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First Grade The Best of the Mailbox Magazine Series of Teaching Books

The Best of the Mailbox series of books are compilations of The Mailbox magazine's best teacher-tested ideas.


Back to School
Learning Centers
Arts and Crafts
Math
Science
Language Arts
Social Studies

Cross-Curricular (variety of subjects)

See also:
The Mailbox Magazine
First Grade Homepage

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First Grade Back to School Best of The Mailbox

back to school activities kindergarten / first gradeThe Best of the Mailbox Back to School

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $12.95
Product #: 2001497
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This school year, like every year, you want to get your class off to a strong start. Meeting your new students, decorating and organizing your classroom, greeting parents at open house, finding the perfect first-day activities, and many other important tasks are on your mind. How can you do it all and do it well?

This resource can help. It's packed with favorite ideas featured in The Mailbox magazine from 1998 - 2002, so you know it's good. Plus you'll find patterns and reproducibles to make school year preparations even easier.

With this all-in-one collection in hand, back to school will be better than ever. Get off to a great start this year! Whether you're an experienced teacher beginning another exciting year or a new teacher about to meet your first class this book will be your ultimate resource for back to school planning.

Inside the pages of this book you'll find:

  • tips for planning, organizing, and setting up your classroom
  • back to school activities
  • ideas for parent communication
  • reproducibles and patterns
  • clip art

Table of Contents:

  • Before School Starts
  • Classroom Displays
  • Organizational Tips
  • Classroom Management
  • A Royal Welcome
  • Hanging Out in School
  • Getting Acquainted
  • Birthday Celebrations
  • Parent Communication
  • Open House
  • Art Activities
  • Songs and Such
  • Clip Art and Student Reproducibles

Pages: 96


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First Grade Learning Centers Best of The Mailbox

first grade, second grade, third grade learning centers teaching suppliesBest of The Mailbox Learning Centers

Grade Level: First Grade - Third Grade
Price: $14.95
Product #: 2001455
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This resource is designed to provide an extensive collection of skill specific, teacher-created, easy-to-make learning centers for today's busy teacher. The learning centers include illustrations, complete instructions, and corresponding reproducible patterns.

Choose from a multitude of motivating formats and themes. Use them to:

  • Reinforce basic skills
  • Provide individual student practice
  • Motivate hands-on learning
  • Adapt favorite games to new skills
  • Supplement learning on themes

Pages: 112


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First Grade Science Best of The Mailbox

First grade - third grade science teaching resourceBest of the Mailbox Science (Grades 1-3)

Grade Level: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Grade
Price: $17.95
Product #: 2001494
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Help your students explore and understand important science concepts with the fun activities in this teacher resource book. The hands-on activities are easy to set up, and the ready-to-use reproducibles save you time.

The activities in this teaching resource will make science fun for students and strengthen essential skills . Inside you'll find the following:

  • Science-based thematic units with across-the-curriculum activities
  • Background information
  • Helpful ideas for science centers
  • Experiments
  • Independent and small group activities
  • Critical-thinking activities
  • Literature links
  • Student reproducibles
  • Patterns

Units in this teaching resource book cover the life, earth, and physical science topics that you need, including:

  • Life Science
  • Germs
  • Monarch Butterfly
  • Animal Homes
  • Spiders
  • Owls
  • Bears
  • Animals in Winter
  • Reptiles
  • Dandelions
  • Seeds
  • Life Cycles
  • Pond Life
  • Ocean Life
  • Ants
  • Bones
  • Dental Health
  • Senses
  • Moon
  • Solar System
  • Clouds
  • Water Cycle
  • Rocks
  • Magnets
  • Matter
  • Sound
  • Light
  • Electricity
  • Simple Machines
  • Force

Pages: 160


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First Grade Math Best of The Mailbox

math teaching supplies for first grade - third gradeBest of The Mailbox - Math: Book 2

Grade Level: First Grade - Third Grade
Price: $17.95
Product #: 2001491
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Make math more fun and meaningful for your students with this resource. It has 160 pages of practical and innovative teaching ideas and reproducibles. Now you can have the best teacher-tested math units in one easy-to-use resource.

You'll find helpful ideas for math centers, manipulatives and games, class projects, reproducibles, patterns, and more. Have fun reinforcing key skills with the creative ideas from this resource!

Includes math units for the following:

  • Number and Operations
  • Algebra
  • Geometry
  • Measurement
  • Data Analysis and Probability
  • Problem Solving
  • Multiple Skills
  • Learning Centers

Pages: 160


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First Grade Arts and Crafts Best of The Mailbox

arts and crafts teaching book for first grade thru third gradeBest of The Mailbox Arts and Crafts

Grade Level: First Grade - Third Grade
Price: $16.95
Product #: 2001466
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Get a fresh supply of fun and educational arts and crafts activities with this collection of ideas! Season by season you'll find easy-to-do, timesaving projects sure to capture your students' interest and unleash their imaginations.

Here is a sample of some of the many projects you'll find in this resource:

  • Pretty Patchwork Apples
  • Paper Bag Haunts
  • Fashionable Fowl
  • Snowflakes from Spaghetti
  • Frozen Paint on a Stick
  • One-of-a-Kind Valentine Holders
  • Cotton Ball Blossoms
  • Funny Bunnies
  • Gifts Galore for Mom and Dad
  • Poetic Planter
  • Roly-Poly Owls
  • Plus Plenty of Patterns!

Pages: 112


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