Penguin Inquiry Lessons

Here is another inquiry based learning lesson unit. My students fell in love with the true story of this little penguin that was afraid of the water. Perhaps your students will too!

Assessment

Here is a sample of my differentiated math assessments. Students can demonstrate the required skill in words, pictures, orally, or physically (manipulatives). 

FREE Year Plan For Grade One

Here is my Long Range Plans for teaching grade one this year. This is a Word Document that can be changed to suit your needs.    

MORE SPRING CLEANING!!

Click here for your Fiction Text Feature Booklet! This is a booklet that students record fiction text feature element examples in, and write a description about.








Click here for your FREE Non-Fiction Text Feature Booklet! This is booklet that need to be filled in examples of non-fiction text features. There is a cover, a synopsis on the back, a table of contents, an index, a glossary and middle pages for students to fill in. They can publish their own booklet of nonfiction features. Putting in examples and writing a descrition about each on each page. This book can serve as a reference for students, and it will how more meaning because they wrote it themselves!



Click here for a Narrative Planning Organizer and Booklet to write it in! This booklet file has a simple narrative planning page, and the writing booklet to write the story in! I usually have my students write one keyword in each section of the planning page. Then, I have them generate a sentence using their keyword. Next, they details like adjectives. I find it easier to have them write the beginning, then the ending, then the middle. Lastly, I have them illustrate their story.




Click here for a Few of My Favourite Things writing booklet. This is a writing booklet that you can use as a get-to-know-you activity. Students love to share things about themselves… something they know lots about! Students can illustrate their favourite thing (colour, food, place…), and write about it.                                                         
 

SPRING CLEANING!!

Hi everybody! I'm doing some spring cleaning and thought I'd share.
Click here and get a Writing Conventions Booklet. This is a booklet that the students can not only write in as they learn about various writing conventions, but they can refer back to at any time! Students write an example using the convention and then write about how it is used in writing. For the middle pages, print double sided.

Good Reader's and Good Writer's Posters

Here are some free posters for you! Just click here.

Inquiry Lesson #1

Okay, here's the first inquiry based lesson that I created. Not great, but good. My students had so much fun creating and building with this one. Feel free to try it, or edit it to suit your needs. Only requirement... please leave a comment! :)