Grade 1 Lesson plan
Where Does the Puddle at Whistling Pines Go? A Grade 1 Lesson
A grade 1 science lesson in three short visits: students pour a puddle on sunny blacktop, trace it in chalk, and measure it shrinking in craft-stick units.
Common Core ELA · Grade 1
W.1.3 Narrative writing
Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include some details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
Why water teaches this standard well
First graders recount two or more sequenced events with temporal words, a natural fit for retelling how a puddle disappears in the sun or how rain travels from cloud to storm drain. Water events observed on the playground give writers a story they actually watched happen.
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11 materials aligned to W.1.3
Lesson plans
Grade 1 Lesson plan
Nutbourne Corner's Snow Pile: A Grade 1 Narrative Writing Lesson
First graders follow a plowed snow pile at Nutbourne Corner across one week, then write a three-event narrative with order words telling where the water went.
Grade 1 Lesson plan
The Diver Inside Bobolink's Water Tower: A Grade 1 Lesson
A 40-minute grade 1 careers lesson about the diver who cleans a water tower from the inside, with a dry-hand demonstration and a four-card sequence.
Grade 1 Lesson plan
Cedar Bend's Rain Story: A Grade 1 Water Cycle Narrative Lesson
A 35-minute grade 1 lesson where students retell a read-aloud rain story in order, then write two sequenced sentences about a raindrop using first and next.
Grade 1 Lesson plan
A Raindrop's Path: A Grade 1 Water Cycle Sequence Mural Lesson
A 45-minute grade 1 art lesson where students draw one stage of the water cycle and caption it with a temporal word to build a shared class mural in order.
Worksheets
Grade 1 Worksheet
Pippin Row's Wet Beach Towels: A Grade 1 Order Words Worksheet
Ten grade 1 items built on a wet towel drying on a line, asking students to choose order words, sequence three events, and tell where the water went.
Grade 1 Worksheet
Blue Heron Park's Water Story: A Grade 1 Sequencing Worksheet
A grade 1 worksheet where students order the events of a short rain story and write sentences using first, next, and then to describe what happens to a puddle.
Classroom activities
Grade 1 Classroom activity
Kettlewell Row Shadow Puppets: From the Tank to the Tap
A grade 1 art activity in which students cut black paper silhouettes of a tank, pipes, and a tap, then stage a shadow show that retells how water reaches a cup.
Grade 1 Classroom activity
The Grass Clippings on Crumplehorn Row: A Grade 1 Sentence Chain
Groups of four pass one paper strip around a circle, each adding a sentence with an order word, to build the story of grass clippings washing into a brook.
Grade 1 Classroom activity
Wet Handprints at Ploverdale School: A Grade 1 Retell Activity
Partners press wet handprints on warm pavement, chalk the outline, and watch them shrink, then retell the three stages in order with First, Next, and Last.
Reading passages
Grade 1 Reading passage
The Night the Water Looked Cloudy at the Duong House
A grade 1 read-aloud story about a family that switches to bottled water after a pipe breaks, with five comprehension questions and a retell in order.