1st grade Reading &amp; writing Resources

A-E-I-O-U! Vowels Game

What do the letters A, E, I, O, and U have in common? They're all featured in this engaging reading lesson. Give your young learners a chance to play a version of Red Light, Green Light that doubles as a vowel review.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Beginning Blends 1

Beginning Blends 1

These picture names are each missing the first two letters which make a consonant blend. Kids choose the correct blend and write it to complete the word.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Special Plural Nouns

Special Plural Nouns

Help your first grader learn special plurals like men and geese by having her practice writing their plural forms.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Sound Sorting

Reading: Phonics to Vocabulary

Sound Sorting

Sort out the short vowel sounds with this comprehensive phonics packet! Beginning readers will review vowel families and practice differentiating between "short" vowels and "long" vowels.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Reading: Phonics to Vocabulary

This workbook focuses on the fundamentals of reading and spelling from vowel sounds to sight words.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Letter Quiz

Letter Quiz

Match upper and lower case letters in this great alphabet review quiz.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Pronoun Unit

Pronoun Unit

Use this lesson to introduce, review, and teach pronouns! Your students will get to practice using these words and build their reading and language skills.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Amazing Adjectives

First Grade Writing Skills

Amazing Adjectives

In this lesson, students use descriptive adjectives to write interesting sentences and create pictures.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Writing Sentences: School

First Grade Writing Skills

This workbook helps first graders flex their handwriting and composition skills.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Writing Sentences: School

What is your favorite subject in school? Practice writing sentences by answering this question and more about school in this creative writing worksheet.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Missing Sight Words

My Family: Writing Practice

Missing Sight Words

Kids choose a sight word from the pool that fits into each simple sentence.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Fix the Sentences: Bicycle Ride

My Family: Writing Practice

Family first! This lesson encourages students to think about families and how diverse families can be.

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Fix the Sentences: Bicycle Ride

These sentences about bike riding have errors. Kids rewrite the sentences using correct capitalization and punctuation on this second grade writing worksheet.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Mindfulness 101! Students focus on the present moment using their senses to observe what is happening right now. They are introduced to the idea that mindfulness is about paying attention to the present.

Preschool

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Get into Grammar

Get into Grammar

This workbook covers the basics of grammar, from parts of speech, to descriptive vocabulary, verb tenses and more!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Words That Start With Ch

Spell Out Short Vowel Words

Words That Start With Ch

Use this list of words that start with "ch" to generate your phonics lesson plan!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Spell Out Short Vowel Words

These short vowel words are missing their vowels!

Kindergarten

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Learning About Maps

Identifying Common or Proper Nouns

Learning About Maps

From the compass rose to the map key, first grade students will learn about three characteristics that make up a map. Symbols are used on maps too, as students practice what they can do!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan