First+Grade+Activities

Here are a variety of activities for first graders. Please be sure to thank and credit the original creators.

A Spider unit for 1st grade designed to help students ask questions and take notes from a variety of information sources. The unit was begun with the __Diary of a Spider__ by Cronin -- an example of fction which also contains factual information! Students generated questions and left the library with a basket of spider books and magazines. Next students explored the website and took notes. The form below is an example of the form students used. media type="custom" key="4224847" Students used the following webpages to answer questions, spark excitement, share with parents or guardians and share their research. http://westmeade.net/Library/Spiders.htm Another fun activity which students could engage in is making a spider web print..

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