English Language Arts Teaching Resources for 1st Grade
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Write a Spooky Story - Scaffolded Writing Project
Inspire your struggling writers to write spooky stories that contain all of the story elements with a set of scaffolded writing activities and final draft paper.
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ASL Alphabet Line — Printable Cursive and Print Classroom Decor
Print a set of 26 ASL alphabet posters for the classroom with cursive and print letters to help your students with letter formation and handwriting.
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Blending Phoneme Puzzles - 4-Phoneme Puzzles
Master blending phonemes with 4-phoneme blending puzzles as a reading center activity.
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Readers' Theater - Itsy Bitsy Spider Read and Retell Activity
Engage young readers in texts with a dramatic reading of “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” and accompanying story retelling activity.
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Google Interactive Word Building-CVCe Words
Practice identifying consonant and vowel sounds while spelling CVCe (consonant-vowel-consonant-e) words.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - CALL
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “call” from the Second Grade Dolch sight words list.
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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 - 7 Words - Monkey
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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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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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - AM
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “am” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - What
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “what” from the Kindergarten-level Dolch sight words list.
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Ending Digraphs Sorting Activity
Practice decoding words by sorting 20 picture cards by their ending digraphs.
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Four in a Row Game - CVC Words
Practice decoding 11 different CVC words with this word card and picture game board set.
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FIND IT! R Blends Board Game
Practice decoding and spelling words with this board game that focuses on R consonant blends.
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FIND IT! S Blends Board Game
Practice decoding and spelling words with this board game that focuses on S consonant blends.
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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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Looking For a Book? – Library Display
Help your students choose a book with this classroom library display.
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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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Vowel Digraphs Bookmarks
These bookmarks are designed to help students remember some of the most common vowel digraphs while reading.
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Common Blends and Digraphs Bookmarks
These bookmarks are designed to help students remember some of the most common blends and digraphs while reading.
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Personal Narrative Checklist Pack
Use this personal narrative checklist pack when teaching your students how to edit their writing.
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Cat Handwriting Paper - Dotted Middle Line
A set of handwriting lines to use when teaching your students how to sit their letters properly on a line.
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Dear Diary Template
A template for diary entries.
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The Three Little Pigs – Comprehension Worksheet
Develop your students' reading comprehension skills with a well-known fairy tale.
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Alphabet Handwriting Sheet
A handwriting sheet with the alphabet and some words for students to trace.
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Handwriting Paper with Dotted Middle Line - Landscape
Handwriting paper for beginning writers.
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R-Blends Blending Flashcards
Practice blending r-blends with this set of blending r word cards.
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5 Ws and 1 H Planning Worksheet for Narrative Writing
A 5 Ws and 1 H worksheet to use in the classroom.
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Guided Reading Groups - Text Tracker
Track the texts used in each of your guided reading groups with this template.
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Using Adjectives: Read and Draw Fairy Tale Characters
Use this engaging set of Using Adjectives: Read and Draw Fairy Tale Characters worksheets when exploring adjectives through drawing.
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Sound Wall Classroom Interactive Bulletin Board
Print a complete Sound Wall designed to help you enhance your phonics program by displaying the phonemes your students are currently mastering.
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