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Telling Time Lesson Plan
Judy Clocks are a great invention. Here, learners review telling time to hour and half hour on Judy clocks, begin telling time to quarter hour, use clock stamps to practice, and play computer games using Trudy's Time and Place House...
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Book Title: Great Estimations
Explore estimation with your math class. They will estimate how many Cheerios are in a box. Then count and group 50 Cheerios on a twist tie and attach groups to represent hundreds. They then discuss and practice skip counting and revise...
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Games on Echolocation
Get a little batty with life science! This fun simulation game replicates how bats use echolocation to hunt moths in their native Hawaiian habitat. After creating blind folds and discussing some basic principles of echolocation, students...
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Things in a Line
Little learners recognize symbols, objects and how to depict numbers. For this matching lesson, they can match the number names with a set of items, model ordinal numbers, and complete a cute, cartoon-character worksheet.
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One
First graders listen to the story One and design a favorite color graph. In this language arts lesson, learners answer comprehension questions and discover the importance of standing up for a friend. They complete a worksheet about...
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Halves And Fourths
Young learners start out by going to the board to draw lines through shapes to identify halves. Then they are given a square of paper and are directed to fold the paper into halves and then into fourths. They color the halves and fourths...
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Even and Odd Numbers Closure Activity
Students practice the concept of mathematical closure as it relates to even and odd numbers. In this math lesson, students perform 4 different tasks to understand the number closure concept. Students identify, explain, predict,...
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Value Of Money
Students read the book "Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday," along with their teacher and take away coins as they follow along with the story. In this money and counting lesson, students get meaningful practice in the art of...
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Subtracting from Ten: Using Math with Music
Young scholars explore basic math functions by singing with their classmates. In this addition and subtraction lesson, students sing the song "5 Green and Speckled Frogs"and complete a list of subtraction problems. Young scholars...
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Book Title: One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab
Students read a story and write math problems. In this reading and math comprehension instructional activity, students preview and read the book "One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab". Students predict ways to get a sum of 11, write math...
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Introduction to Hours & Minutes
First graders identify, interpret, and gain proficiency in using a clock to tell time to the hour and determine how many minutes are in an hour. They identify and list what they do as they travel through their dayand how much time you...
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Ho'opiha - Growing in Knowledge: Terrarium Project
Students explore environmental protection by conducting a research experiment in class. In this botany lesson, students identify the necessities for growing a plant indoors and create a small terrarium for their plant. Students observe...
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Using M&M's to Teach Bar Graphs
Motivate your class with this lesson plan. While not fully fleshed out, this activity is meant to be used as an introduction to the use of bar graphs. Learners sort M&M's and create bar graphs to display their information.
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Forestry and Changing Feelings
Students investigate how the forest affects their daily lives by creating a concept map. In this ecological lesson, students create a concept map linking the forest to the many things they use each day. Students take a field trip in...
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Math with M&M's
First graders create number sentences. In this math lesson, 1st graders use M&M's to make number sentences. Students create charts using the color of the M&M's as data.
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Adding Two-Digit Numbers Using Dimes and Pennies
First graders examine regrouping when adding, by using dimes and pennies to borrow. In this addition lesson, 1st graders work together as a whole group, working together with the teacher.
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Veggie Chop and Data Analysis
First graders chop vegetables into fractions. In this fractions instructional activity, 1st graders cut vegetables, collect data about favorite vegetables and create a bar graph using the information. Students make inferences about the...
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Principles Of Flight: Wings That Spin
Students discover how flight is possible. In this physics lesson, students investigate the properties of a blimp and gyro-copter, comparing rotating wings and fixed wings of aircraft. Students create their own model aircraft and...
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Gummy Bear Picture Graph
First graders investigate picture graphs. In this graphing lesson, 1st graders create a picture graph with the x-axis being number and the y-axis being color. Students sort their gummy bears by color and use pictures of colored bears...
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Pumpkins!
Students discuss emotion, draw pumpkin faces and write about the way their pumpkin is feeling. For this emotions lesson, students make pumpkin faces and match pumpkin seeds to a card with seeds.
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Smart- Counting Coins
Students discover the name and value of coins. In this counting money lesson plan, students identify heads and tails of coins and the value of each coin. Students visit websites and play games. Students then write a poem about money.
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Congruent Shapes
In this geometry instructional activity, learners trace the capital letter "T" in different directions to learn how a shape is congruent. Students trace this letter on a sheet of paper, then turn, flip it, and trace it in...
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Introduction to Time
Young scholars explore the concept of time. Through discussion and artistic projects, they define time in their own words and tell how it is used to represent the seasons. Students draw a picture to portray time as it elapses during...
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Calendar Skills
First graders use an October calendar to trace numbers, trace letters, and identify dates as being in the past, present, and future. In this Social Studies lesson plan, 1st graders label events on the calendar in order to gain deeper...