Students will use the elements of visual art to create a composition inspired by painter Piet Mondrian that models and solves addition problems within 10, with an optional extension of adding within 20.

Students create and perform body percussion patterns using clapping, stomping, and snapping to represent and solve subtraction equations within 10.

Students will act out “add-to” and “result unknown” animal-themed word problems to model and solve. Students will use the Read–Represent–Write routine to demonstrate their understanding and thinking.

Students analyze a piece of jewelry by Douriean Fletcher to practice looking for groups, patterns, and quantities. Through Notice & Wonder and partner discussion, students connect what they see to strategies for adding two-digit numbers within 100.

Students use the familiar tune and movements of “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” to identify the place value of each digit in a multi-digit number.

Students practice skip counting while passing a clap around a circle to a steady beat. The group skip-counts by 2s, 5s, or 10s, saying one number with each clap. As students become more comfortable, increase the tempo to build fluency, listening, and automaticity.

Students will explore community by discovering its key elements, meeting community helpers, and celebrating their classmates' cultures. They'll bring their learning to life through dance activities with movement and creativity!

Linda Whelihan and Sarah Aguda celebrate the many characteristics of animals in this arts-integrated exploration of the Wit & Wisdom Grade 1 Unit, "Creature Features." Using puppetry, movement exercises, and the creation of animal trading cards, this course will help students both engage deeply with the assigned texts and relish their roles as scientific explorers.

In this Arts Integration resource set Grade 1 ELA, Jordan Moore and Leah Jorgensen-Moore respond to the Wit & Wisdom Grade 1 unit on "Powerful Forces" by creating activities that explore the power of wind and breath in music.