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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Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down Expectations Sort
Review appropriate classroom behaviors with this sorting activity.
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Rhyming Poems Poster
A poster providing a definition and example of a rhyming poem.
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Seek and Find – Underwater Theme
A fun, search and find counting activity.
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How to Make a Paper Airplane – Procedural Writing Worksheet
Explore how to make a paper airplane while your students fine-tune their procedural writing skills.
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Number Forms Worksheet
A fill-in-the-blank worksheet for your students to practice putting 3-digit numbers in standard form, expanded form, and written form.
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All About My Family Mini Booklet
A template for students to complete a booklet all about their family.
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Growth Mindset Posters - Captain Yet's Joyous Journey
Remind your students what a "can-do attitude" looks like in the classroom with this set of 8 posters.
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Alliteration Poem Poster
A poster providing a definition and example of an alliteration poem.
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What Could It Be? - Sensory Poem Template
Use this template when teaching students how to write sensory poems.
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Species Snapshot Worksheet - Honey Bees
A comprehension worksheet paired with an article about honey bees.
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Sorting by Category - Vocabulary Activity
Early readers can practice sorting and decoding with this category sorting board activity for 1 to 4 players.
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All About Rectangles Mini Booklet
A mini booklet to assist younger students in learning about rectangles.
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Diagnostic Reading Assessment for Teachers (Phonological Awareness)
Test your students' phonological awareness with this diagnostic reading assessment.
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Set 2
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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SPLAT! CCVC Word Game
A set of 36 task cards to practice decoding and reading CCVC words.
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SPLAT! CVC Word Game
A set of 36 task cards to practice decoding and reading 3-letter words.
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All About Me - Beehive Bulletin Board Display
Create an inclusive "All About Me" wall with this beehive classroom bulletin board kit.
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Anchor Chart Design Posters
A set of 3 posters with title, lettering, and border ideas to help you design anchor charts with your class.
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Student Desk Name Plate – Desk Pets
Encourage positive behavior with printable Desk Pet Habitat desk name plates.
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Statement, Question, Command, Exclamation PowerPoint
A 14-slide editable PowerPoint template that introduces the attributes of the different types of sentences.
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Library Bulletin Board Bundle
Celebrate your school library and librarian with this bulletin board display.
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Penguins Bulletin Board Banner
Make bulletin board creation easy with a customizable penguin-themed classroom banner.
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Picture Graph Templates
A set of blank picture graph templates for students to represent data.
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MATH Group Rotation Posters
Organize your math rotations with this set of 5 posters.
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Weekly Group Rotations - Interactive PowerPoint
Organize your classroom group rotations with this interactive PowerPoint.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - AFTER
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “after” from the First Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer
A blank Venn diagram graphic organizer to use in any subject area.
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Roll it! Read it! Write it! Dolch 1st Grade Sight Words
Practice reading and writing Dolch’s first grade high-frequency words with this board game for multiple players.
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Real Life 3D Shapes – Interactive PowerPoint
Explore three-dimensional objects in the real world with this engaging interactive activity.
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Today I Learned To (TILT) Poster
A poster to display what students learned that day.
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Weekend Narrative Writing Worksheet
Practice writing personal narratives with your young students with this writing template.
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Story Spine Porcupine – Narrative Writing Template
Print a narrative writing graphic organizer template designed to help students plan their narrative.