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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Teaching Goods and Services Presentation
Teach your students to identify and describe examples of goods and services with an interactive teaching presentation.
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Managing Anxiety Worksheet (Primary)
Help students identify and manage anxious feelings with this self-reflection worksheet.
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Past, Present, and Future Verb Tense Matching Activity - Regular Verbs
Practice using past, present, and future tenses of regular verbs with a butterfly matching activity.
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Editable Meet The Teacher Template
Use these back-to-school templates to create a letter for your new students and their families introducing yourself.
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Editable End-of-Year Class Superlative Awards
Celebrate your school year with End-of-Year Awards tailored to each individual student in your classroom.
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Counting Pennies Worksheet
Practice identifying the front and backside of pennies when given a collection of coins.
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Addition Strategies: Using Doubles Worksheet
Practice the doubles addition strategy to solve addition problems to 20.
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Addition Strategies: Base-Ten Blocks Worksheet
Practice using the strategy of using base-10 blocks and regrouping to find the sum.
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Read and Color Worksheet - Singular and Plural Nouns
A worksheet to practice identifying singular and plural nouns.
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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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Color by Sight Words - 5 Words - Bee
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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Color by Sight Words - 4 Words - Cat
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - ARE
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “are” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Word Building Picture Reveal PowerPoint
An interactive PowerPoint to practice decoding words using onset and rime.
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Addition Strategy - Counting On Worksheet
Solve addition problems in this 2-page Counting On Addition Worksheet.
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Goods and Services Sorting Activity
Identify things as either "goods" or "services" by looking at 20 examples and sorting them into their appropriate category.
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CVC Word Building Activity
Practice building CVC words with this 25 slide interactive activity.
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Rosa Parks Timeline Activity
Craft an illustrated timeline for students to visually explore 6 events in Rosa Parks’s life.
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Behavior Reflection Sheet – Lower Grades
Get your primary students to reflect on their behaviors with this reflection worksheet.
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Number Talks - Fluency to 20 Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 24 task cards.
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Vowel Sounds Sort - /i/, /o/, and /u/
Practice distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds for letters /i/, /o/ and /u/ by sorting this set of 24 picture cards into categories.
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What's the Value? - Money Task Cards
Practice identifying coins and their values when added together with this set of 40 money task cards.
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New Year's Pop-Up Card
Ring in the new year in your classroom with this engaging 3-D cityscape craft activity for students.
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Place Value Work Mat
Practice place value concepts with this work mat for students.
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Color by 2D Shape - Egg
Practice identifying shapes and colors with this one-page worksheet.
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'I Have a Dream' Mobile
Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. with this ‘I Have a Dream’ craft.
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Set 2
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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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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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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Dolch Word Fishy Find – Game
A fishing game for students to review Dolch sight words.
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Back-to-School Checklist for Teachers
Prepare for a new school year with a printable Back to School Checklist.