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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Bowling Game - Dolch Primer Sight Words
Practice reading and matching 52 high-frequency words on the Dolch Kindergarten sight words list.
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Pirate's Treasure – Maze Quest
A fun, pirate-themed maze for students to complete.
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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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Color by Sight Words - 4 Words - Dragonfly
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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Y-Chart Graphic Organizer
A blank Y-Chart graphic organizer to use in any subject area.
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T-Chart Graphic Organizer
A blank T-chart graphic organizer to use in any subject area.
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Rainforest Maze
A fun, rainforest-themed maze for students to complete.
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How to Draw for Kids - Ninja Girl
A task card that helps students draw an illustration of a ninja girl!
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How to Draw for Kids - Monster
Teach your students how to draw a monster with this Halloween directed-drawing activity.
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Final e Board Game - A_E
Practice decoding final -e conventions for representing the long 'a' vowel sound with our board game and set of word cards.
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Final 'e' Board Game - I_E
Practice decoding final -e conventions for representing the long 'i' vowel sound with our board game and set of word cards.
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Final 'e' Board Game - O_E
Practice decoding final -e conventions for representing the long 'o' vowel sound with our board game and set of word cards.
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Word Problem Task Cards - 2-digit + 1-digit Addition
Practice adding 2-digit and 1-digit numbers with this set of 16 word problem task cards.
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Final 'e' Sorting Activity
Practice decoding final -e conventions with this set of 18 sorting cards representing long 'a', 'i', and 'o' vowel sounds.
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Final 'e' Picture Puzzle - a_e
Practice decoding words with long "a" vowel sounds and final "e" conventions with this 15-piece picture puzzle.
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Final 'e' Picture Puzzle - o_e
Practice decoding words with long 'o' vowel sounds and final ‘e’ conventions with this 15-piece picture puzzle.
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Final 'e' Picture Puzzle - i_e
Practice decoding words with long 'i' vowel sounds and final ‘e’ conventions with this 15-piece picture puzzle.
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Tangram Pieces
A set of tangram pieces.
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What's Missing? - One More, One Less Task Cards
Practice identifying numbers one more or one less than a given two-digit number with this set of 20 task cards.
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Add a Little Sunshine to Someone's Day - Bulletin Board Display
Brighten your classroom (and someone's day) with this sunflower-themed bulletin board set.
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Building Sundaes - Digraphs
Identify initial and final consonant digraphs with this set of 4 yummy digraph sundaes.
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Five Senses Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer to use when brainstorming sights, sounds, smells, touches, and tastes.
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Four in a Row Game - a_e Words
Practice decoding long 'a' silent final ‘e’ words with this set of 18 word cards and picture game board.
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Four in a Row Game - i_e Words
Practice decoding long 'i' silent final ‘e’ words with this set of 18 word cards and picture game board.
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Living vs Nonliving Things - Sorting Activity
Sort biotic vs. abiotic things and discuss their characteristics with a hands-on living and nonliving things picture sort.
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Introduction to Personal Recounts PowerPoint
Use this personal recount set of teaching slides to teach younger students about the structure and language features of personal recounts.
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Assessment Rubric - Procedural Writing
An assessment rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' procedural writing.
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Numbers 0-20 - Japanese Language Poster with Hiragana
A numbers poster to use in the classroom when teaching Japanese.
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Noun, Verb, and Adjective Sort - Worksheet
Help students learn the difference between nouns, verbs, and adjectives with this cut-and-paste sorting worksheet.
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I Have, Who Has? Looping Cards - Editable Word Version
An editable Word version of 'I Have, Who Has' looping cards.
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Calming Down Mini-Book
Help your students to keep calm when they are experiencing heightened emotions with this social story mini-book.
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Report Card Comments
Sample report card comments for General, English and Mathematics.