First Grade Lesson Plans

Titles that appear in bold represent the best of the "Share the Knowledge" units presented over the years at Core Knowledge National Conferences.

Language Arts/ English

I. Reading and Writing

• Having Fun With Habitats (2007)
• Using a Writing Workshop (2002)
• What's It Say? (2001)

II. Poetry

• Phonics and Decoding Strategies for Struggling Readers Using Core Knowledge Poems (2008)
• Poetry Picnic (2002)
• Teaching Phonics Through Poetry (2001)

III. Fiction

• Anansi: A Language Arts Twist to the Trickster (2005)
• Literary Terms: Take Me to the Theater (2003)
• All About Aesop (2003)
• Name That Virtue (2002)
• Where in the World is My Slipper? (2001)
• Life's Lessons: Aesop's Fables (2000)
• Tales to Live By (1999)

IV. Sayings and Phrases

• If at first you don't succeed, try Core Knowledge! (First Grade Sayings and Phrases) (2004)
• We Are a Fact Family (2004)
• Sensational Sayings (1999)

History and Geography

World:

I. Geography

• Geography Alive! (2005)
• Spatial Connections, Grades 1–4 (2003)
• Travel to Mesoamerica (2002)
• Where in the World is My Slipper? (2001)
• Where in the World (1997)

II. Early Civilizations (Mesopotamia; Ancient Egypt; History of World Religions)

• Mysteries of the Past — An Artistic Expedition (2007)
• Religion: Yours, Mine, and Ours (2005)
• Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You (2003)
• Taking the Mystery Out of Mesopotamia (2002)
• Get "Wrapped Up" in Ancient Egypt (2001)

III. Modern Civilizations and Culture: Mexico

• Mexico: One Land, Many Cultures (2004)
• I AM A Researcher, "I"nca, "A"ztec, "M"aya (2003)
• A Study of Mexico (1995)

American:

I. Early People and Civilizations (Maya, Inca, Aztec)

• Earliest Man to the Creation of Early Civilizations (2007)
• The Ancient Mayan, Aztec and Incan Civilizations (2005)
• I AM A Researcher, "I"nca, "A"ztec, "M"aya (2003)
• Travel to Mesoamerica (2002)
• Maya, Inca, Aztec and Ancient Civilizations (2000)
• Cave Men to Cave Painting (1998)

II. Early Exploration and Settlement

• Land Ho! Early Exploration and Settlement of the Americas (2005)
• Columbus and the Conquistadors (2003)
• Conquering Ancient Civilizations in a Four Blocks Classroom (2002)

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