Chyrsanthemum GR for First Grade

First graders read a short story on cooking. Then they respond to questions based on interest and practice writing.

Helping, or auxiliary verbs can get a bit tricky. Provide the class with a practice opportunity, where they fill in 12 sentences with the helping verbs, is or are. The learning exercise is labeled with Common Core standards for first...

Pupils work collaboratively to create PowerPoint presentations on an author of their choice. This lesson plan is written for a first and third grade joint project with students pairing up across grade levels.

Students identify the first signs of Spring. They track birds and butterflies on their journey North.

Learners read the book Money Madness and are introduced to the concept of money and how money gets complicated.  In this money lesson, students play the bartering game and use a bartering system to acquire the items on a list. 

Students read the book Not A Box and create a mini book about shapes. . In this shapes activity, students draw a picture using  9 shapes and fill in the blank with the appropriate name of the shape.