Teaching First Grade: A Mentor Teacher Shares Insights, Strategies, and Lessons for Teaching Reading, Writing and Math and Laying the Foundation for Learning Success

by Min Hong

Everything you need to know to teach first grade but had no one to ask! A mentor teacher opens the door of her inspiring classroom and offers winning strategies, activities, lesson plans, and management tips to help you make this essential year a joyful success. Packed with practical ideas for teaching reading, writing, math, social studies, and science PLUS photos, student samples, reproducible forms, and so much more. A must-have for every first grade teacher!

192 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2001

Reviews

[Coffeeandbooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book my first year of teaching and then re-read it right before I started the next school year. A lot of my classroom was modeled after this book, and both my students and I were very successful. It has a lot of ideas, is easy to read, and provides student samples. It is well rounded and focuses on core-curriculum. However, it can be used if you just need help with one area as it is broken down by
subjects.

I would recommend this book to new teachers just starting out in 1st grade or seasoned teachers moving to 1st grade. I'm teaching 2nd grade this year and plan on taking some of the ideas in this book with me. Many of the ideas can be adapted for other grade levels.

[Dianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is chuck full of great teaching ideas!

[Gmaeffie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book might be beneficial to a novice teacher, or to a teacher new to first grade, but having taught first grade for 15 years, I didn't find it useful.

[Cerra · Rating 3 out of 5]

I figured I should read this now as it is my second year of teaching 1st grade!