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Lesson Plans - 1st Grade

World-Water Hero

Students will discuss why clean water is important. Students will evaluate the “powers” needed to improve water quality around the world.

Splish Splash Water’s Journey to My Glass

What path did this water follow in order to become our drinking water? This lesson will explore the hydrologic cycle and water’s journey to our glass.

Best of the Icebreakers

Maybe you’ll find the perfect idea here for your first day of school. If not, be sure to check out more than 100 additional ideas that have been submitted over the years to our Icebreaker Activities Archive.

Icebreakers: Volume 12

Teachers were sharing favorite activities they do with their students during the first days of a new school year.

Icebreakers: Volume 11

The birthday-lineup activity is a great icebreaker — one worth trying if you have never done it before. So, this year, in addition to the tried-and-true icebreakers you repeat every year, why don’t you try that one too? That one, or one of the ten more icebreaker activities that follow…