Core Knowledge Foundation
Astronomy Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthologys
A read-aloud anthology focuses on astronomy. Each week for three weeks, first graders are introduced to and listen to a text, answer comprehension questions, then complete extensions that include a learning activity and skills practice....
Core Knowledge Foundation
Early World Civilizations Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology
Ancient world civilizations are the focus of a read-aloud anthology. First graders explore the early world of Mesopotamia, Babylon, the sphinx, and pyramids, get to know people of the Nile, Hatshepsut, and Tutankhamun, and examine world...
Core Knowledge Foundation
First Grade Skills Unit 5
Twenty-two lessons make up a unit that focuses on first-grade skills. Scholars examine spelling alternatives—their rules and patterns, practice tricky spelling and high-frequency words, explore plural nouns and sentences, read a...
Curated OER
“I Can” Common Core! 1st Grade Reading
I can read and understand fiction and nonfiction texts! Here is a great checklist that highlights 19 first grade Common Core reading standards. The resource is three pages long. Pages one and two focus on comprehension for fiction and...
Curated OER
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves Storia Teaching Guide
There was an old lady who swallowed some leaves? Little learners read a new version of the old swallow story with a fall twist as they try to answer the big question; Why is that lady swallowing all that weird stuff? The teacher's guide...
K20 LEARN
Going on a Paper Hunt: Nouns, Adjectives, Letter Writing and Science - Properties of Paper
A instructional activity introduces scholars to nouns and adjectives. After listening to a short story and practicing creating adjectives with a card sort, pupils go on a paper hunt to locate different types of paper, complete a chart...
Core Knowledge Foundation
Early American Civilizations Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology
Bridge subjects ancient history and English language arts together with a unit all about the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations. Eleven lessons begin with a read-aloud followed by a whole-class discussion in preparation for practice by...
Water
Global Water Supply Elementary School Curriculum
Water is the focus of an interdisciplinary unit that brings awareness to its daily use around the world and the importance of conservation. Worksheets challenge scholars to match words and definitions, trace, complete a maze, and solve a...
Macmillan Education
Happy 40th Birthday Brown Bear
What do you see? Wish a happy birthday to Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? The lesson includes six extension activities for the books and its companion stories, including a maze and animal...
Write Away!
Voices In the Park
Explore the impact a narrator's point of view has on a story with a reading of the children's book, Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne. Written in four different voices, the story is told and retold from different perspectives to...
Curriculum Corner
"I Can" Common Core! 1st Grade Reading
This series of printable I can statements breaks down first grade Common Core reading standards into child-friendly terms. A great resource for providing clear learning objectives for young readers.
Curated OER
Understanding Points of View
Develop an understanding of point of view in your young learners. Read narrative stories to your class and discuss who the storyteller is. Point out different points of view and discuss new vocabulary in order to introduce this concept....
Teachers.net
Point of View
Work with your class on point of view by reading "The Three Little Pigs." Learners demonstrate an understanding that the point of view is determined by the author and that different points of view exist. They then read a different short...
Curated OER
Oklahoma Stone Soup
Class members complete activities related to the story "Oklahoma Stone Soup." First, pupils read, discuss, and answer questions about the story. Next, to incorporate math into the lesson, learners make stone soup using a variety of...
McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Education: Grade 1: Treasures: Practice Book O [Pdf]
Help Grade 1s reinforce their understanding of the reading skills, vocabulary acquisition, phonemic awareness, and sight words with the exercises in this 275-page workbook. This workbook is designed to supplement the stories from Grade 1...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Deeper Reading Response a Template for Teachers
Contains plans for three lessons that teach students to express and perform responses to reading. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as...
Free Reading
Free Reading: Amplify Education, Inc.: Introduce Reading Connected Text
An exciting introduction to reading! The instructor writes a simple, one-line story on the board from literature, and the students learn to sound out the words.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Know and Learn: Look and Find the Shapes
A book about shapes in the world around us. Includes audio narration in 9 additional languages with text in English.
Read Works
Read Works: Passages:
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a fiction text about a little girl named Jen who got a surprise message from her grandma and answer questions about comprehension, main idea, and inferences. Links to a paired text and...
Utah Education Network
Uen: All About Me Story
This series of lessons engages students in autobiographical writing. Students will participate in pre-writing, drafting, and publishing stories about their lives.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading
The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...
Read Works
Read Works: Lesson: Author's Purpose: Cause and Effect Signal Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] With this lesson plan, students can learn how several authors can write about the same topic, but for different purposes.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Community: I Am a Scientist
This book shows some of the many different types of scientists. Includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Know and Learn: Where Do You See Letters?
A book about letters in the world around us. Includes audio narration in 7 additional languages with text in English.