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First to Last: Hamburgers and PB&Js

The Importance of Story Sequence

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 1st - 2nd

In most first-grade classrooms, students are introduced to various styles of writing, including "How To" writing. In this lesson, students will begin by sequencing story ideas and orally explaining how they ordered the steps. Throughout the lesson, transitional words will be introduced to help students... Read more »

Lesson 5E Lesson
First to Last: Hamburgers and PB&Js

The Importance of Story Sequence

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 1st - 2nd

Subject Subject

  • English/Language Arts

Course Course

  • Oklahoma Young Scholars/Javits

Tag Sponsor

  • Javits

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • 1.2.W.2, 2.2.W.1, 2.4.W.2
More 3 class sessions
Time Frame 35 min sessions
Who Took More Cookies from the Cookie Jar?

How to Make a Fair Share

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Kindergarten - 1st

In this lesson, you will begin by reading the book "The Duckling Gets a Cookie" by Mo Willems to get students thinking about sharing equally and what a fair share means. Students will use shapes and objects to represent items as they work with a variety of problems. Although the problems presented for... Read more »

Lesson 5E Lesson

Grade Level Grade Level

  • Kindergarten - 1st

Course Course

  • Elementary Mathematics, Oklahoma Young Scholars/Javits

Subject Subject

  • Mathematics

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • K.N.3, K.N.3.1, 1.N.3.1, 1.N.3.2
More 2 periods
Time Frame 95 minutes