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Lesson Plans - 1st Grade

Seasoning the School Year

Grade school botanists and climatologists investigate seasonal changes, and create class books for the National Arbor Day Foundation.

Where is Japan? Basic Map Skills

The purpose of this integrated unit is for first graders to learn basic map skills and use these map skills to solve a problem.

Healthy Eating

Primary students investigate the age-old adage: You are what you eat. Students plan a healthy diet, create slideshow presentations to show how to make healthy food choices, learn about the food pyramid, interview classmates about food choices, and create a graph based on information gathered. Most importantly, students learn about how to make healthy food choices to live a long, healthy life.

Sky High Counting

This integrated unit actively involves kindergarten students in understanding the day sky, night sky, and movement of the sun across the sky as they learn to count to ten.

Patterns, Patterns Everywhere

The purpose of this unit is to involve students in the process of recognizing, extending, describing, classifying, and creating a variety of patterns.