What Can We Do in the Snow?

Celebrate the arrival of winter with a reading of Jack Ezra Keats' book The Snowy Day. Engaging children by asking them about their own experiences in the snow, the teacher goes on to read the story aloud before asking the class to draw...

Inspire scholars to do their part for planet Earth with a read-aloud of Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, and variety of activities designed to boost the environmental activist in us all. Activities include writing poems about the Earth, sorting...

Words that end with -in are the focus on this worksheet. Learners read a short poem that includes quite a few -in words to identify and practice and then answer three reading comprehension questions.

Explore the concepts of community and point of view with these activities complementing the children's book Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne. Following a class reading of the story, ask students to either draw a map of the...

What would you do if you saw a rat? A short reading passage explains what John and Rick do when they see a rat, as well as what they do when it tries to escape.

I can read and understand fiction and nonfiction texts! Here is a great checklist that highlights 19 first grade Common Core reading standards. The resource is three pages long. Pages one and two focus on comprehension for fiction and...

Students create an illustration of what they would wear in the snow after listening to the book "The Jacket I Wear in the Snow." They answer discussion questions, view drawings on the teacher's Paint website, and draw a picture using...

Students complete pre reading, writing, post reading activities for the book Footprints in the Snow. In this guided reading lesson plan, students complete writing, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and...

In this verb identification worksheet, students match the eighteen pictures that illustrate the action verb. Students complete eighteen fill-in sentences using action verbs.

Teaching young learners about point of view is a walk in the park with this two day lesson plan. Through class readings of the the children's books Seven Blind Mice and Voices in the Park, young readers learn to differentiate between the...