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“Apples” Informational ELA Bundle & Geometry Math Bundle

1st Grade • Lesson Plan Bundle
$10.00
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Quick Facts

Subject: ELA, Informational, Math, Geometry

Type: Lesson Plan Bundle

Skills: Reading:

  • Participate in an interactive shared read aloud on the book “Apples”
  • Practicing using illustrations to make meaning of print
  • Identify key details
  • Create a diagram and label it
  • Illustrate and write about apples
Math:
  • Geometry, Two-dimensional Shapes, Defining Attributes, Non-defining Attributes, Composite Shapes

Materials Needed: ELA: Required:

  • Copy of the picture book Apples, by Gail Gibbons or watch it being read
  • Red & green marker (for teacher only)
  • Lined paper (1-2 pieces per student)
  • pencil, crayons/colored pencils
  • Chart paper -or- document camera/whiteboard
Math: Required: copy of Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse, by Kevin Henkes & copy of Mouse Shapes, by Ellen Stol Walsh, paper, pencils, crayons, document camera/whiteboard/chart paper

Printable Resources:

  • ELA Printables:
    • "Exit Slip" (1 copy per student) as an optional assessment component
  • Math Printables:
    • "Exit slips" (1 copy per student) as an assessment component

CCSS: RI.1.7, W.1.2, L.1.1F, 1.G.A.1 , 1.G.A.2

File Type: PDF Document

Lesson Plan Description

This ELA & Math bundle contains:

ELA:

Using the picture book Apples, by Gail Gibbons, these 3 lessons teach your little ones to:

  • Segment 1: focus on using illustrations and details in a text in order to describe key ideas and complete a chart using adjectives to describe apples with a sentence frame
  • Segment 2: identify diagrams and their labels, as well as understand that labels give the reader information about the picture, draw a diagram of an apple and label it appropriately.
  • Segment 3: Write about what they have learned about apples

Math:

This bundle of lesson plans is broken down into 3 separate segments (30-60 minutes each) addressing Geometry: attributes of two-dimensional shapes and creating composite shapes (1.G.A.1 & 1.G.A.2). Students will learn key geometry vocabulary, complete interactive math notes, participate in both guided and independent practice, enjoy a read aloud, and create a picture created from only shapes (composite shapes).

  • Segment 1: students will identify attributes of two-dimensional shapes (e.g., triangles are closed and three-sided).
  • Segment 2: students will distinguish between defining (e.g., triangles are closed and three-sided) versus non-defining attributes (e.g., color, orientation, overall size). In addition they will create a t-chart and sort/draw objects by attribute.
  • Segment 3: students will distinguish between defining and non-defining attributes (e.g., color, orientation, overall size) of two-dimensional shapes. They will also build and draw shapes with defining attributes to create composite shapes.

These lessons can be taught over the span of a half day or you can use the lessons independently, broken up over several days