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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Long U Words - Printable Word List
Introduce and explore words containing graphemes that make the “long u” sound with this extensive list of words.
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Compound Words Cut and Paste - Worksheet
Cut, paste, and write to form open and closed compound words with a word-building worksheet.
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Same or Different? Initial, Medial, Ending Sounds Interactive
Practice isolating beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words with a Google Slides interactive game.
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Halloween Worksheet — Bat Facts and Opinions
Practice identifying facts and opinions with a Halloween worksheet activity about bats.
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Addition and Subtraction Within 20 – Worksheet
Use this worksheet with your students when exploring addition and subtraction within 20.
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Morning Meeting Questions - 180-Day Slide Deck
Download 180 days of morning meeting questions to foster communication and positivity while building relationships in your classroom.
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Map Symbols Matching Activity
Practice identifying the symbols found on a map with a map symbol matching activity.
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Counting Clip Cards - Veterans Day Activity
Integrate concepts of counting into your Veterans Day lesson plans with a set of 18 printable Veterans Day clip cards.
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Identifying Community Helpers Worksheets
Engage kindergarten and first-grade students in identifying community helpers with a pair of worksheets.
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Playdough STEM Challenge – Task Cards
Use this set of STEM challenge cards to foster critical thinking and problem-solving by building various items with playdough.
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Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards
Practice the first 100 Dolch Sight Words with a deck of sight word flash cards.
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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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Google Slides Interactive - Story Elements Activity
Introduce your kindergarten and first-grade students to the elements of a story using this interactive Google Slides activity.
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Rolling for Cash — Printable Counting Coins Game
Print a customizable money game for kids that requires addition and skip counting skills to count coins.
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Editable Weekly Lesson Plan Template
Stay organized for the week with this editable lesson plan template.
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Kindergarten Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 1
Display this collection of warm-up activities for kindergarten with tasks related to literacy, math, art, and more.
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Grade 1 Daily Warm-Up – PowerPoint 2
Bring on the day’s lessons with math and English activities that get students excited about learning.
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Counting by 5's Maze
Get to the party by skip counting to 100 with our counting by 5’s worksheet.
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Our Class Got a Compliment! - Class Reward Chart
Motivate your students to keep up the good work with this classroom reward chart.
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Parts of Speech Card Game – Editable
An editable parts of speech card game.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - WILL
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “will” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Funky Alpaca Craft Template
Teach about Zentangle art patterns with a fun (an funky) printable alpaca template for teachers.
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Ten More, Ten Less Worksheet
Practice or review adding and subtracting 10 from a given number.
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Addition Strategy - Counting On Worksheet
Solve addition problems in this 2-page Counting On Addition 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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Digital Learning Background – Student of the Week
A special background students can use when they are student of the week.
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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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Nothing but Nouns Game
A game to practice working with common, proper, and collective nouns.
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Color by 2D Shape - Egg
Practice identifying shapes and colors with this one-page worksheet.
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Rhyming Practice - Cut and Paste Worksheet
Practice identifying rhyming words with this cut and paste worksheet.
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Rhyming Match Worksheet Pack
Identify rhyming words through images with this set of 5 worksheets.
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Months – German Language Flashcards
A set of flashcards to use in the classroom when teaching German terms for months.