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Lesson Plans - 1st Grade

Making Connections

This telephone call really helps to renew the connection between old/new students with the teacher. I look forward to this every year and I know the students do also.

Tissue Paper Flowers

Hawaiian women wear flowers behind their ears. Which ear they wear it behind tells gentlemen if they are married or single. Unmarried women wear their flower behind their left ear. It’s sort of like a wedding band.

Making Postcards

This is a fun activity to get the kids thinking about what to expect in their upcoming summer months.

Paper Plate Flower Craft

This simple-to-make flower is made from a paper plate and a child’s handprint cutouts

Teach Your Students to Be “Sun Savvy!”

The summer sun offers teachers an important opportunity to talk about sun safety. Many Internet sites carry strong sun safety messages or offer teachers valuable lesson plans for teaching about the science of the sun.