grade 1
SEL: Wrinkled Heart
Hurtful words, even when someone apologizes, don’t “disappear”.
- This activity shows, in a very concrete way, the way sorrows are written on our hearts.
- Lesson plan with learning objectives and hook to engage your child.
- 3 activities: story or video (link included) to link wrinkled heart with hurtful words, your child’s 5 healing and 5 hurtful words, associating those hurtful or healing words when spoken to others.
Fun: Color by Number
This is a fun, coloring activity full of learning.
- Lesson plan with learning objectives and hook to engage your child.
- Answer sheets.
- 4 activity sheets: 2 easier and 2 harder, one of each: addition and subtraction.
Grammar: Rhyming, Syllables, and Blends
Engage your child in word play!
- Rhyming and syllables encourages your child to pay attention to the sound of a word.
- Lesson plan with learning objectives and hook to engage your child.
- Answer sheets
- 3 activities: Words that rhyme and syllables and create two sentences, write two additional rhyming words (or draw), and ending blends
Writing: Alphabetical Order
This is a fundamental skill your child needs to learn.
- Lesson plan with learning objectives and hook to engage your child.
- Answer sheets.
- 3 activities: cut out images and put into alphabetical order, put items into 1,2,3 order, and write 6 animals in alphabetical order.
Comprehension: Fact or Opinion
In today’s world of “fake news” teaching your child to differentiate between fact and opinion is a life skill.
- Students are introduced to this concept in 1st grade and build upon it in 4th grade with cause and effect.
- Lesson plan with learning objectives and hook to engage your child.
- Answer sheets.
- 4 activities, however, not all are necessary. Color the fact or opinion, create 3 fact and 3 fictional statements (to target attention, activity sheets included for: bats, cars, and dinosaurs).