1st Grade Literature Lesson Plans

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Reading Comprehension

Teaching Eric Carle & The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe: Music and Children's Literature

Use children's literature to help teach music. Explore nursery rhymes with your students and make musical connections to…

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Literature

Music Education Strategy

Music National Content Standard 1

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Making Inferences, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' skill of making inferences. The lesson uses the book, Why…

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Reading

Reading Comprehension

Caldecott Medal Books & Illustrators

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Further Expanding Questioning, Grandfather's Journey

Present this lesson plan for the strategy of asking questions before, during, and after reading using the book…

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Caldecott Medal Books & Illustrators

Award and Prize Winners

Literature

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Predicting: Strega Nona

Use the prediction strategy while reading aloud the book Strega Nona to your class.

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Reading and Literature

Reading

Literature

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Picture Books in the Classroom: Common Core-Based Lesson Ideas

Use these fun activities for picture books and folktales in your Common Core classroom. This printable guide features…

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Children's Book

Folk Tales

Literature

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Birthday Buddies

Students will prepare research projects about a famous person who shares their birthdate.

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Teaching Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells

Books

Literature

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Body Collage: What's Inside?

This lesson plan is a creative way for students to explore and construct the inside of their bodies. They use collage…

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Teaching Eric Carle & The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Science

Human Body and Anatomy

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Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One and Aunt Isabel Makes Trouble

Create a memorable storytelling unit for your class with the help of this teacher's guide.

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Reading Comprehension

Literature

Creative Writing

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Peace Begins With You

Activities and resources to teach Peace Begins With You, written by Katherine Scholes.

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Reading and Literature

Literature

Peace

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Creative Connections for Lon Po Po

Creative way to teach your class about Lon Po Po, there are music, reading, social studies, and art ideas.

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Folk Tales

Multicultural Literature

Fiction

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Aunt Isabel Makes Trouble

Students will be introduced to more complex issues of story development while observing how a story without trouble is a…

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Literature

Reading Instruction

Reading Comprehension

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Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One

By isolating basic story elements including setting, characters, problem, and solution show students the building blocks…

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Reading Instruction

Reading Comprehension

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