English Language Arts Teaching Resources for 1st Grade
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - STOP
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “stop” from the First Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - THEN
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “then” from the First Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Bowling Game - Beginning Sounds
Practice applying letter-sound correspondence with 26 picture cards and letter pins.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - OVER
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “over” from the First Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Weekend Narrative Writing Worksheet
Practice writing personal narratives with your young students with this writing template.
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Guided Reading Groups - Comprehension Question Prompts
Use these question prompts before, during, and after reading texts in your guided reading sessions.
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Grade 1 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards
Five sets of literacy rotation task cards to be used in conjunction with issue 1 of Teach Starter's Grade 1 magazine.
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Prepositions Parking Lot Game
Practice recognizing and using prepositions with our game board with a set of 20 preposition cards.
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Building Sundaes - Digraphs
Identify initial and final consonant digraphs with this set of 4 yummy digraph sundaes.
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Who Is Rosa Parks? – Shared Reading and Activity
Learn about and discuss activist Rosa Parks and the Montgomery bus boycott with this 15-slide read-along PowerPoint presentation.
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Word of the Week PowerPoint - Grade 1
A 40 slide PowerPoint Template for introducing new vocabulary to year 1 students.
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Story Leads To Hook Your Readers
How to hook your reader: 11 techniques to open your story with a bang and grab your reader's attention!
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Reading Comprehension Skills - Student Tracker
Track which comprehension skills your students are using with this individual student template.
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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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Dolch Sight Word Flashcards - Grade 2
Use these flashcards to help students practice their Dolch sight words.
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Compound Words Poster
Show your students examples of compound words with a pair of printable Compound Word Anchor Charts.
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Everyday Grammar Sentence Structure Warm-Ups – Grades 1 and 2 Interactive PowerPoint
An engaging 40 slide interactive PowerPoint to use in the lower grades classroom when learning about sentence structure.
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Inferring Written Scenario Task Cards
Task cards that help students use their knowledge and ideas to help them decode ideas in texts.
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Alphabet Handwriting Sheets - Individual
Handwriting sheets for each letter of the alphabet.
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Would You Rather...? Question Cards
Would You Rather use this set of 31 question cards or eat a can of worms?
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.
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Comprehension - Three Little Pigs
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Count the Syllables - Worksheets
Count syllables in words with this set of 5 worksheets.
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Exploring Informational Texts Teaching Slides
Teach your students how to write an informational text using this detailed slideshow targeted at lower elementary school students.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Distinguishing Between Fiction and Nonfiction
A set of comprehension task cards to help students distinguish between fiction and nonfiction when reading.
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Black and White Goal Setting Desk Plates
Desk plates for your students to name and set their goals.
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Character Traits Accordion Template – Blank
Learn how adjectives can be used to describe a character's appearance and personality with a hands-on craft activity aligned to the curriculum.
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Digraph Bug Swatting Game
Practice digraph knowledge at the start of words with this small group bug swatting game.
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Missing Beginnings Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate initial blend sounds.
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Super Six Reading Comprehension Strategies - Question Flashcards
A set of question cards to use when working with the Super Six reading comprehension strategies.
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Blank Bingo Cards (No Free Space)
Blank bingo cards that can be customized to any activity.
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Handwriting Sheets - Theme Pages 1
Ten themed handwriting sheets with your choice of fonts.
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