Students love to explore instruments! Add some method to the madness by having students count, add, and subtract when working together to make music.

In this lesson, students will learn the steps in solving a problem, discuss solutions from the story "Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present," and use these same problem-solving skills when they build shapes with pattern blocks.

Help your first graders learn word formation with this lesson that has them create a new word and write a story about it.