Yummy Shapes

Young learners listen to a read aloud of Gail Gibbons book, Apples and the story A Red House With No Windows and No Doors. They compare characteristics of a number of kinds of apples, graph them and create a apple print picture. Learners...

Youngsters practice classifying skills. They will use different shaped snack crackers and sort them according to their shape and size. They get to eat the crackers when the activity is finished.

Students discuss apples and how they are grown. They listen as the teacher reads "Apples," by Gail Gibbons. Students discuss the story. They view several different types of apples and compare their characteristics. Students taste several...

Lucky Charms cereal, yummy! Well, first is an activity about counting and shapes in which your young mathematicians sort, count, and tally the shapes of Lucky Charms. They individually sort and tally small bags of the cereal and answer...

A clever lesson designed around an apple awaits your students. Descriptive words are used to explain what they believe is inside a bag while using their five senses. Students read the story The Apple Pie Tree and are introduced to the...

Students watch a video on comparisons and discuss ways in which objects can be sorted. They play an identification game with a lemon and discuss identification characteristics.

First graders use a chocolate theme to practice math and reading skills. For this cross curriculum lesson, 1st graders use chocolates as manipulative and measure objects using chocolates. Students use KWL charts and read about chocolate...