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First Grade Mathematics Quiz
For this math quiz activity, student complete multiple choice problems about money, shapes, patterns, and more. Students complete 15 problems total.
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The Length of my Foot
Students review the concept of measuring length. In groups, they travel to various centers throughout the classroom. They experiment with using different objects to measure the length of items given to them by their teacher. They are...
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Roll Over! (There Were Ten In The Bed)
Students practice math, language, and music skills. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students learn the song "Roll Over!" practicing repeating word patterns and subtraction skills. Students improvise in the song by adding various...
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Count Around
Students explore counting. In this numeration math lesson, students read a question that poses a "counting" question, count the identified classroom objects, and write their answer on a sticky note. Students place their note under the...
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Early Childhood Nutrition
Students complete activities that focus on food and nutrition. In this food lesson plan, students sort foods into healthy and not healthy, categorize them into ground and tree sorts, draw their favorite foods, make abc books of food, and...
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How Do You Feel Today?
Students create a graph, then listen to Dr. Seuss' book, My Many Colored Days. After the story, they do a similar graph and then compare the two graphs.
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Piggies
First graders listen to the book, Piggies, and act out the events of the story with premade puffball pigs.
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Penny Jar
Students collect pennies to donate to charity and calculate the number of pennies. In this penny counting lesson, students group pennies in tens and count how many dollars and cents they have. Students read a book about money. Students...
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Ride on a Slide
Students investigate gravity and engineering by participating in a slide building experiment. In this early physics lesson, students utilize cardboard boxes to create a model of a children's slide. Students analyze the other students...
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My Owl Babies Miss Momma
Students investigate the relationship between children and parents by reading a book about owls. In this story analysis lesson plan, students read the book Owl Babies and participate in a role play based on one of the characters....
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Publishing With Photos!
Students create books with photographs as illustrations. In this book making lesson, students create books for different subjects to accompany what they are learning. They take photographs to match what they have written.
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Shopping Smarter
Students read a book about money and smart shopping to learn about debt, advertising, and the use of credit cards. In this consumer math lesson, students read the book The Kids' Money Book and discuss economic concepts. Students complete...
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Mathematics: Building Fractions Game
Third graders improve their fractions skills by playing a game using dice and pattern blocks. Additional resources include several books dealing with fractions, such as "Eating Fractions" and "Gator Pie." Another activity for students...
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Harriet's Halloween Sort
Young scholars listen to the book, Harriet's Halloween Candy, and discuss the many ways Harriet sorted the candy from her trick-or-treat bag. They sort and classify individually wrapped candy.
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Lilly's Big Day
Students read the story Lilly's Big Day and do language arts and math activities based on the book. For this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include matching activities, number...
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Estimating Prices
Students practice making reasonable estimates. In this consumer math, students round purchase prices of items to estimate the total cost. Students practice using metal computations to arrive at estimates.
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Paper Bag Skits
Learners discover math measurements by creating a skit with classmates. In this geometry lesson, students utilize objects in a paper bag and index cards to create a short skit focusing on debate over the size of the objects. Learners...
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Representing and Extending Patterns
Learners explore repeating and growing patterns. In this patterns lesson, students describe patterns, explore changing patterns and match patterns. Learners participate in online activities and read books that show patterns in nature and...
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Savings and Budget
Second graders investigate the concept of developing a budget. In this financial awareness lesson, 2nd graders read the book The Case of the Shrunken Allowance and brainstorm ways they can save and budget money. Students create their own...
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Clifford Learns About the Four Seasons and So Do We!
Students explore the seasons and months of the year through literature, math, art and movement. They identify the month of their birthday and in which season it comes. Students name the four seasons and they memorize a poem to recite the...
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Activity Plan 4-5: I'm Graphing to Know You!
Students create graphs about themselves to learn more about one another. For this early childhood math lesson, students record information about one another as they make picture graphs.
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Ten Pennies
Students play logic and strategy games with pennies. In this pennies worksheet, students play one game called 'From counting to arithmetic', and one called 'Counting and mental math'.
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First Day of Class
Students create birthday bar graphs, read books, make math windows, and more for the first day of math class. In this first day of class lesson plan, students also create pyramids.
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Get Ready, Get Set, Squeeze!
Students explore coin value and count coin combinations. In this money counting and social studies lesson, students read The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Lanczak Williams and practice counting money and making change for a lemonade...