1st grade Word Structure Worksheets

Aren't alliterations awesome? Have a little phonics fun by finishing these alliterations.

How comfortable are your first graders with reading and understanding contractions? Use this one-on-one assessment to check your students’ abilities to read common contractions.

Practice clapping out the beats in each word with this syllables quiz. Say each word out loud to help you identify the syllables.

Help your first grader prepare for her next spelling test with this vocabulary practice test.

Does your little reader know how to identify a compound word? Give her a challenge with this fill-in-the-bubble style quiz.

Break down words to their very core by counting up syllables! This exercise focuses on two-syllable words that have a double consonant.

Get into the scholarly spirit by completing this back to school word search! Have your child find the words, circle them, and cross them off the list.

This worksheet will help children identify compound words, by asking them to color-code the words on the page.

Stuck inside on a rainy day? Prepare for sunny days ahead with this playground word search.

Help students analyze the words and form of a poem with this fun worksheet.

Though your child may know more about computers than you do, give him a fun activity where he can learn computer-themed words with a word search!

This worksheet will teach your child how to scrunch two words together to get one compound word.

This football-themed word search is a great way to help score a touchdown in spelling and sports vocabulary!

Have your first graders conquered the compound word? It's time to find out! Use this quick reading assessment to evaluate your students’ abilities to read compound words, such as sunflower, bookcase, and cowboy.

Counting syllables is an important way for kids to see how words work! Practice counting the beats in these sight words.

Adding -ed to a verb changes it from present to past tense. Help students understand the difference between past and present tense through this writing activity.

Adding “ed” to the end of a word can make three different sounds (t, d, and ed). Help students understand the different sounds through this sorting activity.

In this worksheet, your child will explore this definition, by putting pairs of words together to make common compound words.

Teach your little one a few new sight words that are all about household items. This activity will help her learn the different parts of a plant.

It's time to check in on your students’ abilities to read past tense verbs that end in -ed. Use this one-on-one assessment to gauge your first graders' knowledge of words that end in -ed by having them read these sight words aloud.

Using sight words, help your beginning reader master words that start with the letter "G". She'll be strengthening her vocabulary by matching pictures to words.

If your kid doesn't already know the parts of a computer like the back of his hand, give him a fun review with this cut-and-paste sight words activity.

This funny activity will get your students—and you—giggling! Help your first graders develop their understanding of compound words by having them make up their own silly words and draw illustrations to match.

Fish + bow = fishbow...? No, that's not right! Engage your young learners in understanding and forming compound words with this fun worksheet. Students will use words from a word bank to create compound words in this word structure activity.

Students will put mixed-up sentences back together and figure out what words create the best sentences.