TARGET: first grade

[Sherri Kilby <skilby@CABARRUS.K12.NC.US>]

I have two request concerning first graders and I'll post a HIT if I get
any suggestions.

I have a first grade group of six students who are academically gifted
and I am trying to give them some enrichment in the media center twice a
week for thirty minutes.  I need some simple research ideas if anyone
can make some suggestions of things you've tried.  An idea I will try
next week is to introduce the dictionary and encyclopedia, then have
some questions and ask them which source would be better to use to find
the answers.  Then in following visits I will have 2-3 questions about a
topic we will research, I hope to tie into the SS or Science curriculum.
 This just seems so boring.  If you have any better ideas, I'd love to
hear them.

Also, does anyone have a great lesson that teaches first graders the
difference between real and make believe?  I do a whole class lesson,
and I used one last year off of LM NET that used the book Sam, Bangs and
Moonshine. The lesson was good but I really don't like the story.

Thanks in advance,


Have a great day!

Sherri Kilby/NBCT
Media Coordinator
Royal Oaks Elementary
Kannapolis, NC 28083
skilby@cabarrus.k12.nc.us

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