Open Court Theme:

Grade 1 - Homes

Three Little Pigs -- A Tale of Three Houses by Mathew Needleman

The Three Little Pigs by H. Nolan

A Home for a Bunny by H. Nolan

Is This A House for a Hermit Crab? by H. Nolan

Additional Literature Recommendations

Independent Work Time Activities for first grade

Independent Work Time.com the missing manual of how, why, and what to do during IWT

Animal Homes Electronic Research Project by Mathew Needleman

Building a House (Vocabulary Teaching) by Henry Anker

Social Studies: How to Build a Model City With Photographs The Little House Arts Connections: Visual Arts, Textures, & Homes Houses and Homes What Should A House Do? Schoolyard Habitats

This Old Habitat

Animal Biomes student film

Homes Vocabulary Picture File by Anne Thacker

View Homes Unit Powerpoint Page

Animal Home Dioramas

Prewriting Chart Animal Homes Writing Template Use this as a frame to have students begin writing and/or to assist in doing research on animal homes Research Project Sample

Habitat Links
Links to sites for habitats from rainforests to savannahs

Animal Homes in trees
from Enchanted Learning

Animal Homes Internet Paths to Explore

Animal Habitat Adventure

Animal Homes Underground

General Animal Homes Links for further exploration

Habitat Webquest

Build Your Own Animal Game switch zoo

Build An Online Animal Habitat switch zoo