Conducting a Genre Study for Grades 1-2: Information for Educators
When conducting a genre study with young students, you must first concentrate on the basics. In this article, you will learn more about incorporating …
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Easy Comprehension Building Activities for First Grade Students: Boost your Student's Reading Skills
Help your students become stronger readers and thinkers with these comprehension building activities. First grade students will benefit from these …
Continue ReadingReading Punctuation Marks: Mini Lesson for Primary Grades on Reading with Expression
Teaching young children how to read with fluency and expression can be a challenge. This mini lesson uses children’s literature to help students …
Continue ReadingFun Activities to Teach Pronouns: First Grade Style
You are about to teach pronouns to your first graders, and you cannot seem to come up with new and fun activities for them! Well, don’t fret. …
Continue ReadingA Busybody Nora Literature Unit for the Classroom
Nora is a little girl who lives in a huge apartment building, and through her efforts she helps build community spirit. Students will examine …
Continue ReadingFirst Grade Lesson Plan on Insects: Buggy Fun!
Keep everyone a little buggy with this insect lesson plan for first grade that includes a little science, a little art, a little writing, and a lot of …
Continue ReadingA Phonics Lesson Plan on the Short 'O' Sound: For Early Elementary Students
Help students practice sounds and have fun with new story characters with this lesson plan on the short ‘o’ sound.
Continue ReadingLesson Plan on "The Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners": For Grades 1-2
Help your students recognize and practice good manners from the example of those beloved characters, the Berenstain Bears. This lesson plan includes …
Continue ReadingA Chair for My Mother Read-Aloud Activities and Lesson Ideas
Find an outline of ideas to use before, during and after a read-aloud with “A Chair for My Mother,” by Vera B. Williams, along with new …
Continue ReadingActivity to Teach First Grade Students Analogies: Tips for Building Thinking Skills
Teacher:Student :: Instructor:Learner. This is an analogy! Are you ready to learn tips to include analogies in your daily lessons for young students? …
Continue ReadingAntonym Activities for the First Grade: For Opposite Day or Anytime
Youngsters already know what opposites are but do they know what antonyms are? Through playing a game and listening to two interactive books, first …
Continue ReadingSkip-Counting Math Lessons That Make Learning Fun!
Skip-counting is fun and entertaining if you tell a story as you count! Try counting pairs of friends in the park, freckle clusters on a face or even …
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