Sorting Pumpkin Seeds

Students discuss emotion, draw pumpkin faces and write about the way their pumpkin is feeling. In this emotions lesson, students make pumpkin faces and match pumpkin seeds to a card with seeds.

Did you know that the lines on a pumpkin indicate the amount of seeds it will have? Class members learn many fun pumpkin facts when they read How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin, by Margaret McNamara. Follow the patterns set up in the book, have...

Students form a variety of categories for seed mixes (wild bird seed or 15 bean soup) and create graphs to display their categories.

First graders graph sets of objects. They practice problem solving through sorting and graphing activities.

First graders engage in an online tour of the White House and record their favorite features. In this math in the White House instructional activity, 1st graders tally results of the class voting, estimate numbers of attributes around...