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…
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Fall Lesson Plans: Leaf Man
One of our favorite activities this fall in our first grade lesson plans involved the book Leaf Man. Not only did it encompass English-Language Arts (ELA) by being a great read-aloud book, but it also was a great lead-in book for both science and art lessons. We spent two days learning about why leaves change…
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First Grade Spelling Practice & Sight Words by Week
For first grade, we opted to do the “Virtual Public School” through our elementary school. To help other parents who are doing first grade homeschool and looking to follow something similar to what first graders are learning in public school, I will update this list weekly. The words are designed to be used with a…
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First Grade Center Ideas for Homeschool
One of the things my daughter has missed most since we started doing virtual school is hands-on centers. She loved them in pre-K and in first grade. In virtual public school, hands-on centers have been replaced with online games and learning activities. But first graders need hands-on things too, and her teacher has told me…
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