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First Grade Holidays Theme/Thematic Unit (4 products)
Grade Level: 1st Grade - 3rd Grade
A fun, meaningful approach to holiday 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:
Pages: 96
Grade Level: Preschool - 1st Grade
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.
Grade Level: 1st Grade - 3rd Grade
This book's 80 exciting pages are filled with a wide variety of lesson ideas and activities designed for use with primary children. At its core are three high-quality children's literature selections, Night Tree, The Wild Christmas Reindeer, and The Polar Express. For each of these 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, geography, art, music, movement, and life skills. Many of these activities encourage cooperative learning. Suggestions and patterns for games and ideas for the bulletin boards are additional time savers for the busy teacher. Furthermore, directions for making a class pillow, wall hanging, or quilt allow the students to produce products that can be shared beyond the classroom. All of these activities combine to make this book a very complete teacher resource. This book includes:
Pages: 80
Grade Level: 1st - 3rd
Grade
This book's 80 exciting pages are filled with a wide variety of lesson ideas and activities designed for use with primary children. At its core are two high-quality children's literature selections, The Valentine Bears and One Zillion Valentines, and an original, reproducible book, My Heart Book. For each of these 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 (including daily writing suggestions), math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills. Many of these activities encourage cooperative learning. Furthermore, directions for student-created Big Books and culminating activities, which allow students to synthesize their knowledge in order to produce products that can be shared beyond the classroom, highlight this very complete teacher resource. This book includes:
Pages: 80 Back to the First Grade Themes Index
First Grade Five Senses Theme / Thematic Unit
Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
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:
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First Grade Friendship Theme / Thematic Unit
Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
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: Friends and Best Friends. 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 (including daily writing suggestions), 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:
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First Grade Early Childhood Themes / Activities Grade Level: Preschool - 1st Grade
Monthly themes-each with mini-books, calendars, recipes, and activity pages-get kids excited about school while building skills in coloring, alphabet and numbers, reading, mazes, and more! This book was designed specifically for early childhood students. It is divided into twelve months, each month containing themes and activities. The themes are an excellent way to discuss topics such as holidays, families, animals, friends, and seasons. Each month contains a wide variety of activities that allow students to learn a variety of skills and academic basics. The alphabet, colors, numbers, writing, reading, and math activities presented develop skills that, if practiced, will give students an edge as they continue their schooling. Each month offers the following:
The following are the themes for each month:
This book is filled with entertaining and lively activities that will excite children and encourage them to want to learn. Given a safe, stimulating, colorful environment, students will thrive and learn to love coming to school. Pages: 304 Back to the First Grade Themes Index
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