Free Grade 1 lesson plans in math, ELA, science, social studies, art, drama, history and gym, in English and French, with hands-on activities that build early reading, number and social skills.
In this 45-minute Grade 1 drama lesson, children take on the movements and sounds of Canadian animals, from Nunavut polar bears to Nova Scotia whales, while classmates guess each animal…
In this 45-minute lesson, first graders work in small groups to give a troupe of dancing teddy bears community helper jobs, such as doctor, firefighter, or chef, then draw job…
In this 45-minute Grade 1 lesson, children draw the people in their own families, look at classmates’ pictures, and work in small groups to imagine families unlike their own before…
In this 45-minute Grade 1 lesson, pairs of children walk around the school with clipboards, sketch places like the library, cafeteria, and playground, and turn their sketches into a simple…
In this 45-minute Grade 1 lesson, children cut, fold, and decorate their own paper houses, then work in small groups to arrange them on chart paper, draw roads, and add…
In this 45-minute first grade lesson, children listen to a picture book, draw its beginning, middle, and end on index cards, then team up as story detectives to put the…
In this 45-minute Grade 1 lesson, children listen quietly to a gentle picture book read aloud, then write or draw in their journals about how the story made them feel…
En petits groupes, les élèves de 1re année empilent des blocs pour bâtir chacun une tour, puis les comparent pour les classer de la plus petite à la plus grande.…
Dans cette leçon de 45 minutes pour la 1re année, les enfants touchent une forme cachée dans une enveloppe, puis observent en silence des objets à différentes stations et notent…
In this 45-minute Grade 1 lesson, children draw repeating patterns with shapes and colors, starting with simple AB patterns and moving to ABC, then swap papers so a partner can…
In this 45-minute Grade 1 lesson, children act as royal mathematicians, solving story-based addition clues from forest animals to help Princess Luna track down her missing crown. Using beans or…
In this 45-minute Grade 1 history lesson, children interview a partner about their families, then draw scenes in order from grandparents and parents as kids to the family today, adding…