English Language Arts — Grade 1

Walter the Baker

This lesson is divided into 2 parts. During the first part you will read and discuss Walter the Baker by Eric Carle. The second part of the lesson will be a personal response writing and a picture of what the student wants to be when he/she grows up.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

By Teresa Bennett.

A'Planting We Will Go

This lesson is based on the book, The Tiny Seed, by Eric Carle. This story will be used to introduce the children to the concept that seeds change and grow into plants when conditions in the environment including temperature, light, water and soil are appropriate. Children will learn that plants produce seeds that can become new plants. Through extended activities, the children will experience first-hand the germination of seeds. They will become familiar with the parts of a plant and learn how each part works to produce a healthy plant.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Social Studies, English Language Development, and Mathematics)

By Karol Schriber.

An American hero: Harriet Tubman

In this lesson, the school librarian and classroom teacher should work together to teach students about the life of Harriet Tubman in recognition of African-American History and Cultural Heritage Month.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer Technology Skills, Information Skills, and English Language Arts)

By Floanna Long.

The Farm Concert

This lesson teaches basic print awareness along with animal names and sounds through guided reading and the use of a graphic organizer.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts)

By Kelly Brandon.

First class butterflies

This is an integrated unit on raising and releasing Painted Lady butterflies. Students will learn that technology is very useful in obtaining and sharing information about butterflies via the internet.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Computer Technology Skills, Mathematics, and Science)

By Brenda Murray.

Gardens all around

Students learn to appreciate the plants and animals that make their homes in the gardens of North Carolina.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Science)

By Bambi Heavner.

Healthy foods = super kids

This lesson focuses on how the foods we eat affect our bodies in both beneficial and harmful ways. Students will learn that grains provide energy; vegetables are needed for healthy skin, hair and eyes; fruits help the body heal, milk builds strong bones and teeth; meat builds muscle and gives strength; and sweets, fats, and oils are high in calories and give few vitamins and minerals and do little to help our bodies grow.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Healthful Living Education, and English Language Development)

By Phyllis Bass and Rubetta Carr.

Is it living?

Students will identify living and nonliving things.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Science)

By Genita Powell.

Jack-o-Light

We use pumpkins to demonstrate that fire needs air to burn. This goes really well with Fire Safety Week and our pumpkin unit. Also, we 'guesstimate' how many pumpkin seeds are in the pumpkin. We roast them afterwards by following a recipe. You can also create a Kids Pix picture of pumpkins.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, Mathematics, and Science)

By Michele Tipton.

The Little Yellow Chicken

The students will be following an integrated unit on "Helping." They will use reading, math, social studies, science, technology, and other areas of study. Students will read, as a group, the book The Little Yellow Chicken by Joy Cowley. The students will be incorporating prediction, prior knowledge, comprehension skills, and language skills for the word family "-ook", the vowel sound "e", and the exclamation mark. The technology to be utilized by the students consists of use of the HyperStudio for math review, Math Software, Graph Club to create a graph of favorite party foods, Inspiration to guide and create graphic organizers for writing, and the Ultimate Writing Machine to create their own version of The Little Yellow Chicken. They will also incorporate color words to practice the Spanish Language.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, Mathematics, and )

By diane williams.

Marc Brown Author Study : Arthur's Nose

Using the book Arthur's Nose by Marc Brown students will respond to the story through art, music, and in written form.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Music Education, and Visual Arts Education)

By Kathy Palmore.

Multicultural cross grade level unit plan

This unit of study integrates reading, writing, math, and social studies. It is designed to help first and third grade students relate to other cultures of the world. They will understand and compare the similarities and differences of children, families, and communities in different times and places. They will analyze religious and other cultural traditions. They will apply basic geographic concepts.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Social Studies, Computer Technology Skills, and Mathematics)

By Shirley Young.

Odd & Even Exploration

This lesson will involve students in using manipulatives to explore even and odd numbers.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Mathematics)

By Alta Allen.

Oh, the Places I Will Go!

Students will listen to the story by Dr. Seuss Oh, the Places You'll Go! The students will brainstorm a list of places they would like to go. Places such as nouns and proper nouns will be separated during the listing process. The students will write a response to: "Oh, the places I will go! I will go____________." and illustrate their responses. Each student response will be collected for a class book entitled "Oh, the Places We Will Go!"

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)

By Karen Mercer.

Pets

Students will categorize their family pets and indicate a pet they would like to have. Students will then write sentences about their pets.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)

By Kathy Beck.

Snakes are cool

This lesson begins with a reading of Verdi by Janell Cannon. It integrates science with language arts as the students learn about snakes and write about their findings.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science)

By Marcia Reich.

Supermarket Sweep Day 1

Students will talk about choices that families make when purchasing groceries. Students will make a booklet of frequently purchased grocery items.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and English Language Development)

By Angela Hunt and Melody Holmes.

What's Happening Now?

This comprehension and writing lesson helps the student develop skills in predicting what will happen next and sequencing. It also develops the ability to answer what, where, when, and how questions. It can also include a writing activity that teaches writing in a newspaper format by answering the "W" questions and creating a class newspaper book.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)

By Nancy McGowan.

Lesson plans on the web

Aesop and Anase: Animal fables and trickster tales

Students become familiar with fables and trickster tales from different cultural traditions. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

An alternative to testing: Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster

Students build on the idea of a vocabulary parade presented in Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster in order to create vocabulary lists about a recent unit of study. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

Provider: IRA/NCTE