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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Let's Be Sharp! Goal Setting Craftivity
Set a positive tone and start the school year with a Let’s Be Sharp! Goal Setting Craftivity.
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Dolch Sight Word Flash Cards
Practice the first 100 Dolch Sight Words with a deck of sight word flash cards.
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Descriptive Adjectives SCOOT! Game
Build vocabulary and grammar skills with a game of Adjective SCOOT!
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Google Interactive R-Controlled Vowel Word Building Activity
Build an engaging literacy center or station activity around r-controlled vowels with a Google Slides Interactive Activity.
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High Dollar Words Worksheet-Spelling Center
Develop spelling and mathematics skills simultaneously with a differentiated spelling and money math center activity.
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Count the Pennies - Worksheet
Use counting and addition skills to determine the number of pennies needed for a given amount.
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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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Ball Handling Drills for Kids — Teacher Tasks Cards
A set of 4 task cards containing drills and activities to develop ball skills.
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Move It! - Long and Short Vowel 'A' PowerPoint Game
An active PowerPoint game to practice reading and identifying long and short vowel 'a' words.
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Rhyming Match Worksheet Pack
Identify rhyming words through images with this set of 5 worksheets.
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This or That! PowerPoint Game - Possessive Nouns
An active PowerPoint game to practice working with possessive nouns.
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Student Interest Inventory (K-2)
Determine your students' interests with Student Interest Inventory for kindergarten, first, and second grade students.
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Letter Sound Knowledge Activity Cards
Practice identifying and writing the beginning sounds of words with this set of 28 task cards with your students.
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Library Scavenger Hunt – Lower Grades
Explore the school library with a scavenger hunt!
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Guided Reading Groups - Progress Tracker
Track student progress during guided reading sessions with this template.
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My Mini Book Report
Have students write about their favorite literature with this fun-sized mini-book.
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Comprehension - That's Not My Pet
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Greater/Less Than Crocodile Posters
Greater and less than can be easily confused, but Snappy uses visual representation to make it all so much clearer.
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Field Trip Reflection Worksheet — Lower Elementary Grades
A worksheet to prompt reflection on a class field trip.
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CVC Words – Playdough Mats
A set of three-letter consonant-vowel-consonant words for students to practice writing and forming in playdough.
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Charging Safety Comprehension Worksheets - Grade 1
Introduce your little learners to important fire prevention habits using these Safe Charging Comprehension Worksheets for 1st Grade.
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Design a Drug-Free Hero Activity
Inspire healthy habits during Red Ribbon Week with our Design A Drug-Free Hero Activity.
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Fire Prevention - Safe Charging Coloring Pages
Promote fire safety and inspire safe charging habits with three Fire Prevention Coloring Pages for Fire Prevention Week 2026.
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Facts About Insects Poster
Display this poster showcasing interesting insect facts and characteristics in your classroom.
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International Dot Day Creativity Challenge - Primary
Get creative on International Dot Day with a creativity challenge worksheet for primary grade students.
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Inventing Alliterations Worksheets
Build creative writing and phonics skills with this engaging Inventing Alliterations Worksheet Pack.
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Sharp and Blunt Pencil Signs (Pencil Station)
Help keep your pencils organised in the classroom with these pencil station signs.
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Ketchup, Mustard, Mayo, Pickle - Fast Finisher Bulletin Board
Keep fast finishers learning and growing with our Ketchup, Mustard, Mayo, Pickle Fast Finishers Bulletin Board Display.
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Call and Response - Attention-Grabbing Phrase Cards
Display and use a variety of call and response phrases in your classroom with our printable classroom attention getters.
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Easy Origami Animals Worksheet and Step-By-Step Instructions for Kids
Make origami animals with your students with printable step-by-step instructions plus a 2D shapes worksheet for your math lesson planning.
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We Are a Sharp Bunch! Cactus Classroom Door Decorations
Transform your classroom doorway with cactus classroom door decorations that make your Back‑to‑School door display look sharp, stylish, and effortlessly put together.v
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Predicting and Inferring Poster Set - Early Grades
Use this simple set of Making Predictions and Inferencing posters to help students understand and learn the difference between these two important reading skills.