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Grade 1

• Literacy Foundations

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• Standards

  • 1.R1
  • 1.R2
  • 1.R3
  • 1.R4
  • 1.R5

Alabama ELA Standard: 1.LF.34

With prompting and support, write a narrative that recounts two or more appropriately sequenced events using transitions, incorporating relevant details, and providing a sense of closure.

Two Animals Switch Biomes

What if a capybara and a kangaroo rat switched homes? Would their adaptations be helpful at all?

Gr 1-8

Halloween Problems and Solutions

When we try to solve a problem, sometimes we end up creating new problems. Which lead to new solutions. Which lead to new problems.

Gr 1-8

St. Patrick and Other Legends

How would real people feel about the legends that have been created about them?

Gr 2-8

Change A Story’s Genre

What if we rewrote a story’s climax into a totally different genre?

Gr 1-8

Holiday Emoji Story ⛷️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 2-8

Holiday Emoji Story 🍪

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 1-8

Holiday Emoji Story ☃️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 2-8

Holiday Emoji Story 🎅

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 2-8

Holiday Emoji Story 🚚

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 2-8

Halloween Emoji Story 🎃

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 2-8

Halloween Emoji Story 🌕

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 2-8

Halloween Emoji Story 🕷️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 1-8

Emoji Stories 🦁

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 1-8

Emoji Stories 🐌

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 1-8

Emoji Stories 🚚

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 2-8

Emoji Stories 🏟️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 2-8

Emoji Stories 🕰️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 1-8

Emoji Stories 👁️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 2-8

Emoji Stories 🚗

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 1-8

Emoji Stories 🤖

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 1-8

Emoji Stories 🐻

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 2-8

Emoji Stories 🏰

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 1-8

Emoji Stories 🛥️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Gr 1-8

Greekymon Studies – Round 2

What might a creature named “Hypermnemonicus” be like?

Gr 1-8

Compare and Create New Year’s Traditions

Hey! Our New Year traditions have a lot in common.

Gr 1-8

Bobbing for Apples

What is bobbing for apples like… for an apple?

Gr 2-8

A Halloween Costume Gone Wrong

Let’s go roller skating in a Halloween costume! What could possibly go wrong?

Gr 1-8

Squiggles Collection 3

Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?

Gr 1-8

Squiggles Collection 1

Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?

Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8

What If… Unreliable Water?

What would the consequences be if a town’s tap water became… unreliable?

Gr 3-8

Looking Closely at Holiday Photos

Let’s write from multiple perspectives using an old timey holiday photo!

Gr 1-8

Thanksgiving Photo Writing

Starting with an old-timey photo, students will write from a particular item’s point of view.

Gr 1-8

Stories with the Same Problems and Solutions

Have you ever noticed that some stories have awfully similar problems? What if we looked for the most unusual way of solving a repeating problem?

Gr 1-6

Story Starter: A Day At School

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place at school.

Gr 1-8

Story Starter: Out To Eat

Students pick from 12 random phrases to create a story about an incident in a restaurant.

Gr 1-8

Story Starter: Amusement Park

Students use 12 random phrases to write a story that takes place in at an amusement park.

Gr 2-8

Story Starter: A Magical School

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place in at a magical school.

Gr 1-8

Story Starter: Somewhere In Space

Students use 12 random phrases to create a story that takes place in space!

Gr 3-8

Writing A Thanksgiving Letter

What if an inanimate object could express thanks for a special person in your life? What would it write?

Gr 1-8

The Personalities of Rocks

What would an igneous rock be like? Would it get along with a sedimentary rock? Could they handle the hot personality of a metamorphic rock?

Gr 2-8

Showing A Character’s Trait

We tell students to ‘show, not tell’ — but that advice is useless until they experience the difference. This lesson makes it click.

Gr 2-8

“Its Big Day” – A Children’s Story About Its and It’s

Let’s spice up a typically dull lesson about the difference between “its” and “it’s” by asking students to write a children’s story about the adventures of a critter named It.

Gr 1-8

Better Stories Part 5: Plot Structure

Ever read a student’s story that was just event after event after event and then a very sudden ending? They lack an understanding of a plot’s structure. With the help of Finding Nemo, I break down how to set up a well-structured plot.

Gr 1-8

Better Stories Part 2: Types of Conflict

If your students’ stories are packed with endless ninja fights or arguments between frenemies, it’s time to expose them to a wider range of conflicts.

Gr 1-8