Mathematics — Grade 1

What makes a dog a dog

This lesson can be used as a culminating activity to review what students have learned about the parts of a dog (easily adapted to most anything-- plant, fish, sentence, etc.) or as an insight instrument to students' prior knowledge of a subject.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)

By Teresa Chichester.

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 1 Mathematics)

By Vicki Rivenbark.

Sorting again and again!

Students will discover that beans have many attributes and they will sort them accordingly.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)

By Melanie Kush.

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 1 Mathematics)

By Bunnie R. Brewer.

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 1 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 1 Mathematics)

By patsy morgan.

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What's Next?

Students make patterns, read patterns, and find patterns in the environment. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

What's My Rule for Sorting?

Students build on prior knowledge of sorting and classifying when they recognize sorts and name rules for sorting. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Sorting Time

Students sort objects and symbols and make patterns with sorted objects. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Sorting

Students develop the idea that information can be more easily managed and retrieved if it is logically sorted and stored, using the example of books in a library. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Sing and Show Patterns

Engages students in creating patterns with movement and translating the patterns into other forms. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Music Education)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Show and Tell

Students describe their graphs using appropriate vocabulary and to develop skills in posing and responding to questions about their graphs. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Properties Everywhere

This lesson focuses students' attention on the attributes of objects and rules for sorting them while also building vocabulary for describing attributes and classifying objects. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Naming Rows and Columns

Students learn the difference between rows and columns, how to label and select a title for graphs, and what comparative terms to use to describe relationships between and among the various sets of buttons. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

My Button Is...

Students make use of the properties enumerated in the previous segments of this nine-part unit. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Multiple Patterns

Students explore patterns that involve doubling. They use objects and numbers in their exploration and record them using a table. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

More Patterns

Students extend their knowledge of linear patterns by making patterns on a grid using shapes and other symbols. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Music Education)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Many Sets of Buttons

Students classify buttons and make disjointed and overlapping Venn diagrams. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Look at Me: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Students create pictographs and bar graphs based on data collected, including the ages of classmates, cats owned, and number of teeth missing. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Just Alike

Allows students to apply knowledge of properties for sorting the buttons while working in small groups. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics