holidays.  This is a collection of first grade writing lessons for the month of December.  Each lesson features a fun writing prompt and a matching read aloud story video.  The first week of the lessons also feature an English lesson video to accompany the Christmas writing activity. Topic:

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Christmas Around the World first grade lesson plans for homeschool.

Christmas Around the World

Are you looking for fun ways to teach your child Christmas Around the World this holiday season?  This is the lesson plan I have put together for our first grade homeschool to teach traditions of Christmas around the world.  Most of the ideas are free resources from across the internet and designed to incorporate the social studies common core curriculum

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Week 15: First Grade Lesson Plan

Lesson Topics MATH Go Math Addition Concepts – Chapter 6 Go Math Chapter 6 Supplemental Activities Counting Coins READING/ELA The Farmer in the Hat Phonemic Awareness: Distinguish Long/Short Vowel Sounds Blend and Segment Phonemes Segment and Count Phonemes Phonics: Long a (CVCe);c/s/ and g/j/ Grammar: Proper Nouns Writing Trait: Sentences Sight Words:  be, could, horse, old, paper Spelling Words: age,

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Week 14: First Grade Lesson Plan

Lesson Topics THANKSGIVING WEEK (2 Days Only) MATH Go Math Addition Concepts – Chapter 6 Go Math Chapter 6 Supplemental Activities Counting Coins & Dollars READING/ELA On Cherry Street or Thanksgiving Books SOCIAL STUDIES Thanksgiving Explain the significance of national holidays and the achievement of people associated with them Formulate questions that relate to a family member, family event, or

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Week 13: First Grade Lesson Plan

Lesson Topics MATH Go Math Addition Concepts – Chapter 6 Go Math Chapter 6 Supplemental Activities Counting Coins READING/ELA A Big Fish for Max Phonemic Awareness: Segment and Count Phonemes Blend and Segment Phonemes Phonics: Digraphs sh, th, and Vowel Sound in ball Comprehension: Main Idea Predict Grammar: Nouns Writing Trait: Word Choice Sight Words: other, know, use, which, their,

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Week 12: First Grade Lesson Plan

Lesson Topics MATH Go Math Addition & Subtraction Facts / Math Mountains READING/ELA Phonemic Awareness: Blend and Segment Phonemes Add Initial Phonemes Blend and Segment Syllables Phonics: Short e and Initial Blends Comprehension: Realism and Fantasy Story Structure Grammar: Telling Sentences Writing Trait: Organization/Paragraph Sight Words: other, know, use, which, their, were, your, write, been, down Spelling Words: bake, take,

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Week 11: First Grade Lesson Plan

Lesson Topics MATH Common Core Addition & Subtraction Relationships READING/ELA Adding Ending Phonemes /s/, /z/ Inflected Endings -s and -ing Comprehension: Main Idea Ask Questions Grammar: Introduce Word Order Sight Words: know, live, once, round, thank Spelling Words:  fit, fits, hit, hits, nap, naps, win, wins, her, too  SOCIAL STUDIES Holidays: Dia de los Muertos, Election Day SCIENCE Nature Walk

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Week 10: First Grade Lesson Plan

WEEK STANDARDS OVERVIEW MATH Common Core Subtraction Strategies Counting Coins READING/ELA Reading Street: The Big Blue Ox Topic: Short o, Consonant -s, -z (Plural s) Spelling Words: spots, flocks, socks, rocks, pops, buzz, fizz, zoo, zap, zip Sight Words: Know, After, Could, Every, Going (Practice Words – Sentences)  SOCIAL STUDIES Maps SCIENCE Glow in the Dark HEALTH/PE Start the Kindness

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Ideas for making an aquarium journal for your field trip to the aquarium.

Create an Aquarium Field Trip Journal

So we decided to take a field trip to an aquarium for a little “underwater” hands-on science. To help tie in other elements of our first grade curriculum, we created an Aquarium Journal. On the Road to the Field Trip The journal was designed to also give the kids something to do on the road trip to he aquarium.  The

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