Mathematics — Grade 1

Supermarket sweep: Day 2

Students will participate in a supermarket game and follow a shopping list. Students will compare the quantity of items “purchased” and graph results. Students will also learn a song about shopping in a supermarket.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Development and Mathematics)

By Angela Hunt and Melody Holmes.

Soup's on!

This lesson integrates children's literature and math. The students will listen to "Stone Soup" by Marcia Brown and bring items from home to make "First Grade Soup." The children will use the items to create a graph and share information about their graphs.

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

By Vicki Rivenbark.

Measuring weight

In Design technology: Children's engineering, page 4.3

In this lesson, students will build an understanding in the difference between density and weight. They will measure objects with a triple beam balance and record their findings.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics and Science)

By Erin Denniston.

Math in the White House

This plan uses an online tour of the White House to reinforce the concept of tallying.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

By Bunnie R. Brewer, Missy Colborn, Kathy Hale, Kim Roberson, and Emily White.

Learning about rocks

In this lesson, students will be engaged in hands-on experiences while they explore rocks.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics and Science)

By Debbie Hansman.

Graphing with food

Students will use a variety of foods to make graphs. Each food should be used for a separate lesson for a total of ten lessons.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

By Bunnie R. Brewer.

Graphing the week's temperature

Students will collect data, create a graph, and analyze information about the temperatures for a week using Graph Club Software.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics and Science)

By Maureen King.

Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!

Using chocolate as a theme, students will become involved in reading, writing, math, word study/spelling and other developmentally appropriate (integrated) activities. The unit includes centers for the classroom along with whole group activities.

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

By Luwonna Oakes.

Body graphing

"Body Graphing" is an interactive graphing activity involving manipulatives to compare graphing results. With the use of ropes and unifix cubes students will learn to compare and contrast their body with classmates. The graphing activity can be extended to graph differences with height, hair and eye color, and other physical attributes.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

By patsy morgan.

Bearly estimating

This is a lesson which allows students to explore with estimation in cooperative learning groups.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)

By Melissa Geiser.

Resources on the web

Up on top

In this lesson, one of a four-part unit from Illuminations titled “Look at Me,” students generate bar graphs. Posing and answering questions using the graphs gives students an opportunity to apply their reasoning and communication skills. They... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Mail time! An integrated postcard and geography study

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students write to friends and family asking them to send picture postcards. This activity provides motivation for writing and reading and provides a wonderful opportunity to learn about maps as students discover where... (Learn more)

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

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Freckle face

This lesson, one of a four-part unit from Illuminations titled “Look at Me,” initiates the development of skills in collecting and recording data. Students collect data about a partner's face and tally the data from the whole class. They learn... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

The eyes have it

In this lesson, one of a four-part unit from Illuminations titled “Look at Me,” students collect data about the eye color of class members. They create bar graphs with several classifications of data. They pose and answer questions about the... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Bar graph investigations

In this lesson, one of a seven-part unit from Illuminations titled “How Many More Fish?,” students apply what they know about comparison subtraction by constructing bar graphs and using them to answer questions. They conduct a survey to gather... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations