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Lesson Plans - 1st Grade

Kissed Blarney Stone

Legend says that anyone who kisses the Blarney Stone of Ireland will be blessed with eloquence. Make your own kissed Blarney Stone to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!

Irish Celtic Cross

Celebrate your Irish heritage and St. Patrick’s Day by making this pretty Celtic Cross. Made from recycled materials, it can really be considered “green”!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. SEUSS!

Join us in celebrating the birthday of this special man who has made so many children smile with some fun activities, games and links!

Teaching Short-Vowel Discrimination Using Dr. Seuss Rhymes

Students will: Identify rhyming words in a story, Discriminate between short u and o sounds, Produce rhyming words when given a keyword in the word family, Blend onsets and rimes aloud to create words, Sort pictures based on their rimes.

Reading Everywhere with Dr. Seuss

Young readers celebrate all the places they can read by creating a classroom book modeled after Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham.