Mastering vowel sounds is an important step on the path to reading! Use this one-on-one assessment to gauge your first graders' knowledge of words that have a long A sound by having them read these sight words aloud.

What was the very first toy you played with when you were a baby? Answer this question and more by filling in the blanks to answer the questions about toys.

Children work on phonics and spelling skills as they learn about the diphthong OU in this vocabulary-building worksheet.

Practice working with pronouns in this barbecue-themed worksheet. Kids will find nouns that can be replaced with pronouns in the given sentences.

Help Alan and Diego by filling in the missing verbs in each sentence.

Practice sounding out and identifying blends at the beginning of words with your first grader with help from this worksheet.

Find words that start with the letter U in this hands-on activity for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and first graders!

Give students fun word study practice during the winter season using this short and long vowel sort! 

Three full days of Christmas celebration? The holidays season is pretty amazing in Germany!

Students practice using future tense verbs when imagining what their lives will be like at age 25.

Mix and match nouns, verbs, pronouns and more to make a deliciously different stew of complete sentences.

How well does your beginning reader know his parts of speech? Here's a great grammar review of pronouns!

Does your child know the story of Cinderella? Sit down with your young reader and put these Cinderella story sequencing pictures back in order!

It's easy to goof up on grammar: Get your first grader familiar with sentences by having her practice labeling groups of words as complete or incomplete.

A rebus story is told using pictures and drawings instead of words.

Give your students a chance to strengthen their reading comprehension skills by identifying the main topic and supporting details in a nonfiction text.

Do your first graders have a solid grasp of how to write sentences with proper end punctuation, or could they use a bit more practice? Use this assessment to gauge your students’ abilities to use correct end punctuation.

Kids practice reading and writing the long a sound in words ending like tray.

These pets need your help finding their missing letters! This worksheet encourages students to slow down and listen to each sound they hear. By working as word detectives, students learn how to segment pet words into different sounds.

Use this worksheet to evaluate peer conversations when students are participating in collaborative conversations.

As students read nonfiction books, have them think which important words teach about the main topic. At the end of this activity, students will have made a web of vocabulary words!

Help your child monitor their progress as readers with this reading goals worksheet. The act of reflecting and goal setting will set students up for reading success!

An acrostic poem is one of the most easy and rewarding ways for younger children to write poetry. Fill in the blanks to spell out "family".

What turned Louie's frown upside-down? This cute story starter gets your first grader writing a turtle tale.

Want to boost your first grader's writing skills? This basic grammar worksheet gives him practice writing adjectives.

Most adverbs tell where, when or how something happened! Practice identifying where adverbs with this worksheet.

Help your 1st grader gain confidence as a reader with sight word flash cards that you can cut out and tape around the house. Includes words from about to any.

Students love mazes, so add some rhyming practice to their fun! Help your child find all the rhymes that he should pass on his way through the maze.

Short u long u worksheets help kids practice their phonics skills. This exercise uses fun images to teach kids about all the sounds the letter u makes.

Take a look at this fun story to give your 1st grader word family practice. Identifying rhymes will come easy after reading this vocabulary-filled passage!