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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S-Blends Word List
Introduce and explore words containing an initial s-blend using an s-blends word list.
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All About Community Workers - Community Helper Slide Deck
View and discuss the various community helpers with a slideshow about community helpers for kindergarten and preschool.
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Expanded Form Dominoes (3-Digit Numbers)
Use this set of dominoes when learning how to match 3-digit numbers written in standard form and expanded form.
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The Changing Seasons Comprehension Worksheets
Read and write about the changing seasons with a comprehension passage and worksheet.
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Space Coloring Pages
Use this space coloring pages to celebrate World Space Week or as a brain break activity during class.
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Write About It! Pumpkins - Differentiated Writing Prompts
Differentiate writing instruction in primary grades with a group of leveled fall writing prompts about pumpkins.
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All About Insects - Vocabulary and Writing Activity
Inspire young entomologists to read and write about insects with bug-themed writing prompts and word wall cards.
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Printable Skeleton - Halloween Bulletin Board Craft
Craft a bit of creepy classroom decor for Halloween with a build-a-skeleton template.
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Continents and Oceans Roll and Color Game
Learn to identify the continents and oceans of the world with a Continents and Oceans Roll and Color Game.
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What is a Timeline? Instructional Slide Deck
Use this slide deck and accompanying materials to teach your students how to read, understand, and identify timelines.
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Hello Pumpkin! Fall Bulletin Board Display
Celebrate the coming of Autumn with a fall bulletin board display and an art activity.
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Fall Fun With Words Worksheets
Bring a bit of fall into the classroom with a set of five fun fall activities that develop vocabulary and spelling skills.
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Apple Barrel Blends - Sorting Center
Supplement your phonics lessons with a consonant blend “Apple Barrel” sorting center.
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Graph It! Worksheet (Single-Unit Intervals)
Draw a single-unit picture graph and bar graph to represent data with this worksheet.
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Design a Dot Day Shirt Creativity Task
Design a Dot Day shirt with a fun, creative t-shirt template.
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Patriot Day Mini Book
Read, write, and draw to learn about Patriot Day with a printable mini-book.
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Printable Grandparents Day Card - Flowers
Say thank you to all of the grandparents with a printable Grandparents Day card.
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We Love Our Grandparents! Crown
Get crafty and treat Grandparents like royalty with a printable Grandparents Day crown template.
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Daily Dolch Drills — Pre-Primer Weekly Homework
Practice weekly sight words to strengthen letter-sound recognition, spelling, and reading fluency with six weeks of sight word homework worksheets.
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U.S. Mountains and Rivers Worksheets
Locate rivers and mountains on a U.S. physical map with two labeling worksheets.
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Printable Community Helpers Booklet
Use this mini-book to review or introduce community workers to your primary grade students.
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Australian Animals Mindfulness Bookmarks
Practice mindfulness and keep track of your reading with these Australian Animals Mindfulness Bookmarks!
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Choose KINDNESS - Bulletin Board Display
Remind your students to choose KINDNESS with this interactive bulletin board display.
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What Do They Do? Community Helpers Worksheet Pack
Engage kindergarten and first-grade students in writing about 25 amazing community helpers with a worksheet pack.
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Back to School Icebreaker - Put a Finger Down Classroom Introduction Activity
Kick off a new school year with a “Put a Finger Down” Getting to Know You classroom icebreaker.
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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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Irregular Plural Noun Match-Up
Practice using irregular plural nouns with an Irregular Plural Noun Matching Activity.
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Editable Weekly Lesson Plan Template
Stay organized for the week with this editable lesson plan template.
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Natural Landforms for Kids Poster Collection
Display and teach the types of landforms on Earth with a set of fifteen Natural Landforms posters.
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How Are You Feeling Today? Poster
Help students to recognize and identify their feelings and emotions with this colorful classroom display poster.
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Google Interactive Sight Words - 1st Grade Dolch
Read, write, identify, and build all 41 Dolch first-grade sight words in an interactive Google Slides presentation.
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Blends and Digraphs Clip Card Reading Center
Practice identifying digraphs and blends in word through interactive Google slides and traditional PDF printable formats.