Less Than/Greater Than Monsters

First graders investigate numerals and size by ranking different numbers based upon value. In this number sense lesson, 1st graders practice using the terms smaller, larger, less and more in order to organize numbers on a number line....

Students create a classroom calendar using digital pictures and construct a days of the week book. Students hold the numbers 1-31 and their picture is taken, then placed in a calendar to be used in the classroom. They also make a fan...

Students explore poverty by researching food security on Earth. In this world hunger instructional activity, students read assigned text that discusses the under privileged and their lack of proper food or money to purchase it. Students...

First graders examine the Saguaro cactus holds water by completing a simulation which shows how the circumference of the cactus changes in times of drought and times of rainfall. They complete a K-W-L chart about cacti before they...

First graders practice number recognition. In this number-line sequence lesson, 1st graders play a guessing game to determine if a number is smaller, less, larger or more than the hidden number.

Students read about nutrition by examining a fact sheet in class. In this world hunger lesson, students discuss the importance of nutrition to all living things and how the food chain works to properly feed all of earth's inhabitants....

First graders use Cuisenaire rods to study the mathematical symbols =, <, > for the relationships is equal to, is less than, and is greater than. They use the rods to show visual explanations of common number combinations.

First graders learn a song about frogs that counts backwards from a greater number to a smaller number. Students learn the song by repetition and then complete a math worksheet with addition and subtraction problems on it.

Young singers learn how to notate the rhythms and melodies of a familiar song using Kodaly hand signals and manipulatives. Individuals then create their own compositions and sing them using Kodaly notation.

Students sort Valentine candy and create a bar graph with it.