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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Printable Seek and Find — In the Park Theme
A fun, search and find activity for students.
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Open and Closed Questions – Worksheet
A worksheet for students to demonstrate their knowledge of open and closed questions.
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Library Scavenger Hunt – Lower Grades
Explore the school library with a scavenger hunt!
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I See My Dream — MLK Art Activity
Encourage students to share their dreams for the future with an MLK Art activity.
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Sample Behavior Goals
Use this list of 20 behavior goals to help when creating your students' behavior trackers.
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How to Draw For Kids - Alien
A task card that helps students draw an illustration of an alien!
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What's Missing? - Ten More, Ten Less Task Cards
Find numbers ten more or ten less than a given two- or three-digit number with this set of 20 task cards.
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Writing Conventions Checklist
Get your students using this writing conventions checklist to edit their work across multiple genres.
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Fact Family Find and Flip - One- and Two-Digit Addition and Subtraction
Addition and subtraction game cards demonstrating the relationship between fact families.
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Our Kindness Rock Garden Poster
Poster to display when creating a classroom kindness rock garden.
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Opinion Topic Prompt Cards
A set of opinion topic cards designed specifically for lower‑grades.
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The Best Way to Predict Your Future... – Motivational Poster
Brighten up your classroom with this motivational poster.
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Classroom Morning Routine and Agenda Slides
Use these cute, simple Google Slides morning routine slides to display important information for the day.
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Skip Counting Worksheet Pack
Support early number learning with this skip‑counting worksheet pack, designed to help students recognize, continue, and create skip‑counting patterns using a range of visual representations.
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"Recipe for Friendship" Activity
Describe how to build a beautiful friendship with this worksheet.
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Character Emotions Worksheet
Make inferences about character's feelings with this one-page worksheet.
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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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Roll It, Make It, Expand It! - Place Value Worksheet
A worksheet for students to use when learning to write two-digit numbers in expanded form.
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The Recycling Process Poster
Show your students the process materials go through when they are recycled with printable recycling posters.
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Visual Daily Schedule and Equipment List for Students
Provide a visual schedule for specific students with this desk template.
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Guided Writing Lesson Plan Template
Make planning your guided writing lessons a cinch with this lesson plan template.
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Guided Reading Groups - Text Tracker
Track the texts used in each of your guided reading groups with this template.
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100 Days of School Activity Book
A fun booklet of activities for students to complete on their 100th day of school.
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What's On Your Plate Worksheet
A worksheet that helps students reflect on their eating habits.
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Our Classroom Rules - Set of 8 Posters
Remind students of classroom rules and expectations with this set of 8 posters.
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Shark-Themed Book Review Template and Poster
A fun shark-themed poster with 3 book review templates.
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Step by Step Introductory Worksheet for Coding - Pirate Adventure
A worksheet for students to use when learning how to write a simple code.
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Writer's Notebook Cover Page
A cover page to be used for student's journals.
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Build a Fact File Template
Get a sense of separating fact from opinion in texts with this graphic organizer.
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Build an Animal Fact File – Cut and Paste Worksheets
Use this set of 5 writing prompts to assess your students’ informative writing skills.
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Reading Connections Worksheet Set
Build deep comprehension skills with this engaging Reading Connections Worksheet set.
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Homework Information Sheet - Editable Template
Inform parents of what homework will look like in your classroom with this editable template.