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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Classroom Catastrophe Scale – Display
Help your students gauge the severity of everyday challenges with this wall display.
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Koala Gratitude Hug Card
Have your students show their gratitude to someone they love with this koala hug template.
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Quick Phonics Screener- Single Letter Phoneme
Test your students' knowledge of single letter phonemes with this student assessment kit.
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Color by Parts of Speech - Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives - Octopus
A fun activity to use when learning about nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
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Random Partner Wheel Templates
Randomly assigning pairs of 16, 12, and 8 students with this set of 3 random partner wheel templates.
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Nouns Sorting Activity
Practice recognizing and sorting nouns into categories using these 24 picture common noun cards.
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Goods and Services Word Search
Stretch your students’ vocabulary and reading skills with this economics-focused word search that features examples of goods and services.
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Parts of Speech Flip Book
A flip book to use when learning about parts of speech.
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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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Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks Cut and Sort Worksheet
Compare and contrast the lives of two influential Black History Month figures in this cut-and-sort activity.
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Spiderweb Plates – Craft Activity
Use a fun spiderweb craft activity to bring spider fun into your classroom this Halloween.
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Rules for Classroom Technology - Lower Grades Posters
Remind primary students of the rules when using classroom technology.
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Skipping Through 120 - Worksheet
A worksheet to practice skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.
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"I'm a Reading Superhero" Bulletin Board Bundle
Create a space for your students to be a reading superhero with this bulletin board display.
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SPLAT! Capitalization Card Game
Practice capitalizing the pronoun I, the names of people, and the beginning letter in sentences with our set of 20 capitalization game cards.
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Plus One and Minus One Math Machine Worksheet
A worksheet to practice generating a number that is one more than or one less than another number.
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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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Rhyming Match Worksheet Pack
Identify rhyming words through images with this set of 5 worksheets.
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Number of Days in a Row That I Have Read at Home! - Home Reading Progress Tracker
Monitor and record good home reading habits with this goal tracker sheet.
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My Little Sight Word Book - Said
A little book of activities for the sight word ‘said’.
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Set 1
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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SPLAT! CVC Word Game
A set of 36 task cards to practice decoding and reading 3-letter words.
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Read Across America Tracker
Download a printable book-reading tracker to use for Read Across America Day or Read Across America Week.
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Library Scavenger Hunt – Lower Grades
Explore the school library with a scavenger hunt!
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Blank Letter and Number Cutouts
A set of printable bulletin board letters and numbers to use when decorating your classroom.
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Sensory Chart Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use when categorizing sensory details.
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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.
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Segmenting and Blending Mats
A set of beautifully designed templates for students to practice blending and segmenting words.
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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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Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer
A blank Venn diagram graphic organizer to use in any subject area.
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What Happened Next? – Jack and the Beanstalk Writing Template
A template for students to finish the story of Jack and the Beanstalk in their own, unique way.
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Weather-Themed How Are You Feeling? Poster and Flashcards
A visual resource to help students verbalize how they are feeling.