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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DIY Pop-Up Card Template - Winter Scene
Create adorable snowman Christmas cards with a printable pop-up card template.
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Insects for Kids - Bingo Game
Learn about creepy crawly insects with a Bug Bingo Game for preschoolers.
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Ada Lovelace - Cut and Paste Shapes and Patterns Activity
Explore shapes and patterns with the female programmer, Ada Lovelace, with this cut-and-paste activity for young students.
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Kindness Tracker Jar
Track kindness in the classroom with this kindness jar ready to be colored in with random acts of kindness.
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Complete and Incomplete Sentence Task Cards
These task cards are best used as independent practice or formative assessment assignments during sentence structure lessons.
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How to Be a Good Citizen - Sorting Center
Grow a new batch of good citizens with a citizenship sorting activity.
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Rule or Law? SCOOT Activity
Differentiate between rules and laws with a free game of Rule or Law Scoot!
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Natural Landforms for Kids Poster Collection
Display and teach the types of landforms on Earth with a set of fifteen Natural Landforms posters.
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Parts of Speech Card Game – Editable
An editable parts of speech card game.
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CVCC Word Work Mat
Practice segmenting and spelling simple words with this set of 24 CVCC picture task cards.
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Visual Arts Elements Line PowerPoint - Lower Years
A 22-slide teaching presentation to use when investigating line in Visual Art.
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Patterns, Lines, and Feelings Activity
A fun art activity to experiment with the use of line and pattern.
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Sign Language Alphabet Poster
Display this poster in your classroom as a reminder of how to represent the letters of the alphabet when spelling words in ASL (American Sign Language).
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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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My Little Sight Word Book - Said
A little book of activities for the sight word ‘said’.
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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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Initial Letter Coloring Worksheet
Identify the first letter for each picture and then color it.
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Our Kindness Rock Garden Poster
Poster to display when creating a classroom kindness rock garden.
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Report Card Comments
Sample report card comments for General, English and Mathematics.
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Comprehension - That's Not My Pet
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Punctuation Tracking Chart Monster Theme
A classroom display that allows students to see their progress toward using correct punctuation in their sentences.
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Roll It, Make It, Expand It! - Place Value Worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when learning to write two-digit numbers in expanded form.
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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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Software and Hardware Match-Up Game
A matching game to assist students in understanding the difference between hardware and software.
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Exploring Procedural Writing Teaching Slides
Teach your students about writing a procedure using this detailed slideshow targeted at 1st- and 2nd-graders.
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Funky Snowman Craft Template
A fun winter craft activity for kids using a snowman template with accessories.
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Alphabet Initial Sound Recognition Worksheets
Explore alphabet beginning sounds with this set of alphabet sounds worksheets to develop letter recognition.
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Addition Strategy: Counting On – Worksheet
Practice the “counting on” addition strategy to solve addition problems to 20.
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Phoneme Manipulation Game
Explore phoneme manipulation with your students using this fun phoneme manipulation game.
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Sound Manipulation Word Ladder Activity
Develop your students' phonological awareness with this phoneme substitution word ladder activity.
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Ordering 2-Digit Numbers Interactive Task Cards
Download our Ordering 2-Digit Numbers Interactive Task Cards for an engaging way to practice ordering numbers up to 120.
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CVC Blending Word Car Mats
Get students excited about blending simple CVC words with these engaging car-themed blending road mats!