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Identifying and Describing Story Elements
First graders examine how to identify the different elements of a story and how they fit in a definite sequence. The use of comprehension skills is essential to retell the story as desired within the lesson.
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Boombox Classroom: American Folk Music
In this music learning exercise, students draw a picture of one of Chula's favorite things from a quotation. They answer three multiple choice questions about folk music.
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Dream Houses
Learners explore different types of homes and how the environment effects the types of houses people construct. In this houses lesson plan, students learn about environmental factors and cultural factors that play in to why people build...
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Slide into Achievement
Students take close-ups and people pictures, and to use lighting. They evaluate the quality of their slides as they sequenced them for the three shows.
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Five Fat Turkeys
Students make a tree trunk and branches using brown construction paper. They make thumbprint turkeys using a choice of ink color. Students make the eyes from wiggle eyes and of black ink. They make the beak out of any color foamie triangle.
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Match the Shades of Red
In this shades of red worksheet, students will draw a line or cut and paste to match shades of red. There are 7 shades of red.
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Red Bullseye
In this shades of red worksheet, students will color a blank bullseye to match the various shades of red on the "master copy" bullseye. Both the master copy and blank copy are provided.
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Match the Shades of Purple
In this shades of the color purple learning exercise, students will draw a line or cut and paste to match 7 different shades of purple.
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Match the Shades of Yellow
In this shades of the color yellow worksheet, students will draw a line or cut and paste to match seven different shades of yellow.
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Green Bullseye
In this color worksheet, students will color a blank bullseye to match different shades of green on the "master" copy. There are five shades of green.
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Witches Galore
In this artistic witch drawing worksheet, students view twelve pictures of witches, color all the pictures, cut them out and then play "play memory" with them.
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Firefighter Hat
In this coloring worksheet, students color a firefighters paper hat red, cut along the solid lines, and then fold the front shield along the dotted line.
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Animal Actions
First graders act out a story. For this animal actions lesson, 1st graders listen as a story is being read and performs movements to represent the animals described.
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The Quarter Fold
Little ones identify the US quarter and explore the concept of one-fourth or one-quarter. Using real coins or coin manipulatives, they divide a square piece of paper into quarters, discuss halves and quarters, and create a design that...
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Animals Galore
A well-designed lesson which covers the characteristics of the animals found in the six animal groups is here for your young biologists. In it, learners divide up into six groups; the amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds, fish, and...
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Investigating Brass Instruments and Pitch
Students observe the sounds of different brass instruments in order to understand how to create different pitches. In this musical instructional activity, students create a "brass" instrument from everyday household objects. The students...
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Nurturing Green Thumbs at School
Incorporating a school garden into the curriculum cultivates many benefits.
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Mexican Culture “La Raspa”
Here are three lessons that work together to engage learners in a cultural and musical exploration. In lesson plan one the listen to the Mexican folk song, "La Raspa" and discuss cultural context. In lesson plan two they dance along to...
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Old Lady That Swallowed a Fly
Youngsters listen to the story, "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." After discussing the story, going over new vocabulary, and repeating the rhymes in the story, they study the parts of a fly. They finish by creating a fly on...
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Knowing the Essential Elements of a Habitat
First graders compare their environment with that of Belize by researching via the internet on the sites provided. Students participate in various activities/centers utilizing the information they discovered.
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Technology that Makes Phonics Fun
Students discover the Internet by participating in on-line educational activities. For this educational technology lesson, students utilize interactive story books, podcasts, and games to help expand an understanding of phonics....
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Symmetrical Snowflakes
First graders, exploring lines of symmetry, follow directions to create a symmetrical snowflake from their own homemade icing. As a class, they discuss lines of symmetry and determine if specific shapes are symmetrical. After the lesson,...
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Essential Elements of Habitat
First graders compare their local area with the Belize landscape. They construct maps of the school area, adding descriptive information. They write haiku poems about their favorite outside places.
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A Dinosaur Scavenger Hunt
Students explain what a fossil is, learn six dinosaurs and tell one characteristic about each, then describe verbally what a dinosaur might have looked like.