In December, it's fun to decorate for the holidays. This lesson includes 2D shape and counting practice!
Understanding multiple attributes is an important mathematical process. The students use their knowledge of Venn Diagrams in this lesson to gain more knowledge about this concept.
This lesson provides an overview of squares, along with a chance to create actual squares and an opportunity to illustrate objects shaped like squares.
Today we become Gallup Poll central as students take a set of collected data and create a visual representation using the skills that have been taught over the past few lessons.
Fins, gills, claws, wings, each has a special purpose in helping an animal to survive. Students will look at how animals have different parts that help them to adapt to their habitat, and to avoid predators or capture prey. Included in this lesson are videos of the lesson in actions, printable materials, and a literature extension.
It is imperative that our students in Kindergarten understand that words have different forms. Students will orally change nouns from singular to plural by adding /s/ and will be able to show understanding of this in their writing. Includes a printable poster video, and samples of student work.
You can add a phonemic awareness activity to your phonics lessons each day and it will only add a few extra minutes to your lessons. You also don't need to buy expensive manipulatives for your students to use. There are lots of low-cost ways to make phonemic awareness manipulatives you can use in your classroom. This is one such activity. In this lesson, students will be able to point at different squares and actually isolate the different phonemes within the word.
Playing a game for the order of operations engages students in math fact review and builds fluency.
In the past, we made apple tasting graphs. Since graphing isn't big in terms of Kindergarten Common Core, this is a great way to update an old tradition with a CCSS-aligned activity!
Students will be able to describe familiar items and with prompting and support provide additional details by making Flubber. Making Flubber encourages students to engage in descriptive dialogue which helps develop the ability to provide precise details when recording observations and experiences.
Students oftentimes struggle with comparison problems since there is no "action" in the problem (i.e.: nothing is getting taken away or added). In this lesson, students practice strategies for solving comparison problems.
Create a snack for testing week while practicing division and multiplication.
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify and create diagrams associated with informational text. Included is a link to an eSpark video on diagrams, rules for group work, multiple examples of diagrams, and a cooperative learning assessment rubric.
Teachers will engage young learners to understand how one story can be shared more than one way. This lesson demonstrates an historical interpretation of the story about Pocahontas and John Smith with the Disney movie. Several resources for instruction are included.
Students will compare the characteristics of the butterbee. Then they will engage in informative writing to share the information.
An engaging review that not only allows students to practice their skills but also maintains a slight edge of competitiveness!
The double number line will help students figure out problems that involve two quantities.
Students will be able to sort pictures that are alike.
What good fishing trip isn't without a good story or two? Today the students will solve comparison story problems involving different lengths of fish.
Students develop an organized mind map of facts they have learned about fossils from reading and visual content.