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Problem Solving
First graders explore problems and solutions. In this math instructional activity, 1st graders brainstorm problems they have encountered and how they solved them. Then students watch a video about how professionals solve problems. After...
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"Let's Count Money"
Students participate in an interactive Internet activity that allows them to practice counting money. Students can work independently or cooperatively as they "drag and drop" coins using a mouse.
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Facts That Add to 6
In this addition learning exercise, students write addition sentences that equal 6. Students use the 5 spaces surrounding the number four in the center of the graphic organizer and create equations with ;6 as the sum.
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Narrow It Down
Students participate in a logic activity in which they identify items. For this logic activity, students work in groups as they play a questioning game that is similar to "Twenty Questions." They ask questions and rule out items in a...
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Fractions
In this fractions practice worksheet, learners examine 3 shapes with shaded areas, then record the fractions shaded in each.
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How to Make a Paper Snowflake
In this winter activity worksheet, students follow the 9 steps provided to make paper snowflakes. The finished art project may used for various classroom activities.
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File Card Bridges
Students make different variations of file card bridges and predict how much weight it will hold. In this file card bridges lesson plan, students put file cards between books in different ways and predict how many pennies it will hold.
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Orange
In this orange worksheet, students write, count, color, and sort different things that represent the color and the fruit of oranges. Students complete 4 problems.
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Making "Cents"
In this counting coins activity, learners use the table for coin values to solve the 4 money counting questions. Students enhance their coin counting skills.
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What Time is It?
Students explore time by completing worksheets. In this time-telling lesson, students utilize images of clocks and determine what time they read. Students answer more clock questions with a Smart Board and complete a clock worksheet with...
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Getting Better at Guessing
Students, in groups, examine a jar of coins to make both 'guesstimates' and estimates. They compare different estimations and complete a journal entry to summarize their findings.
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Groovy Grooping
First graders listen to the teacher read "The M&M's Addition Book." They estimate the number of gum balls in a bag. Students use unifix cubes to estimate the number of gum balls each student will receive. The indicated worksheet and...
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What Does It Take?
First graders study the attributes of circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. They sort shapes that are the same and those that are different into groups.
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For Sale!
Students review same type (denomination) coin sets, and build same type coin sets equaling fifty cents.
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Locating Places - Making a Map Grid
Students learn how to use a letter and number map grid. In this map grid lesson, students look at a landscape map and describe how to locate the airport. They compare the descriptions of different students to determine how they are the...
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Telling Time: Hours
Students participate in a discussion about the different types of timepieces and the energy sources necessary to run them. They observe the numbers on a clock and review the hands and what they mean and make individual clocks using a...
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Domino Practice
Learners are given organizing boards and play domino and cube games. These simple games provide fun and practice in categorizing, using dominos and unifix cubes.
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What Makes a Dog a Dog
First graders recall and verbally list the parts of a dog, or a chosen subject, based on observations using the senses. They discriminate between living and non-living subjects, and create artistic representations of the parts of a dog.
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Chart Trivia
Students practice addition and subtraction problems and answer questions using greater than and less than. They chart information to create a graph on the computer.
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Marble Game
Students practice counting groups of items of six or more. They create equivalent sets.
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Symmetrical Journals
Young scholars examine the concept of symmetry by studying the symmetry of symbols in a wall painting and creating journals with a symmetrical design. After a class review of symmetry and identifying the line of symmetry in several...
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2-D Shape Patten Placemats
Students identify and form a pattern out of 2-D shapes, then transfer this pattern into creating placemats.
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Our Hour
First graders keep track of time throughout the day by recording the time and what activity they are doing at that particular hour. They keep both analog and digital time.