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Fractions of a Whole
Fractions of a Whole
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Fractions of a Whole
Ready, set, fractions! In this hands-on lesson, your students will familiarize themselves with common fractions using concrete materials to practice splitting items into halves, thirds, and quarters.
1st grade
Math
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Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To Game
Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To Game
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Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To Game
Help your students make sense of the greater than, less than and equal to in this interactive lesson! Your students will have opportunities to compare either two-digit or three-digit numbers.
1st grade
Math
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Place Value Party
Place Value Party
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Place Value Party
Now that your first graders are able to count consecutively, introduce them to the tens and ones place values. Using tens and ones blocks will make math easy and fun for everyone!
1st grade
Math
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Get to Know Mae Jemison
Get to Know Mae Jemison
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Get to Know Mae Jemison
Mae Jemison was the first African American female astronaut to enter space. Use the Get to Know Mae Jemison lesson plan to learn more about this famous scientist. Children will then read and write about her, and create their own paper rocket.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
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Skip Counting by Twos
Skip Counting by Twos
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Skip Counting by Twos
Make counting fun with colorful counting bears. Students will learn that skip counting is faster than counting by ones. They will also come away from the lesson with ideas of when skip counting can be used.
1st grade
Math
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Know Your Shapes!
Know Your Shapes!
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Know Your Shapes!
In this lesson, your students will become familiar with shapes by identifying them in real life. Your students will love identifying how many sides shapes have by drawing and counting them!
1st grade
Math
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Counting Hours: What Time Is It?
Counting Hours: What Time Is It?
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Counting Hours: What Time Is It?
Give first graders a sense of time by introducing them to telling time by the hour. Students who have mastered the numbers 1 to 12 will be eager to keep the class on a time schedule.
1st grade
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Goods and Services: On Market Street
Goods and Services: On Market Street
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Goods and Services: On Market Street
Kids will enjoy hearing the story On Market Street as they become familiar with goods and services. From apples to zippers, students will understand how people buy goods, and how others provide services in our lives.
1st grade
Math
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Which is Your Favorite Season?
Which is Your Favorite Season?
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Which is Your Favorite Season?
Use this lesson to teach your students about the appropriate wardrobe for the different seasons. Also, teach them about the wonderful holidays of each season!
1st grade
Math
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Let's Stretch the Values! Writing Two-Digit Numbers in Expanded Form
Let's Stretch the Values! Writing Two-Digit Numbers in Expanded Form
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Let's Stretch the Values! Writing Two-Digit Numbers in Expanded Form
What does it mean to expand a number? Use this lesson plan to help your students understand how to write the expanded form of two-digit numbers.
1st grade
Math
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Capacity Comparison
Capacity Comparison
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Capacity Comparison
Your class will love this outdoor activity that teaches them how to compare the capacity of different containers.
1st grade
Math
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Fact Family Trees
Fact Family Trees
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Fact Family Trees
Number facts are related, just like families! Help students learn all about fact families while they make fact family trees!
1st grade
Math
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A.M. or P.M.?
A.M. or P.M.?
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A.M. or P.M.?
Help your students learn the difference between a.m. and p.m. while getting them comfortable with the idea of telling time with this lesson that has them identify whether they would do a given activity in the morning or evening.
1st grade
Math
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Ones, Tens, and Hundreds
Ones, Tens, and Hundreds
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Ones, Tens, and Hundreds
Introduce hundreds place value to your students. Increase their knowledge of place value while they enjoy working with ones, tens and hundreds blocks.
1st grade
Math
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Let's Build It! Two-Digit Addition
Let's Build It! Two-Digit Addition
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Let's Build It! Two-Digit Addition
Let’s start building numbers! Just as building skyscrapers is a visual representation of mathematics, students will use the visual representation of base-ten blocks to add—or build—onto a two-digit number.
1st grade
Math
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Less Than or Greater Than Alligators
Less Than or Greater Than Alligators
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Less Than or Greater Than Alligators
Your students will learn when to use less than and greater than and how to differentiate the two symbols in this lesson. They will have fun playing the role of the Less Than and Greater Than alligators!
1st grade
Math
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Numerous Names for Numbers
Numerous Names for Numbers
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Numerous Names for Numbers
It is important for students to gain a better understanding of different ways to write numbers. In this lesson, your students will practice seeing numbers in various ways to help them comprehend the meaning of numbers.
1st grade
Math
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Graphing Data: Tally Marks and Bar Graphs
Graphing Data: Tally Marks and Bar Graphs
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Graphing Data: Tally Marks and Bar Graphs
Collecting and graphing data can be a fantastic tool for getting to know your students and for your students to get to know one another! In this lesson, students will poll their classmates to gather data and then graph the results!
1st grade
Math
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3-D Shapes...Create!
3-D Shapes...Create!
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3-D Shapes...Create!
The best way to learn about shapes? Make them! This lesson gets students using clay to make and learn about 3-D shapes.
1st grade
Math
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Triangle Time
Triangle Time
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Triangle Time
Students will work hard to build shapes with straws in this hands-on lesson about the defining attributes of triangles. Use alone or with **Know Your Shapes.**
1st grade
Math
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Where is my Fact Family?
Where is my Fact Family?
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Where is my Fact Family?
This nifty lesson helps kinesthetic learners reinforce their knowledge of the commutative property. Students will love the challenge of matching equations with their fact families.
1st grade
Math
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Build It on a Ten Frame
Build It on a Ten Frame
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Build It on a Ten Frame
Students will get plenty of practice composing tens with ten frames to add to 20! Use this scaffolded EL Lesson alone or for more addition practice before teaching the **Scavenger Hunt Addition** lesson.
1st grade
Math
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Hungry Alligator Game
Hungry Alligator Game
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Hungry Alligator Game
Students get practice composing and comparing two-digit numbers as they compete to collect the most cards while playing the Hungry Alligator game. This lesson can be used alone or with the lesson plan **Greater than Less Than Equal to Game.**
1st grade
Math
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Clock Concentration
Clock Concentration
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Clock Concentration
Get ready to teach all about time with a fun game that has students match the time on analog and digital clocks. Use alone or with **The Clock Struck What?**
1st grade
Math
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Mystery Addends: Representing Word Problems
Mystery Addends: Representing Word Problems
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Mystery Addends: Representing Word Problems
Make a math mystery! In this lesson, help your students understand the relationship between addition and subtraction and how a missing addend word problem is represented with a number sentence.
1st grade
Math
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1st Grade Math Lesson Plans

Utilize Education.com's comprehensive first grade math lesson plans to help your students master the basics of math. These lesson plans are designed with first graders in mind, with in depth instructions and interactive, attention grabbing material. In other words, these lesson plans will leave your students wanting to learn more!