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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Jellyfish Craft Template for Kids
Use this printable jellyfish craft template when learning about wind, ocean animals, or teaching about the letter J.
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Mindfulness Activity Mats
A set of 10 mindfulness activity mats.
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Animal Classification Sort
Determine if an animal is an amphibian, reptile, mammal, or bird with this sorting activity.
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Counting On Cover Up Game
Practice the counting-on strategy with this engaging cover-the-board game.
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Who Works in Our Community? - Community Helper Worksheet
A worksheet to use when learning about community helpers.
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Easter Mini Book
Practice letter formation and handwriting skills with a printable Easter mini-book.
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St. Patrick's Day Tracing Mini Book
Help your kindergarten students learn and write about St. Patrick’s Day with a printable mini-book.
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Classroom Expectations - Behavioral Visual Support Posters
Set clear expectations with a visual classroom expectations poster for the classroom.
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George Washington Comprehension Worksheet - Primary Grades
Read and learn about the father of our country, George Washington, with a reading passage and comprehension questions.
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Zoo Trip - Coding Robot Mat
Implement coding for kids with coding robots and a printable coding robot map activity.
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Features of Insects Mini-Book
Learn about creepy crawly insects with a printable decodable book for first and second-grade readers.
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Worksheet - Spelling Soft G Words & Hard G Words
Practice identifying the soft g sound and hard g sound with this printable two-page worksheet.
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All About Bats Mini Book
Go batty for informational text with a printable emerging reader mini book for first and second-grade readers.
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Short Vowel Worksheets (Middle Sounds Practice)
Identify medial or middle vowel sounds with this set of three worksheets.
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On the Farm - Vocabulary and Writing Prompts
Inspire young farmers to read and write about the farm with farm-themed writing prompts and word wall cards.
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What's the Weather Like Today? – Mini-Book
Measure, record, and graph weather information with a printable mini-book.
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Grandparents Day Picture Template
Help your students say Happy Grandparents Day with printable picture frame templates.
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Living or Nonliving? Color by Code Worksheet
Practice identifying living and nonliving things with this color by code worksheet.
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Sorting Needs and Wants for Kindergarten - Worksheet and Google Interactive
Practice identifying basic needs and wants with a cut-and-paste sorting worksheet or Google Interactive Resource.
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Goods and Services Worksheet
Determine examples of goods and services with an economics worksheet.
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Goods and Services Advertisement Project
Engage your learners with an end-of-unit Goods and Services project.
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Welcome to Our Hive! - Bulletin Board Display
Get students excited about BEE-ing in their new classroom with this bee-themed bulletin board display.
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Alphabet Google Interactive — Letter D
Dive into learning the letter D with a Google Interactive Activity.
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Where Are We? Classroom Door Sign
Add a "where are we?" classroom door sign to your classroom door to let people know where you and your students have gone!
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Dress for the Weather Worksheet
Identify proper clothing choices for different weather conditions with this worksheet.
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Procedures Scoot!
Review classroom procedures and expectations with with this back to school SCOOT activity.
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Labeling the Continents and Oceans Worksheets
Turn geography into a fun and educational learning experience by using our free Continents and Oceans worksheets!
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Google Slides Interactive - Story Retell Activity
Use this Google Slides Interactive activity to practice retelling stories.
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Past, Present, and Future Verb Tense Matching Activity - Irregular Verbs
Master past, present, and future tenses of irregular verbs with a butterfly matching activity.
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End of Year Project- Design a Summer Camp
Plan, design, and organize a Summer Camp Program with a fun end of year art and STEM project for elementary students.
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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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Memory Matcher PowerPoint – American Coins and Bills
Practice identifying US coins and bills with an interactive memory match game.