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First graders view a video of The Ox-Cart Man and compare and contrast life in the present with the past. They make timelines of the farmer and his family through the four seasons. Each student writes a page about life in the "good old...

Practice informational reading skills and capitalization in one activity. First graders read a story about an Australian bird called a brolga, then capitalize all of the letters that need to be capitalized in a similar story below. Next,...

From a flag-raising ceremony to a poster contest, there are many ways for learners to pay respect on Veteran's Day. Class members participate in one or many activities to honor those who served our country. 

Read The Napping House and describe the visual characteristics of the illustrations.  In this perspective lesson, learners identify color elements.  They recognize that the text is repetitive and find patterns in the literature that will...

Students read "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Joffee Numeroff with their teacher, discuss the concept of cause and effect, and create their own story boards for a class story.

First graders follow directions to draw a house. They include the proper number of features that are explained on note cards as they role play being architects.

Create family trees while reading "Little House in the Big Woods." After examining Laura Ingalls Wilder's family tree, compare it to a real tree's roots and branches. Conclude with interviewing family members and decorating family...

Learners distinguish between wants and needs. In this basic needs lesson, students understand that some people do not have the basic necessities and that they can help them. Student suggestions to help are charted. Learners are...

Students study the various places that birds live, and visually represent and write about that concept, while beginning to view themselves as authors by writing a book.

Young scholars research number values by participating in a candy exercise. In this math function lesson, students utilize baking ingredients to create cookies and multiply how many M&M's will go into the batch if you want a certain...