1st Grade Teaching Resources
Dive into first-grade resources created by teachers for teachers at Teach Starter. From 1st grade sight words to math worksheets, this collection of carefully curated and rigorously reviewed resources can help you set your classroom up for success this school year.
With curriculum-aligned resources that meet the first-grade Common Core standards and state curricula, this collection of digital and printable lessons and activities is designed to complete your teaching toolkit. Each features beautiful graphics, interactive elements, appealing images, and colorful illustrations to engage and educate your students.
Explore ELA with first-grade spelling words, vocabulary words and writing prompts. Make addition and subtraction fun with math games and problems, and watch their math skills blossom through comparing numbers, identifying coins, telling time and more!
Plus, get hands-on with your students while they discover the fascinating world of earth and space sciences.
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Who Is Ruby Bridges? – Shared Reading and Activity
Read along to learn about Ruby Bridges and her role in desegregation with this 14-slide PowerPoint presentation.
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Read and Color Worksheet - Singular and Plural Nouns
A worksheet to practice identifying singular and plural nouns.
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How to Walk Like a... Instruction Cards
Help your students transition quietly through the hallways with this set of 4 instruction cards.
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Quick Phonics Screener- Single Letter Phoneme
Test your students' knowledge of single letter phonemes with this student assessment kit.
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Beginning Sound Bingo
Practice applying letter-sound correspondence with a set of 20 BINGO game boards and cards.
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Types of Sentences Scoot Activity
Reinforce understanding of the 4 types of sentences with this set of 20 task cards.
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Making Text Connections Graphic Organizer (K–2)
A graphic organizer to use with students when making connections with a piece of text.
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Periodic Table of Education Acronyms
Use this guide as a reference for the many acronyms used in education.
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Let's Compare! Task Cards
Practice comparing 2-digit numbers with this set of 20 task cards.
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Behavior Reflection Sheet – Lower Grades
Get your primary students to reflect on their behaviors with this reflection worksheet.
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2-D Shape Match
A fun match-up activity to consolidate your students’ knowledge of 2-D shapes and their attributes.
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Skipping Through 120 - Worksheet
A worksheet to practice skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.
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What's Next? - Counting Task Cards
Practice counting forward and backward from numbers within 100 with this set of 16 task cards.
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New Year's Photo Booth Props
Make New Year’s memories that last with this set of 12 photo booth props and banner for your classroom or home party.
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Plant and Animal Sort - Task Cards
Sort plants and animals using different characteristics with a set of task cards and picture cards.
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Color by 2D Shape - Egg
Practice identifying shapes and colors with this one-page worksheet.
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What's in My Living Room? – Worksheet
A fun search and find activity with optional worksheets for students.
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Blank Letter and Number Cutouts
A set of printable bulletin board letters and numbers to use when decorating your classroom.
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Living or Nonliving? - Worksheet
A worksheet that explores living and nonliving things.
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Goldilocks and The Three Bears - Finish the Story Writing Prompt
Finish the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story in your own words.
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Four in a Row Game - i_e Words
Practice decoding long 'i' silent final ‘e’ words with this set of 18 word cards and picture game board.
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Brain Break Activity Cards
Give your students a quick brain break with this set of 19 whole-class games.
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Bubble Writing - Letter, Number and Punctuation Sets
Bubble writing letters that can be customized for personalized signs in your classroom.
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Noun, Verb, and Adjective Sort - Worksheet
Help students learn the difference between nouns, verbs, and adjectives with this cut-and-paste sorting worksheet.
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Classroom Clock Labels - Flower Time Petals
Use our Flower Wall Clock Labels to create a spring-themed display to help children read the time.
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Our Kindness Rock Garden Poster
Poster to display when creating a classroom kindness rock garden.
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Christmas Lights Decoration — Printable Classroom Decor
Download these printable Christmas light decorations for your classroom bulletin board or classroom door decor.
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Whole Body Listening Posters
A set of posters highlighting the characteristics of a good listener.
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Number Sequencing to 100 - Worksheet
A raindrop themed place value worksheet to use when sequencing numbers to 100.
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Doubles - Number Facts Board Game
Practice the doubles addition strategy with this board game.
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Numbers 1–30: Standard, Word, and Ten Frame Matchup Cards
A set of matchup cards to practice representing the numbers 1–30.
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Procedure Texts Writing Scaffolds
Use this procedural writing scaffold to guide your students towards writing high-quality procedure texts.