I absolutely LOVE March in first grade! Students are growing to be more independent, they know our routines, and all of the work we have done on learning and practicing procedures seems to finally start paying off (until spring fever hits 😂) Today, I am sharing some of my favorite St. Patrick’s Day Activities in 1st Grade.
March Solve the Room
Solve the Room is one of our favorite math center routines in my first grade classroom! Each week, one of our math center tubs that students visit is Solve the Room.
I tape a new set of math task cards around the classroom. When students visit this center, they grab a clipboard and a recording sheet and walk around the classroom solving the math problems. After they finish, they visit the Grading Station and check their work! Read more about how I run math centers in first grade here!
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St. Patrick’s Day No Prep Math Pages
These No Prep math worksheets are PERFECT for morning work, independent work, or math folders! The skills and concepts are perfect for first graders and each page has a fun St. Patrick’s Day joke the kids LOVE! Find the math pages here!
Balance the Rainbow
I love hands-on math activities during small group time! And when those activities include candy, it’s even better! This Balance the Rainbow Math Mat activity is perfect to review balancing equations during March! It can also be used as a fun, seasonal math center for St. Patrick’s Day. You can find this activity in my March No Prep Math pack here!
March Numberless Word Problems
I have found that students need daily practice with solving word problems in order to become independent problem solvers. I needed a way to practice every day without it becoming repetitive or boring for my first graders. They absolutely love these fun, seasonal story problems and are SO excited to see what happens in the new word problem each day.
Numberless Word Problems are an amazing tool for helping your students develop problem solving skills! PLUS they are an easy way to differentiate word problems to meet the needs of all of your students!
We use these numberless word problems as a daily math warm up.
- I display the problem (without numbers) on the smart board
- We read the problem together (usually I read first then we choral read)
- I give students think time and we go over the Problem Solving Questions (Poster Included)
- Students discuss with their math partner through a Turn and Talk
- We discuss what is happening in the problem and strategies that we could use to solve.
- Finally I switch to the slide with numbers in the problem and give students time to solve on dry erase boards or their student work page.
- Students share their strategies for solving.
Find the March Numberless Word Problem Pack here!
Spring Color by Code
Who doesn’t love Color By Code?! They are a FAVORITE in first grade for working on developing addition and subtraction fact fluency! These fun, spring Color by Code pages are differentiated to meet the needs of all of your learners! Each spring picture includes 3 levels so all students can be successful!
You can find Spring Addition and Subtraction Color by Code here!
March No Prep Craft Freebies!
These Writing Crafts are the best for an easy, no prep Fun Friday activity! (or anytime you need a little break to sip your coffee) I love how simple they are for my first graders to work on independently! Plus they look adorable on a Spring bulletin board! Find them here!
I hope these St. Patrick’s Day activities and ideas are helpful for getting your planning done this March in your first grade classroom!
