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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Making Inferences With Pictures Worksheet
Guide your students to use pictures to make inferences with this reading worksheet.
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Kindergarten Math Activity - Christmas Addition Facts Up to 10 Puzzle
Review addition facts up to 10 with a printable Christmas math activity for Kindergarten.
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Interactive Build A Snowman Sequencing Activity
Practice sequencing and writing procedural texts with an interactive How to Build a Snowman game.
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Printable All About Me Poster Template - Ocean Theme
Dive into a new school year and learn about your new students with an ocean-themed Printable All About Me Poster Template.
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How to Draw a Gingerbread House Directed Drawing
Teach your students how to draw a gingerbread house with a printable guided drawing worksheet.
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Diphthongs Maze Worksheet
Excite your students to practice their knowledge of diphthongs with this fun clue-based maze diphthong worksheet.
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I Am Thankful Quilt - Thanksgiving Art Project
Create an “I Am Thankful” Quilt to display for Thanksgiving with a printable collaborative quilt template.
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Christmas Charades Game for Kids
Have fun at your classroom Christmas party by playing an exciting Christmas Charades Game!
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Matching Expanded and Standard 2-Digit Number Cards
Explore double digit numbers in standard and expanded form with this sorting activity for your math groups.
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2-Digit Numbers in Expanded Form Worksheet
Explore two-digit numbers in standard form and expanded form with this set of two cut-and-paste style worksheets.
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Gratitude Tree and Leaves Template
Create a "Gratitude Tree" display with a printable tree and individual leaf cutouts.
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Mindful Breathing Exercises Posters
Teach students mindful breathing exercises to use when they are emotionally overwhelmed with this set of 7 classroom posters.
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Good Choices-Bad Choices Worksheet - Red Ribbon
Use a good choices bad choices worksheet to help students differentiate between good and bad choices.
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Printable Empathy Games
Spark empathy in young hearts! Download our set of printable empathy games specially crafted for 1st and 2nd grade students.
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5 Finger Retell Teaching Slides
Teach your students about the 5 finger retell strategy with this set of teaching slides.
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Hello Greeting Cards Template
4 templates for students to use when creating hello greeting cards.
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Writing the Alphabet - Handwriting Poster
A poster to assist students when learning how to form letters.
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Types of Adverbs Teaching Slides
Explore five types of adverbs in this action-packed adverb adventure teaching slide deck! This resource covers adverbs of time, place, manner, frequency and degree.
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Coping Skills Desk Plates
Download and print calm-down strategy desk plates for your students so they can respond appropriately to big emotions.
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Skip Counting by 1, 2, 5 and 10 Sorting Activity
Set up this sorting activity as a small group or rotation task for your students to practise thier skip counting skills.
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Shape Worksheet Sets (Kindergarten to 6th Grade Level)
Use these leveled worksheets sets with your elementary school students to explore 2D shapes and 3D shapes!
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Grade 1 Magazine - What's Buzzing? (Issue 1)
A beautifully designed, 24-page reading magazine specifically written for Grade 1 students.
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Base-10 Blocks - Pictorial Model Cards
A set of base-10 block cards to compose and decompose numbers, including decimals.
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Water Sources Cut and Paste Sorting Worksheet
Explore the different water sources using this cut and paste worksheet pack.
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Back-to-School Bulletin Board Decor Bundle — Astronauts Theme
Personalize your astronaut classroom door or bulletin board with fun printable templates that can be personalized with your students' faces!
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Three Little Pigs – Sequencing Worksheet
Identify the story beginning, series of events and ending with this narrative text sequencing activity.
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Addition within 20 Interactive Resource
Practice solving one-digit and two-digit addition problems using a variety of addition strategies with this interactive activity.
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5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Exercise – Worksheet
De-escalate your students while in difficult situations with this calming exercise.
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Think Sheet for Behavior – Lower Grades
Invite your primary students to reflect on their behavior choices with this behavior think sheet.
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Parent Handbook Flip Book Template
Start the school year with informed parents by providing them with a parent handbook.
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Addition Strategies Cheat Sheet
Help students understand the different addition strategies with this helpful cheat sheet.
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We Can Cooperate Mini Book
Read to learn about cooperative behavior with a printable one-page foldable mini book.