Grade 1 Units

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Grade 1 Social Studies Units

Unit Plan 11 (Grade 1 Social Studies): Position and Direction

Help students use position words to describe routes and locations, connect simple maps to physical features, and explore local weather patterns in their school community.

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 1 Social Studies): My Classroom Map

Help students map their classroom using symbols, legends, and position words while exploring how pictures, walks, and simple maps teach them about their space.

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 1 Social Studies): Our Neighborhood and Local Places

Help students explore familiar neighborhood places, understand what happens in each, and connect them to the goods, services, and workers that support their community.

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 1 Social Studies): Working Together to Help Others

Guide students to plan and complete a simple kindness or service project that builds respect, responsibility, inclusion, and community awareness in the classroom and school.

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 1 Social Studies): Learning from Pictures and Stories

Teach students to gather facts from photos and short texts, sort relevant information, and distinguish simple facts from opinions while exploring familiar community topics.

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 1 Social Studies): Asking Questions About Our World

Help Grade 1 students build inquiry skills by asking who, what, and why questions about their community and finding answers through observation, simple texts, and interviews.

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 1 Social Studies): Being a Good Citizen

Teach first graders respect, responsibility, and cooperation with this weeklong Social Studies unit on classroom citizenship, featuring stories, role-plays, and simple games.

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 1 Social Studies): Symbols of Our School and Community

Help first graders explore school and community symbols—like flags, mascots, and signs—to understand what they represent, where they appear, and how these symbols shape identity and belonging.

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 1 Social Studies): Rules Keep Us Safe

Teach first graders why rules matter for fairness and safety through stories, discussions, and role-play, helping them follow and help create simple classroom agreements.

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 1 Social Studies): Leaders and Helpers at School

Help first graders explore school helpers and authority figures by identifying their roles, responsibilities, and the goods and services they provide to support the school community.

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Unit Plan 1 (Grade 1 Social Studies): Our Classroom Community

A caring, safe classroom community unit where first graders learn cooperation, kindness, and rule-following while creating a Class Promise that builds fairness, respect, and responsibility.

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Grade 1 Math Units

Unit Plan 36 (Grade 1 Math): Cumulative Synthesis & Exhibition

Capstone week for Grade 1 math: solve mixed OA, NBT, MD, and G tasks; choose efficient strategies; present clear models, units, and explanations.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade 1 Math): End-of-Year Fluency Challenge

Boost fact fluency within 20 and counting to 120 through strategy-based math games—make 10, doubles, near doubles, and count on/back—while building speed, accuracy, and pattern recognition.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 1 Math): Time & Money Connections

Integrate real-world clock and coin problems; read hour/half-hour times, count coins, and solve story problems with addition/subtraction using clear models and explanations.

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Unit Plan 33 (Grade 1 Math): Mixed Practice—OA, NBT, MD, G

Blend word problems, place value, measurement/data, and shape tasks to apply strategies, choose helpful models, and clearly explain reasoning across math domains.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade 1 Math): Equal Shares—Real-World Fractions

Partition circles and rectangles into halves and fourths, identify equal shares, and explain fair shares using whole/part language and precise vocabulary.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade 1 Math): Geometry—Build & Draw

Compose and draw 2D shapes using pattern blocks and digital tools while identifying defining attributes—sides, vertices, straight/curved, closed—and recognizing orientation doesn’t change the shape.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade 1 Math): Measurement Review—Compare & Graph

Solve length and data problems by comparing measurements, creating simple graphs, and writing equations to show how many more/less using smart tool choices.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade 1 Math): Add/Sub within 100—No Regrouping Fluency

Solidify two-digit addition/subtraction within 100 (no regrouping) using tens/ones structure, expanded form, and open number lines to build efficient, accurate strategies.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 1 Math): Word Problems & Equations Review

Use addition/subtraction within 20 to solve story problems, place unknowns in any position, and evaluate true/false equations with models and strategies.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade 1 Math): Time to the Half Hour

Tell and write half-hour times on analog and digital clocks, read :30 with the minute hand at 6 and hour hand between numbers, and model simple schedules using timelines.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade 1 Math): Length & Units—Measure to Compare

Measure with same-sized nonstandard units (no gaps/overlaps), compare lengths, and show “how much longer” on a number line with clear, accurate recording.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade 1 Math): Data & Categories—Tally, Graph, Analyze

Collect and organize class data with tallies, build simple bar graphs with labels and scale, and answer “how many more/less?” using clear comparisons and evidence from the graph.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade 1 Math): Partition Shapes—Halves & Fourths

Explore halves and fourths by partitioning circles and rectangles into equal shares; name shares (half/halves, fourth/quarter), justify equal vs. unequal parts, and explain why more equal shares make smaller pieces using real-world fair-share models.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade 1 Math): 3D Shapes—Identify & Model

Identify, build, and describe cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres using real objects and models; explain defining attributes and determine which shapes roll, slide, or stack using hands-on tests and precise vocabulary.