Category: First Grade

Week 17: First Grade Lesson Plan

Lesson Topics MATH Go Math Addition Concepts – Chapter 7 READING/ELA Review Week  SOCIAL STUDIES Christmas Around the World SCIENCE Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs. Activity: Create a habitat for an animal by looking at its

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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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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 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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Punch A Cup Monster Math Flash Card Game for First Grade

Are you looking for a fun way to have your first grader practice addition and subtraction during Halloween Week?  What’s more fun than a punch-a-cup game filled with prizes? But there’s a catch … the only way to win a prize is to correctly solve a Monster Math addition or subtraction problem. Monster Math flash cards can be downloaded for

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Leaf Man Lesson Plans for Preschool, Kindergarten, First Grade, Fall Craft Ideas using leaves

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 colors in the fall and

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