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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Capacity Math Investigation - Filling the Fish Tank
A mathematics investigation involving capacity, embedded in a real-world context.
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Writing a Friendly, Personal Letter Poster
An educational poster showing students how to lay out a personal letter.
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Transitional Reading Rubric (Lower Elementary)
A rubric to ascertain students reading phases.
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Coping With Change - Social Story Mini Book
A social story to develop coping skills for when there is a change in the routine.
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Readers' Theater Script - What's My Pet?
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 6 years and over.
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Open-ended Math Problem Solving - Grades 1, 2, and 3 (Task Card Version)
A set of 20 open-ended problem solving task cards covering a range of mathematical concepts.
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12-Hour Clock Template
A template for an interactive clock that displays hours, minutes, and wording.
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Gratitude Jar Cut and Assemble Kit
Printable labels, writing slips, and gratitude mini-posters to set up a class gratitude jar.
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Types of Graphs Posters
This colorful and easy-to-digest visual display shows students the varying data displays they will encounter in their elementary math lessons.
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Owls - Punctuation Set
An owl themed punctuation set for your classroom.
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How to Make a PB and J Sandwich - Sequencing Cards
A set of 6 cards showing the steps to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
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Skip Counting Robot - Template
A fun robot template to help students practice skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.
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Skip Counting Robot Worksheets - 2s, 5s, and 10s
A set of 4 robot-themed worksheets for students to practice skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.
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Parts of a Book Front Cover (Classroom Poster)
Highlight the main features of a book's front cover with this printable poster for the classroom or school library.
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Fly Life Cycle Sort Activity
Help your students concrete their understanding of the fly life cycle with this interactive game.
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Math Homework Cards with Worksheets - BW
Math homework cards that include worksheets.
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Character Emotions Worksheet
Make inferences about character's feelings with this one-page worksheet.
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Counting On 1 - Number Facts Board Game
A fun, hands-on game students can play to practice the 'Counting On 1' addition strategy.
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Taking From 10 - Number Facts Board Game
Practice the "Taking from 10" subtraction strategy with this board game.
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How To Make Pancakes – Procedural Writing Activity
Get your students writing a procedure for their favorite breakfast foods with this example procedure text and writing scaffold.
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Word Wall Task Cards
30 activity task cards for use with a vocabulary word wall.
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Sequencing Worksheets Bundle (Why Bears Have Stumpy Tails)
Print a sequencing worksheet for 1st or 2nd grade with an engaging bear story! Give students practice identifying the story beginning, series of events and ending.
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The Bean Game
A fun active game to play at any time.
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CVC Letters
A sheet of letters to use when making CVC words.
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Alphabet Handwriting Sheet
A handwriting sheet with the alphabet and some words for students to trace.
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Silkworm Life Cycle Poster
An educational poster displaying the life cycle stages of a silkworm.
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Origami Penguin Step-By-Step Instructions
Visual instruction page to use when creating an origami penguin.
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Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives Board Game
A board game to help introduce the concept of nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
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All About My Role Model Activity Booklet
A fun activity booklet for students to complete when learning about role models.
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Handwriting Sheets - Uppercase, Lowercase, and Sentence Writing
A set of 26 handwriting sheets that include uppercase and lowercase letters as well as sentence writing.
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The Gingerbread Man - Comprehension Worksheet
Develop your students' reading comprehension skills with a well-known fairy tale.
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Bloom's Taxonomy Sentence Starters and Activities Posters
A set of six posters examining Bloom's Taxonomy.