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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Patterns, Lines, and Feelings Activity
A fun art activity to experiment with the use of line and pattern.
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A Special Kind of Love – Mother's Day Template
Print this teacher-created inclusive Mother's Day template for students to write about the love they feel for a mother figure in their lives.
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Addition Strategy - Counting On Worksheet
Solve addition problems in this 2-page Counting On Addition Worksheet.
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Patterning Guide Template
A template to use when learning about line in visual art.
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Goods and Services Vocabulary Foldable
Write the definitions for vocabulary words associated with your Goods and Services Teaching Presentation on this foldable worksheet.
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Sprinkle Kindness - Bulletin Board Set
Get your students reflecting on ways to show kindness with this interactive bulletin board!
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Student of the Week Certificate – Lower Grades
Celebrate your Student of the Week student with this certificate for lower grade students.
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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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Tracing and Drawing 2-D Shapes – Worksheet
A simple trace and draw worksheet for 2-D shapes.
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Alphabet Letter Match
A fun match-up activity to consolidate your students' knowledge of uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Nothing but Nouns Game
A game to practice working with common, proper, and collective nouns.
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Virtual Learning Plus/Delta Chart
A template to explore the positives of past virtual learning and ways it could possibly be improved.
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Grouping Plants and Animals – Sorting Activity (K-1)
Sort plants and animals using different characteristics with a set of task cards and picture cards.
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Place Value Work Mat
Practice place value concepts with this work mat for students.
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Color by 2D Shape - Egg
Practice identifying shapes and colors with this one-page worksheet.
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2-D Shape Dominoes
A set of dominoes to help students with their understanding of 2-D shapes.
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'I Have a Dream' Mobile
Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. with this ‘I Have a Dream’ craft.
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All About Rectangles Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in learning about rectangles.
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Line and Feeling Sorting Activity - Primary Grades
A fun sorting activity for students to explore interpretation of line in visual art.
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My Little Sight Word Book - Said
A little book of activities for the sight word ‘said’.
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A Whole LLAMA Learning Going On! - Bulletin Board Display
Make creating a fun bulletin board no prob-llama with this llama-themed bulletin board kit.
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Reading Center Poster – Dive Into Another World... Read a Book!
Spark adventure in your reading center with this poster.
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Read Across America Bingo
Encourage your students to read different types of books with this Read Across America bingo card.
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Printable Seek and Find — In the Park Theme
A fun, search and find activity for students.
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New Year's Goals Worksheet
Use this goal-setting worksheet to get your students excited for the new year.
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Writing Template - Primary Grades
A blank template to use for a variety of writing pieces in the primary grades.
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Free Hidden Picture Puzzle and Activity Worksheet
Print a free hidden picture puzzle and activity worksheet that makes a perfect brain break for first or second grade.
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Sensory Chart Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
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Living or Nonliving? - Worksheet
A worksheet that explores living and nonliving things.
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Valentine's Day Seek and Find Printable
Engage your students’ counting skills with our search and find Valentine's Day activity.
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Science of Reading Decoding Strategy Bookmarks and Poster
Help students succeed in reading fluency with this free printable bookmark and poster set of strategies for decoding unknown words.