Bug Detectives Anatomy

A 1st Grade lesson focused on identifying the three main body parts of an insect (head, thorax, abdomen) through video observation and a hands-on clay modeling activity.

Bug Detectives Anatomy

A 1st Grade lesson focused on identifying the three main body parts of an insect (head, thorax, abdomen) through video observation and a hands-on clay modeling activity.

Colville Forest Explorers

An immersive 1st-grade GLAD unit focused on the Colville National Forest ecosystem. Students explore food chains, interdependence, seasonal changes, and local keystone species through visual charts, rhythmic chants, and rewarding literacy achievements.

Chelsea Moore

Sun and Space Experts

A 1st-grade science unit where students work in expert groups to explore Earth, the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus in relation to the Sun. Each group reads specialized text and sketches key observations to build collaborative knowledge.

Courtney McGregor

Venus Expert Group Worksheet

A 1st-grade GLAD style expert group worksheet for Venus. It includes four core categories (Location & Distance, Description, Patterns & Cycles, and Fun Facts) with simple, high-frequency text and blank boxes for student sketching and note-taking.

Courtney McGregor

Spine Squad

A five-day modified animal classification unit focusing on the five main vertebrate groups, designed with extensive visual support, sentence frames, and tracing options for modified learning.

katie_conklin

Elephant Island STEM Rescue

An interactive STEM challenge and read-aloud experience based on Leo Timmers' 'Elephant Island'. Students design and build floating island rafts to rescue Arnold and his friends.

Shannon Mueller

Jupiter Expert Group Worksheet

A 1st-grade GLAD style expert group worksheet for Jupiter. It includes four core categories (Location & Distance, Description, Patterns & Cycles, and Fun Facts) with simple, high-frequency text and blank boxes for student sketching and note-taking.

Courtney McGregor

Ocean Zone Explorers

An immersive 1st-grade GLAD science and literacy sequence that guides young learners from the sunny surface to the deepest, darkest trenches, using cooperative learning, narrative inputs, and hands-on modeling.

Chelsea Moore

Cosmic Cycles GLAD Chants

A set of beautifully color-coded GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) Here/There chants that introduce students to repeating solar and lunar cycles. Includes classroom-ready anchor chart posters for rotating Earth patterns and changing moon phases.

Courtney McGregor

Moon Expert Group Worksheet

A 1st-grade GLAD style expert group worksheet for the Moon. It includes four core categories (Location & Distance, Description, Patterns & Cycles, and Fun Facts) with simple, high-frequency text and blank boxes for student sketching and note-taking.

Courtney McGregor

Colville Forest Connections

An interactive unit lesson plan implementing Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD) strategies to teach 1st graders about the Colville National Forest ecosystem. Students interact with pictorial charts, chant high-frequency science vocabulary, and earn literacy awards detailing local keystone species, food webs, and seasonal changes.

Chelsea Moore

Earth Expert Group Worksheet

A 1st-grade GLAD style expert group worksheet for Earth. It includes four core categories (Location & Distance, Description, Patterns & Cycles, and Fun Facts) with simple, high-frequency text and blank boxes for student sketching and note-taking.

Courtney McGregor

Swarm Showdown

An engaging lesson on insect collective nouns and terminology, featuring a word search, crossword, and hands-on matching and writing activities exploring how bugs gather in groups.

Bug Detectives Anatomy

Bug Detectives Teacher Guide