1st Grade  / 1st Six Weeks

Overarching Concept: Balance & Stability

Organizing Idea: Solid Foundations

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Unit Contents

Students learn how their school and home gives them a solid foundation to grow and learn. They discover that there are rules and responsibilities at school and at home. Map skills are a focus, as students explore the concept that we all have homes, a hometown, a home state, and a home country, and a home planet or world. They will learn that regardless of where they live people must follow the same health and safety rules in order to live a balanced and stable life. Students will learn the rules to build a solid health and safety foundation.

Activities

Goldie and Finding Books That are "Just Right!" - by Jill Bellomy
Students will recognize that they each have individual reaing needs. They will also discover specific strategies for evaluating books and selecting appropriate resources
Goldie Too Easy, Too Hard, "Just Right!"

Library Manners with the Library Dragon - by Brenda McElyea
Students will examine library manners (rules for the library).

Library Orientation - by Sarah Peters
Modify to fit your library. Use the entire PPT for all 1-5 grades, but spend less time on some slides at the lower grades. Use as works best for you.

Mapping the Library - by Brenda McElyea
Students will identify major areas of the library as they draw maps of the library.

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