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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Properties of 3D Shapes - Poster Set
Help your students identify the names and properties of common 3D shapes with this set of five classroom posters.
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Life Cycle of a Sunflower Accordion Book
Get crafty and teach your students the stages in the life cycle of a sunflower with a fun accordion book science craft.
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A Special Bond – Father's Day Craft Template
Celebrate your students' bonds with their fathers or special people in their life with an inclusive Father's Day craft activity.
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Halves and Fourths – Cut and Paste Worksheet
Practice sorting objects partitioned into halves and fourths with this cut-and-paste worksheet.
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Student Differentiation Guide - Data Tracker
Keep track of learning goals, accommodations, and student differentiation strategies with a handy student differentiation guide.
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S-Blends Word List
Introduce and explore words containing an initial s-blend using an s-blends word list.
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L - Blends Word List
Introduce and explore words containing an initial l-blend with a list of L-blend words.
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Word Study List - Long E Words
Explore and practice the many ways to spell the long E sound with a list of 50 long E words.
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CVC Word List
Introduce and explore consonant-vowel-consonant words with this extensive list of CVC words.
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Adding to Multiples of Ten up to 100 – Halloween Mystery Picture
Celebrate the coming of Halloween and practice adding 2-digit numbers up to 99 with a set of addition color by number worksheets.
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CVC Word Chain Task Cards
Manipulate individual phonemes in CVC words to create new ones with this set of differentiated task cards.
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Ada Lovelace - Cut and Paste Shapes and Patterns Activity
Explore shapes and patterns with the female programmer, Ada Lovelace, with this cut-and-paste activity for young students.
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Fire Evacuation Plan Template
Help your students prepare for fire emergencies with a printable fire evacuation plan template.
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Fintastic Father's Day Card
Say Happy Father's Day to the most fin-tastic dad with this punny card!
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Father's Day Tie Template - Upper Grades
Make this Father’s Day Card in the shape of a tie for your students’ special person.
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Procedures Scoot!
Review classroom procedures and expectations with with this back to school SCOOT activity.
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Counting Objects Board Game - Numbers 1-5
Practice basic math skills with a counting objects board game.
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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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What's Missing? - Alphabet Worksheet
A set of worksheets to practice writing the letters of the alphabet in order.
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Back to School Today! Poem for Kids
Ease back-to-school jitters and launch your students into a love of poetry with a short poem for kids written just for the first day of school!
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Find It! Noun Game
Practice recognizing and using nouns with this set of 5 game boards.
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Making 10 Number Bonds - Worksheet
A worksheet to practice the addition strategy of making 10.
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IE Vowel Team Board Game
Practice decoding words with the ie vowel team in this board game.
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Sweet Sight Words - Kindergarten Dolch Sight Words Board Game
Practice reading high-frequency words with this board game of 53 Kindergarten Dolch sight word cards.
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Move It! - Long and Short Vowel 'E' PowerPoint Game
An active PowerPoint game to practice reading and identifying long and short vowel ‘e’ words.
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Morning Meeting Greetings Display
Greet each student at the door in style with this set of morning meeting greetings posters.
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CVCC Word Dominoes
Practice decoding and spelling CVCC words with this set of 28 dominoes.
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Sight Word BINGO (Fry Word List 201-300)
Practice learning sight words 201-300 on the Fry Sight Word List with our set of 22 Sight Words Bingo cards.
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Skipping Through 120 - Worksheet
A worksheet to practice skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s.
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Emotion Strategies Wheel
Help your students self-regulate when they experience "big" emotions with this hands-on emotions wheel with accompanying calming strategies.
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Decodable Text to Picture Match-Up
Four sets of decodable sentences with matching pictures.
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Writing Template - Primary Grades
A blank template to use for a variety of writing pieces in the primary grades.