Children’s belief systems define their success. Teaching growth mindset is a way to help them improve their self-esteem. Growth mindset is the opposite of a fixed mindset. A child with a fixed mindset believes they cannot change their character, creativity, or potential for success. By teaching growth mindset, children learn how to face challenges with…
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Teaching Fractions in First Grade
Are you ready to teach your first grader the concepts of what a fraction is, but you don’t know where to start? You’ve landed in the right spot. The resources linked here are great for teaching whole, halves, and quarters. I recommend teaching these concepts before teaching time. Once your first grader has mastered understanding…
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Teaching Coin Values & Counting Money to First Graders
Are you ready to teach your child about how to count coins, but you’re just not sure where to start? Below are some great resources for teaching coin counting to elementary students. The key to teaching children how to count coins and understand money value is repetition. Utilizing real coins when playing games or practicing…
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Solar System Lesson Ideas for First Grade
Are you looking for out of this world resources to teach your first grade student about what makes up the solar system? Ready to blast off into space as you study stars, planets, the sun, and moon? This page contains links to resources and activities we used in kindergarten and first grade to study astronomy…
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Week 19: First Grade Lesson Plan
Lesson Topics HEALTH Developing a Growth Mindset MATH Go Math “Compare Numbers” Chapter 7 READING/ELA The Big Circle Phonemic Awareness: Distinguish Long/Short Vowel Sounds Blend and Segment Phonemes Identify and Isolate Sounds Phonics: Long o (CVCe) Contractions n’t, ‘m, ‘ll Comprehension: Sequence Monitor and Fix-Up Grammar: Days, Months, Holidays Writing Trait: Organization/Paragraphs (Hamburger Writing) Sight…
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Week 18: First Grade Lesson Plan
Lesson Topics CHRISTMAS WEEK (3 Days) MATH Math Review (Games) READING/ELA Fluency Review (Games & Activities) SOCIAL STUDIES Christmas Around the World SCIENCE Baking Christmas Cookies ART/MUSIC Art: Christmas Crafts from Social Studies Lessons Music: Line Spacing/Notes/Recorder MONDAY Skills Review “Morning Work” Page Bible Study & Health More Than Words Journal Math Topic: Christmas Math…
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Teaching Place Value to 100 in First Grade
Learning Videos & Songs Lesson: Math Antics Place Value Lesson: Teaching Idea Using a Whiteboard Song: Number Rock: Place Value Song for Kids Song: Place Value Math Song Hands-On Activities Ones, Tens, Hundreds Exchange Game Donut Shop Place Value Activity Place Value Guided Practice Go Math Ch. 6 Count & Model Numbers Activities Paid Resource…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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