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First Grade Holidays, Five Senses, Friendship and Early Childhood Themes, Thematic Units Teacher Resources, Teaching Supplies, Books and Educational Materials

Holidays
Five Senses
Friendship
Early Childhood Themes, Activities

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Plants
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My Body
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First Grade Holidays Theme/Thematic Unit (5 products)

holidays teaching suppliesHolidays Through the Year (Grades 1 - 3)

Grade Level: 1st Grade - 3rd Grade
Price: $12.95
Product #: 2000404
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A fun, meaningful approach to holiday celebrations

  • choose fresh, creative activities and timesaving reproducibles
  • integrate holiday fun into your curriculum
  • add new pizzazz to your classroom celebrations

Looking for holiday activities that will also enhance your curriculum? This handy resource book is packed with creative, cross-curricular activities and reproducibles just right for first through third graders.

You'll find background information for each holiday, literature connections, arts-and-crafts ideas, student-created books, games, recipes, learning center ideas, and much more.

From New Year's Day to Kwanzaa, you'll discover that these 23 cross-curricular units will help you make learning about the holidays fun and meaningful!

Units in this book include:

  • New Year's Day
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • Chinese New Year
  • Groundhog Day
  • Valentine's Day
  • Presidents' Day
  • St. Patrick's Day
  • Easter
  • Passover
  • Earth Day
  • May Day
  • Cinco de Mayo
  • Mother's Day and Father's Day
  • Independence Day
  • Grandparents Day
  • Johnny Appleseed's Birthday
  • Columbus Day
  • Halloween
  • Election Day
  • Thanksgiving
  • Hanukkah
  • Christmas
  • Kwanzaa

Pages: 96
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The Best of The Mailbox series of first grade teaching resource books
Our complete collection of First Grade Theme teacher resource books
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teaching materials - seasons & holidaysPuppet & Flannelboard Stories for Seasons & Holidays

Grade Level: Preschool - 1st Grade
Price: $12.99
Product #: 1003700
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Use finger plays, flannelboard stories, and puppets to hold young learners' attention while they learn basic concepts. Stories, directions, and patterns for the puppets and flannelboard pieces are provided along with many activities.

In this book children are introduced to many basic concepts through the exploration of a variety of literature selections. The flannelboard stories, rhymes, and finger plays are presented in four thematic units. Each unit is based on a season. The contents will assist the students with basic phonemic awareness and auditory discrimination and can be used to provide an introduction to phonics. The selected stories are favorites.

Simple, easy-to-make puppets and related activities accompany each presentation. Young learners are introduced to seasons and holidays by acting out different pieces of literature.

Pages: 96
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Puppet & Flannelboard Stories for Reading Readiness
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Our collection of first grade teacher resource books for the Seasons of the Year
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classroom materials - patternsBig & Easy Patterns: Holidays and Seasons

Grade Level: Preschool - 6th Grade
Price: $17.99
Product #: 1002602
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Lots of patterns are presented for each of the four seasons and their corresponding holidays, including St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Mother's Day and more. The book also includes teacher-tested ideas for using the patterns.

There are several ways to use the patterns in this book. They are big and easy to cut out, so they can be used by students for easy-to-prepare art projects. They can also be used for classroom decorations, story prompts, word banks, puppets, paper dolls, big books, and shape books.

Pages: 224
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Big and Easy Patterns: Themes
Our collection of first grade teacher resource books for the Seasons of the Year
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Our collection of Bulletin Board Borders
Our entire collection of Classroom Supplies
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First Grade Five Senses Theme / Thematic Unit (2 products)

 

Five Senses Theme Teaching Book Thematic UnitFive Senses Thematic Unit

Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $9.99
Product #: 1000270
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This reproducible teaching resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and cross-curricular activities. Also included are management ideas, creative suggestions for the classroom, and a bibliography.

At its core are two high-quality children's literature selections: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse and The Little Red Hen.

For each of these featured books, activities are included which set the stage for reading, encourage the enjoyment of the book, and extend the concepts gained. In addition, the theme is connected to the curriculum with activities in language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills.

Suggestions and patterns for bulletin boards and unit management tools are additional time savers for the busy teacher. Furthermore, directions for student-created Big Books and culminating activities, which allow students to synthesize their knowledge in order to create products that can be shared beyond the classroom, highlight this very complete teacher resource.

This thematic unit includes:

  • literature selections - summaries of children's books with related lessons (complete with reproducible pages) that cross the curriculum
  • poetry - suggested selections and lessons enabling students to write and publish their own works
  • planning guides - suggestions for sequencing lessons each day of the unit
  • language experience ideas - daily suggestions as well as activities across the curriculum, including Big Books
  • bulletin board ideas - suggestions and plans for student-created and/or interactive bulletin boards
  • homework suggestions - extending the unit to the child's home
  • curriculum connections - in language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills (such as cooking and physical education)
  • group projects - to foster cooperative learning
  • a culminating activity - which requires students to synthesize their learning to create a product or engage in an activity that can be shared with others
  • a bibliography - suggesting additional literature and nonfiction books on the theme

Pages: 80
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My Body
Friendship
Our entire collection of First Grade Themes / Thematic Units
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Bulletin Board Set Spanish / English Five Senses
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Five Senses (Spanish/English) Bulletin Board Set

Price: $6.99 + $1.75 (This item requires an additional handling/packaging fee)
Product #: 4001459
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This set includes 2 title signs in English and Spanish, 10 1/2" x 6" picture cards with Spanish translation cards, and a poem. Great for early childhood theme-based learning.

Click the "Sample Pages" link for a printable Spanish-English translation guide.
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Our full line of Bulletin Boards
Our full line of Bulletin Board Borders
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First Grade Early Childhood Themes / Activities (3 products)

Inclusive Classrooms for Special Needs / Early Childhood Teacher Resource BookThemes for Inclusive Classrooms: Lesson Plans for Every Learner

Grade Level: Preschool - First Grade
Price: $29.95
Product #: GH18003
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This is the perfect book for teachers who have typically developing young children ages 3-6, as well as children with special needs in their classrooms.

Each lesson plan features objectives, a materials list, a circle or group time activity, assessment strategies, accommodations/modifications, and curriculum connections. The curriculum connections expand the children's learning into many areas, such as social studies, art, literacy, science, and music. The modifications and accommodations make the lesson plans accessible for all children, including those with:

Autism Spectrum Disorder
Speech or language impairments
Hearing impairments
Visual Impairments
ADHD
Cognitive and/or developmental delays
Emotional disturbances
Orthopedic impairments

By using the lesson plans in this teaching resource book, teachers can meet the needs and interests of all the children in their classrooms with a balance of child-initiated and teacher-directed activities.

Themes included:

  • Transportation (Land, Water, and Air)
  • Pets
  • Animals (Farm, Forest, Ocean, Birds, Insects, Reptiles and Amphibians, Arachnids, Zoo)
  • Celebrating People (People We Meet, Living in America, Celebrations)
  • At Home and at School (Food, Clothes, Toys)
  • Literature,Rhythms, and Rhymes (Books, Nursery Rhymes, Music)

Reviews
"Teachers who have developing young children as well as special needs kids in their classes receive a powerful collection of lesson plans complete with materials lists, group activity objectives, assessment strategies, and modifications to make the lesson plans accessible for all children, including those with special needs.....Very highly recommended as a keystone acquisition for any early education library."

The Midwest Book Review, January 2009

Pages: 384
You may also like:
The Inclusive Early Childhood Classroom
Our entire collection of Special Needs teaching resource books
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classroom materials - patternsBig & Easy Patterns: Themes

Grade Level: Preschool - 5th Grade
Price: $16.99
Product #: 1002592
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Hundreds of patterns are grouped by curriculum area (language arts, social studies, math, and science) and accompanied by great teaching ideas.

There are several ways to use the patterns in this book. They are big and easy to cut out, so they can be used by students for easy-to-prepare art projects. They can also be used for classroom decorations, story prompts, word banks, puppets, paper dolls, big books, and shape books.

Pages: 224
You may also like:
Big and Easy Patterns: Holidays and Seasons
Our collection of First Grade Themes / Thematic Units
Our collection of Bulletin Boards / Classroom Displays
Our collection of Bulletin Board Borders
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