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1st Grade Worksheets (Free Printables)

Download and print free standards-based worksheets for 1st grade. These easy-to-use printables are perfect for teachers and parents who are looking for creative ways to teach new concepts or review what students have learned.

1st Grade English Worksheets

These worksheets are aligned to the Common Core state standards for English language arts (ELA) and literacy. They cover reading, writing, phonics, and grammar.

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1st Grade Math Worksheets

These worksheets are aligned to the Common Core state standards for mathematics. They cover number sense, operations and algebraic thinking, measurement, and geometry.

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50 Activities for 1st Grade

Hands-on ideas to engage digital learners in meeting standards and learning goals.

Fifty ideas for using a digital approach to help first-grade students meet standards and learning goals.

1. Make a map of your neighborhood

Have students create a map of important places in their neighborhood. Have students start with a plain page or use digital grid paper. Then, ask students to draw locations or capture photos with their devices.

2. Explore antonyms

Explore antonyms with your students. Read Dr. Seuss's The Foot Book and create a list of antonyms. You can start them off with things like hot/cold or high/low.

Students can use a creativity and productivity tool, like Wixie , to create illustrations of an antonym pair. Students can use the microphone tool to record their explanations.

3. Go on a shape hunt

Read a book like The Shape of Me and Other Stuff by Dr. Seuss. Then have students walk around school or their home and find shapes, like rectangles, triangles, or even cylinders and spheres.

Then, have students use their devices to capture the shapes they find and label or add narration to identify them.

Seeing Shapes lesson plan with literature connections, samples, and more

4. Create a collage

Have students use a digital tool to represent themselves with a collage of images. Digital tools like Wixie make it easy to add images and move them around.

Students can use this same process to represent events in story things they see during a particular season.

Explore a Me: A Visual Essay lesson plan

5. Design a school backpack

Go beyond simply coloring on the computer to asking students to design something. Since what a first grader knows is school, ask them to design a school backpack that shows off their unique personalities.

Encourage students to use their device's microphone or video camera to record an explanation of their design.

6. Create a digital greeting

Have your students create or add original artwork to a digital creativity tool and then record their voices to create a multimedia message. Copy the URL or export the file and send via email or text.

7. Scratch for self-expression

Remember scratch art? Wixie has a collection of digital scratch art pages with a variety of backgrounds students can "scratch" using an eraser tool.

8. Make a Mondrian

Dutch painter Piet Mondrian is best known for his work that used primary colors and shapes. Visit the Tate Museum's page about Mondrian with your child to learn about this artist and his work.

Have students use a paint bucket tool to fill a Mondrian Coloring page with color.

If your students are ready to create in Mondrian's style, ask them to draw an animal and color it like a Mondrian.

9. Explore emotions with the color monster

Expressing and understanding emotions is hard for a first grader. Read The Color Monster by Anna Llenas to your learners and discuss the different emotions of the monster.

Have students choose one emotion, like happy, calm, or angry, and use a digital tool to illustrate what causes that emotion for them. Then, have them record an appropriate action they can take when they feel this way.

10. Take a 5-senses walk

Go outside and walk around your school. What do you see, hear, smell, touch, or taste? Have students take devices outside to record observations using the 5 senses with pictures and a microphone. Then, when you come back inside, add text and more details.

11. Celebrate a community helper

Community helpers are essential to the health and success of our world. Have students celebrate how a community helper is essential to a community by combining words, pictures, and even narration in a digital sentence strip.

12. Tell a cycle story

Have students brainstorm different cyclical events in nature and then have them tell their own cycle story.

Explore a Cycle Story lesson plan

13. Survey peers

Survey your friends, family members, and neighbors about a favorite book, sport, food, game, or at-home activity. Project a question or use a tally sheet on your white board to collect student responses.

14. Become the masked reader

Take a clue from the Masked Singer television show to make reading fluency practice less stressful and way more fun.

This is especially helpful for ELLs and struggling readers since they can practice, record, delete, and try again to produce their best work. Their work can also remain completely private if the reader is not unmasked.

15. Fashion a family flag

First-grade students learn how the symbols for a country represent its history and values. Ask them to apply what they have learned about symbols to fashion a flag to represent their family.

Explore a Fashion a Family Flag lesson plan

16. Review and rate a book

Have learners write a review of a recent book they have read. Share with friends and other students to give them ideas for new titles they can read!

Explore more book review ideas, including a book review cube, on Creative Educator .

Explore a 5-Star Book Reviews lesson plan

17. Design a hibernation hotel

As students begin considering what living and nonliving objects need, have them design a hotel for a hibernating animal that contains everything it needs to stay safe, warm, and fed over the winter.

Explore a Hibernation Hotel lesson plan

18. Share a symbol story

Read Norman Pearl's The Great Seal of the United States to have students hear from Ben Franklin about the process used to create the Great Seal. Then, ask them to create a story about another US symbol.

Explore a Symbol Story lesson plan

19. Create a trait map

Have students recall, retell, and share text, images, and voice narration about a character's physical traits, feelings, and actions on a trait cluster .

20. Tell a tangram tale

After students have tried to solve tangram puzzles, read Ann Tompert's Grandfather Tang's Story where the main character rearranges tangram shapes to represent the characters and events as he tells a story.

Ask students to use tangram shapes to create their own tangram shape and tell a story about it. Combine into a class book!

21. Publish student writing

Motivate emerging writers by publishing their stories. Use a tool like Wixie to have students write or record a story and create their own illustrations.

Share a URL or export their work to PDF to easily share to family phones and tablets.

22. Graph it

Graphs help communicate numbers and value visually. They are also a great way to practice one-to-one correspondence and counting.

Post a fun question to your classroom white board and have students drag a square or use a paint bucket tool to add their answer. Then, discuss the results as a class.

23. Observe with a new perspective

So much of what we see about our world depends on our perspective. While young students are still working to show what they observe through their sense of sight, have them practice taking someone else's perspective by sharing a view of the world from the eyes of an insect.

You can also ask them to complete an empathy map and then write a story about a day in the life of an insect or a letter to one of their insect friends.

24. Create a classroom tour

It can be a little scary to come to a new class with new rules. Once your students have learned and settled into your classroom routine, ask them to apply their knowledge of locations and rules to design a classroom tour.

Using a digital tool makes it easy to share the finished tour with new students, as well as students joining the class the following year.

Explore a Classroom Tour lesson plan

25. Write a 5 senses poem

In addition to reinforcing scientific observation, engaging the five senses is a great way to help young learners add descriptions to their writing and practice vocabulary.

If your learners would benefit from a little direction, provide a specific topic for their poem.

Explore a 5 Senses Poetry lesson plan

26. Explore the Shape of Things

Dayle Ann Dodds and Julie Lacome showcase shapes in a fun rhythmic story in their book The Shape of Things .

Use this story to inspire students to write their own shape of things book that shows how a shape becomes a common object when specific things are added to it.

Explore a Shape of Things lesson plan

27. Write about your favorite relative

Practice opinion writing through a favorite relative project. Give structure to your emerging writers by using an O-R-E-O Opinion template which asks them to state their opinion, share 2-3 reasons why, and finish with a concluding statement.

Share students' work with their favorite relative.

Explore a Favorite Relative lesson plan

28. Adapt a pattern story

To support your budding authors, ask them to give a twist to a story they know by adding or replacing nouns and verbs.

Explore a list of books perfect for student adaptation

29. Record your positive actions

What actions do your students take to improve their community? Have students draw a picture, write a sentence and record their efforts!

30. What if you could be going places?

Call or video chat with someone who lives far away or read about a new place to learn about the weather and culture in that location. Use a digital tool, like Wixie , to show the weather, what they would pack to wear, and what they would do in that location.

31. Record a favorite memory

Have students reflect and create a favorite memory from the school year.

Tools like Wixie make it easy to add images, text, voice recording and video to capture experiences, feelings, and achievements.

32. Practice telling time by the hour and half-hour

Students in first grade are just learning to "tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks." Use a creativity tool like Wixie to draw a picture that shows an activity that occurs at a specific time each day.

33. Persuade for a pet

Humane societies and pet rescues reported record numbers of adoptions during COVID-19. Encourage your students to write a letter or create a presentation to persuade their family to get a new pet, supporting their opinion with reasons and examples. Help students make a stronger argument with an O-R-E-O organizer.

Explore a Persuade for a Pet lesson plan

34. Raise awareness about an animal or historic figure

Ask students to inform others about a historical figure or an animal. The limited space on a trading card helps emerging writers summarize information and organize their thoughts.

35. Create a digital word wall

Digital tools make adding thoughts to a personal word wall easy. Ask each student to add words they do not know from the books they are reading. Have students look up the meaning in a dictionary or ask a parent or teacher to help them define and add a picture and even voice recording.

36. Write word problems

Have students use a paint or image program, like Wixie , to draw models that help the viewer (and themselves) visualize quantities and relationships in word problems.

37. Inform others

Even the youngest learners can inform others about the topics they are learning. Instead of struggling with writing or typing, have students use a digital tool to add an image and record their voice to share information. Perfect for ELLs.

38. Plan a class party

Planning the details for a party, including needed space (measurement) and a budget (calculations), requires students to practice and apply math and argument skills to a real-life scenario.

Explore a Plan an Event lesson plan

39. Build foundations for scientific thinking

Encourage your student's budding inquiry by using a modified approach to the scientific method .

Have students begin with observation and hypotheses and then progress to thinking about how they can test their ideas and then analyze the results.

40. Create an animal alliteration

Create an amazing animal alliteration - a short sentence in the noun—verb—noun format, such as "Birds build bubbles." Use a creativity tool, like Wixie , to illustrate and record voice narration.

Explore an Animal Alliteration lesson plan

41. Go on a letter hunt

To practice letter sounds, work together to create a class ABC book with pages that contain common words and pictures that begin with each letter sound.

Assign individual letters to students and combine into a class project.

42. Celebrate culture

Creating a safe and respected community culture in your classroom is essential. Have students complete and share a culture poster about themselves, including where they are from, family traditions, and more.

43. Use emojis to write a story

Emojis started as a time-saving way to communicate emotions without having to type each letter, but have quickly become part of popular culture. Use your student's interest in emojis to encourage creative writing. If needed, provide them with a writing prompt.

44. Design a superhero

Tap into students' passion for comics and superheroes by asking them to share some favorites. Then, ask them what qualities or "powers" make a great superhero.

Use an ID card approach to help them define their hero's identity.

Discuss as a class, and then ask each student to design their own superhero and explain how their traits make them a hero.

Explore a Design a Superhero lesson plan

45. Design a how-to book or presentation

What can your students teach others? Procedural writing is an excellent way for students to become experts in a topic and feel confident about their ability to share the information with others.

Explore a Procedural Writing lesson plan

46. Play with virtual math manipulatives

Math manipulatives provide a tangible way to help students see and grasp the nature of numbers and procedures. Use the virtual math manipulatives in tools like Wixie to turn practice into play for deeper mathematical understanding.

47. Write student names in hieroglyphics

Many first graders can associate the ancient Egyptians with pyramids, mummies, and even hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphs were pictures used as a form of writing, representing words, ideas, and even sounds. Have students add hieroglyps for each letter of their name to an image of a cartouche .

48. Create glyphs to share data

Like hieroglyphics, glyphs use pictures to represent information. Glyphs are a great way to get young learners to follow directions and play with how data can be displayed.

Create a glyph activity like this butterfly to have students share information about how they spent their week by adding symbols to a butterfly's wings. Be sure they use the record button to explain their work.

49. Play with patterns

Learning how to identify and create patterns helps build foundations for future math, even algebra! Digital art tools make it easy to paint patterns or add images to make ABA, ABBA and other repeating patterns.

50. Watch the weather and showcase the seasons

The changing weather seasons are scientific phenomenon that students can easily see. Ask students to record their observations using pictures and new terminology to create strong foundations for the scientific method.

Once they have experience with digital projects, let students choose the product or way they will demonstrate understanding… simply make them argue their case before they begin. No matter what you or they choose, transfer as much responsibility as possible to students to motivate and empower them to control their own learning.

by Melinda Kolk

Melinda Kolk ( @melindak ) is the Editor of Creative Educator and the author of Teaching with Clay Animation . She has been helping educators implement project-based learning and creative technologies like clay animation into classroom teaching and learning for the past 15 years.

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• Number Sequence (13)
• Counting (80)
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• Counting Objects Within 10 (23)
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• Compare Numbers (59)
• Compare Numbers Using Place Value (23)
• Compare 2-Digit Numbers (6)
• Order Numbers (2)
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• Add With Pictures (153)
• Addition Properties (19)
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Number Sense

Count by 1s within 20 Game

Enter the madness of math-multiverse by exploring how to count by 1s within 20.

• Count Forward from any Number within 20 Game

Ask your little one to count forward from any number within 20 to play this game.

Counting Sequence within 100 Worksheet

A worksheet designed to enhance students' numerical sequencing skills up to 100.

Counting Sequence within 120 Worksheet

Enhance number sequencing skills with this engaging worksheet, covering sequences within 120.

Count On to Add within 10 Game

Dive deep into the world of addition by counting on to add within 10.

Find One More to Add Game

Dive deep into the world of addition with our 'Find One More to Add' game.

Complete the Number Sentence Worksheet

This downloadable worksheet is designed to help you complete the number sentence.

Add Using 10-Frames Worksheet

Assess your math skills by adding using 10-frames in this worksheet.

Subtraction

Subtract Using Pictures Game

Shine bright in the math world by learning how to subtract using pictures.

Subtract and Match the Number Game

Begin the exciting journey of becoming a math wizard by learning to subtract and match the number.

Use Pictures to Subtract Worksheet

Learners must use pictures to subtract to enhance their math skills.

Identify the Correct Subtraction Sentence Worksheet

Focus on core math skills with this fun worksheet by identifying the correct subtraction sentence.

Identify the Shapes in Different Orientations Game

Add more arrows to your child’s math quiver by identifying the shapes in different orientations.

Identifying Sides and Corners Game

Enjoy the marvel of math-multiverse by learning to identify sides and corners.

How Many Corners and Sides Worksheet

Learn geometry at the speed of lightning by practicing all about corners and sides.

Number of Sides and Corners Worksheet

Enhance your math skills by practicing shapes & the number of their sides and corners.

Data Handling

Read the Data Game

Begin the exciting journey of becoming a math wizard by learning how to read data.

Compare the Data Game

Take the first step towards building your math castle by practicing how to compare data.

Count to Complete the Table Worksheet

Reveal the secrets of math wizardry by practicing to count to complete the table.

Create a Tally Table Worksheet

Assess your math skills by creating a tally table in this worksheet.

Measurement

Align and Compare Lengths Game

Enjoy the marvel of math-multiverse by exploring how to align and compare lengths.

Equal Lengths Game

Practice the concept of equal lengths with your little one through this game.

Which One is Longer Worksheet

Learn measurement at the speed of lightning by practicing to identify which one is longer.

Which One is Shorter Worksheet

In this worksheet, learners will get to identify the shorter one.

• The Hour Hand Game

Add more arrows to your child’s math quiver by playing 'The Hour Hand' game.

Read Time in Hours Game

Let your child see the world through math-colored shades by reading the time in hours!

Hour Hand and Minute Hand Worksheet

Be on your way to become a mathematician by practicing the hour hand and the minute hand.

Position of Hour and Minute Hand Worksheet

Make math practice a joyride by solving problems to position the hour and minute hand correctly.

Different Types of Coins Game

Explore different types of coins with your little one.

Count Coins of a Type Game

Have your own math-themed party by learning how to count coins of a type.

Identify Coins & Values Worksheet

Solidify your math skills by practicing to identify coins & values.

Draw Coins Worksheet

Reinforce math concepts by practicing to draw coins.

Word Problems

Word Problems on Adding 3 Numbers Game

Learn to solve word problems on adding 3 numbers by playing this game.

Solve Count On Scenarios Game

Begin the exciting journey of becoming a math wizard by learning how to solve count on scenarios.

Select the Correct Addition Expression Worksheet

Reinforce math concepts by selecting the correct addition expression.

Find the Sum by Part-Part-Whole Model Worksheet

Assess your math skills by finding the sum by 'Part-Part-Whole' model in this worksheet.

Explore Words With Bossy R - ar Game

Get familiar with reading by learning to explore words with bossy R - ar.

Explore Words With R Controlled Vowels - ar Game

Polish your language skills by exploring words with R controlled vowels - ar.

Let's Look for the Bossy R Words! Worksheet

Combine ELA learning with adventure by looking for Bossy R words.

Which Bossy R sound do you hear? Worksheet

In this worksheet, learners will get to explore Bossy R sounds.

All Resources

Identify the Addition Sentence Game

Enjoy the marvel of math-multiverse by identifying the addition sentence.

Identify 1 More or 1 Less Worksheet

Reinforce math concepts by practicing to identify 1 more or 1 less.

Find the Sum Using Part-Part-Whole Model Worksheet

Combine math learning with adventure by solving to find the sum using 'Part-Part-Whole' model.

Solve Subtraction Sentences Game

Enjoy the marvel of math-multiverse by exploring how to solve subtraction sentences.

Identify Shapes in Different Orientation Game

Have your own math-themed party by learning how to identify shapes in different orientations.

Add Using Fingers Worksheet

Learners must add using fingers to enhance their math skills.

Classify Shapes as Flats or Solids Worksheet

Focus on core math skills with this fun worksheet by classifying shapes as flats or solids.

Measure Length using Another Object Game

Add more arrows to your child’s math quiver by measuring the length using another object.

Estimate Length Using Objects Worksheet

Solidify your math skills by practicing to estimate lengths using objects.

The Minute Hand Game

Take a look at the minute hand with this fun game about time.

Represent Money using Symbols Game

Shine bright in the math world by learning how to represent money using symbols.

Time of Activities of the Day Worksheet

Look at the time of activities of the day by printing this playful worksheet.

Guess the Price Worksheet

Dive into this fun-filled printable worksheet by practicing to guess the price.

Begin Blending With Bossy R: AR Game

Begin blending with Bossy R: AR to practice your language skills!

Represent Word Problems as Math Expressions Worksheet

Dive into this worksheet by practicing to represent word problems as math expressions.

R-Blend Magic Worksheet

Here are some fun flashcards for r-blend magic! Explore fr, gr, pr, and tr words and boost your reading skills.

Identify the Expression Game

Unearth the wisdom of mathematics by learning how to identify the expression.

Choose the Correct Expression Game

Have your own math-themed party by learning how to choose the correct expression.

Find More & Less Worksheet

Solidify your math skills by practicing to find 'More' & 'Less'.

Write Equations Using Part-Part-Whole Model Worksheet

Learn number sense at the speed of lightning by writing equations using 'Part-Part-Whole' model.

Triangles and Rectangles Game

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Complete the Part-Part-Whole Model Worksheet

Learners must complete the 'Part-Part-Whole' model to enhance their math skills.

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Select the Right Unit Game

Learn to solve math problems by selecting the right unit.

Relate Activities with A.M. and P.M. Game

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Estimate Length Using Tiles Worksheet

Solidify your math skills by practicing to estimate length using tiles.

Use Symbols to Represent Money Game

Unearth the wisdom of mathematics by learning how to use symbols to represent money.

From Sounds to Words: yarn and sharp Game

With the help of this game learn to translate sounds to words: yarn and sharp.

Hours or Minutes Worksheet

Make math practice a joyride by solving problems with 'hours' or 'minutes'.

Understanding Coins Worksheet

Reinforce math concepts by practicing to understand coins.

Mark Numbers in Order Game

Unearth the wisdom of mathematics by learning how to mark numbers in order.

Add Within 5 Game

Let your child see the world through math-colored shades with our 'Add Within 5' games!

Identify Math Expression for Word Problems Worksheet

Learners must identify math expressions for word problems to enhance their math skills.

R-controlled Sound Words Worksheet

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Subtract Within 5 Game

Practice the superpower of subtraction by learning how to subtract within 5.

Identify Shapes by Name Game

Practice the superpower of mathematics by learning to identify shapes by their names.

Complete More or Less Sentences Worksheet

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Create and Solve Your Own Story Problem Worksheet

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Make Reasonable Estimates of Lengths Game

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1st Grade Curriculum and Educational Resources

Grade 1 is an important stage in elementary education for children aged about 6 to 7 years. In Grade 1, students are introduced to several advanced concepts in math and ELA that build upon their Kindergarten foundation.

• 1st Grade Math Learning: In math, students learn number sequences, counting (up to 120), comparing and ordering numbers, place value concepts (ones, tens, place value models), addition and subtraction strategies, simple addition and subtraction word problems, identifying and naming 2D and 3D shapes , measuring lengths and heights, comparing measurements , matching analog clocks with correct time, identifying coins, counting money , and more. 
• 1st Grade ELA Learning: In ELA, they dive deeper into blending and segmenting, reading ( phonics skills like r-controlled vowels, consonant blends, etc.), writing sight words , and much more.

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• 1st Grade Math Games : There are around 350+ math games organized by topics, such as number sense, addition, subtraction, geometry, measurement, time, money, and word problems.
• 1st Grade ELA Games : There are over 600 ELA games covering essential reading (phonics) and writing topics.

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SplashLearn offers printable 1st grade worksheets designed by keeping all the key topics of Math and ELA in mind.

• 1st Grade Math worksheets : There are around 1300+ worksheets , which offer effective practice for key math topics.
• 1st Grade ELA worksheets : There are about 950+ printable ELA worksheets designed to help kids practice and master reading and writing skills effortlessly.

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• Math lesson plans for 1st graders : There are detailed and well-crafted lesson plans that cover math topics, like number sense, addition, subtraction, geometry , measurement, time , money , and word problems .
• ELA lesson plans for 1st graders : Similarly, for ELA, there are educational lesson plans designed for essential topics, such as reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and more. 

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To explore effective teaching strategies for 1st graders, it is important to understand the grade 1 curriculum and its objectives. Here are some of our blogs and articles that can help with this:

• Grade 1 Curriculum: 5 Things to Teach to Kids in the First Grade : Read to explore what 1st graders learn in Math, ELA (reading and writing), Science, and Social studies. The blog also offers some great tips for parents as well.
• 1st Grade Math: Most Important Math Concepts Kids Learn in 1st Grade : This blog highlights the 7 key skills and concepts 1st graders learn. It will help teachers and parents understand the learning objectives of the first grade curriculum.

What Are the Best 5 First Grade Learning Resources?

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First Grade Worksheets

Welcome to our 1st grade worksheets library! It is full of fun and engaging activities and printables that you can use with your first graders at home or in the classroom. And the best part? They are FREE and low-prep to save you time and money at the same time. So let’s dive in!

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First grade is full of exciting new things to learn! In first grade, children build on the skills and knowledge they acquired in kindergarten. They learn to read at their grade level and master basic algebraic operations within 100.

First graders learn basic math concepts such as addition and subtraction, place value, money, telling time and other foundational concepts.

In first grade, kids learn to write simple sentences and paragraphs, often focusing on topics related to their own lives or interests. They learn punctuation, letter spacing, and other writing basics.

First grade is a crucial year for learning to read. Children are taught phonics, sight words, and other reading strategies to help them become independent readers.

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1st grade activities and games

by: The GreatSchools Editorial Team | Updated: December 13, 2022

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Looking for some fun ways to help your child learn important skills while keeping busy? Try some of these fun, teacher-tested activities for 1st graders.

Fun learning games and activities for 1st graders

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40 Creative and Fun First-Day-of-School Activities for All Grades

Whether they're kindergarteners, elementary schoolers or middle schoolers, these back-to-school ideas will ease them into the new year.

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Some of them are icebreakers, which will help the class get to know each other (and help teachers get to know their students). Others are quick learning activities that will activate their brains right away. Some are back-to-school crafts , so they'll have accomplished something that they can bring home and show off on the first day. Others help create expectations for how things will be run, like class rules or schedules, or look at the year ahead and set goals and objectives. Whether it's their first time in a school setting or they're old pros, there's bound to be an activity on this list that will get the year started off on the right foot. Then, before you know it, it'll already be time to think about celebrating the last day of school.

Apple Books

These little apple books could be used in so many different ways. In addition to photos of the students, they can be filled with affirmations, reminders of class rules or "about me" facts.

Get the tutorial at Hello, Wonderful »

RELATED: The Ultimate Back-to-School Supplies List

Back-to-School Bingo

After a long day of learning about seating assignments, classroom jobs and school rules, they can relax with a fun game of school-themed bingo. These adorable pictures are more fun than the normal bingo numbers.

Get the tutorial at Artsy Fartsy Mama »

Back-to-School Survey

The Daring English Teacher suggests having kids complete a first-day-of-school survey, so teachers can learn more about their students. The survey can include questions about their hobbies, goals and accomplishments to make the most of the school year.

Get the survey at Teachers Pay Teachers »

Visual Schedule

Some kids understand the shape of their day better when they can see it laid out for them with both words and pictures. For a first-day activity, a class can work together to make a visual schedule, deciding on and coloring in the icons for different activities. If there's any wiggle room, maybe they can even vote on their order of their activities, too.

Get the tutorial at A Beautiful Mess »

First Day of School Book

How often does this happen: A kid comes home from their first day of school, and their parents are all excited to hear how it went, only to be met with a shrug and an "I don't know" when asked what they did. With these cute books, kids can write down their favorite thing they did on the first day (and practice their letters while they're at it).

Get the tutorial at Simple Everyday Mom »

STEM Name Tag Challenge

Get started on their STEM skills right away by challenging them to make a name tag that meets certain criteria. They'll be measuring, designing and engineering in no time!

Get the tutorial at For the Love of Teachers »

About Me Apple

Students can introduce themselves to their classmates (and, helpfully, their teacher) with these apple-shaped cards. They look great all hanging together on a bulletin board.

Get the tutorial at The Soccer Mom Blog »

Notebook Tag

If teachers want to start off the year by giving their students a little gift, they can try these little notebook tags, which say, "Just a quick NOTE to say hope your year goes just WRITE." They can encourage their students to do a little free-writing about the first day.

SHOP NOTEBOOKS

Get the tutorial at Crazy Little Projects »

Get-to-Know-You Sculpture

In this activity, certain attributes are represented by specific features in a sculpture. Does a student love books? They can add a green zig-zag. Play sports? Give them a black arch. Every sculpture will be unique — just like every artist.

Get the tutorial at Charity Mika »

"Find Someone Who" Game

A quick way for classes to get to know each other is by doing a human scavenger hunt. Kids have to find classmates with different attributes, like who is wearing brown shoes, who loves to do jigsaw puzzles, etc. You can download this template or come up with your own categories (someone who's left-handed, can hula-hoop, can roll their tongue and so on).

Get the tutorial at Days With Grey »

DIY Pencil Holders

If they make a pencil holder on the first day, they'll be able to use it all year. Kids can easily DIY their own with recycled cans and color cardstock.

SHOP CARDSTOCK

Get the tutorial at Crafts by Amanda »

Pennant Glyph

Scaffolded Math and Science shares a fun activity where kids make these math-themed pennants by following instructions. For example, they'll have to color the stars based on their favorite class or color the hearts based on their birth month.

Get the instructions and pennants at Teachers Pay Teachers »

Craft Stick School Bus

Kids will love making these fridge-worthy magnets that feature a photo from the first day of school (and/or their silliest faces). It's easy to DIY using craft sticks and craft foam.

SHOP CRAFT STICKS

Get the tutorial at Reading Confetti »

RELATED: The Best Tips for Creative First-Day-of-School Pictures

Back-to-School Alphabet Game

This is something kids can work on when they first sit down as other students are still arriving, or if they have extra time after they've completed work. The challenge is to come up with a school-related word for each letter of the alphabet, so as they look around for inspiration, they'll familiarize themselves with the classroom.

Get the tutorial at Happiness Is Homemade »

Paper Clip Bookmarks

These adorable bookmarks are easy crafts to make with ribbon and colorful paper clips. Plus, kids may find them useful when reading their favorite books or referencing important sections in their textbooks.

SHOP PAPER CLIPS

Get the instructions at The Partiologist »

Sticky-Note Expectations

Ask questions on a giant sheet of paper, and let students "fill in the blank" on Post-It notes that they can stick on the page. Beware: This teacher went through 600 notes on the first day!

SHOP POST-IT NOTES

Get the tutorial from Miss Klohn's Classroom »

All About Me Caterpillar

Let them choose their favorite selfie for the "caterpillar's" face, then have them answer questions about their hobbies for each body part. Consider doing this craft every year to see how their responses may change.

Get the printable at Happy Tot Shelf »

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Get-to-Know-You Jenga

Jenga is fun on its own, but with a few tweaks, it can also be a good icebreaker. This colorful set comes with different questions to answer based on what color block gets pulled.

See more at Teaching With Jennifer Findley »

Guided Meditation

After the past couple of years, schools have shifted focus to include more social-emotional learning to help kids with stress and anxiety. Starting off the year with guided meditation might help them ease their first-day nerves.

Beaded Name Tags

Guide them through a few different patterns they can try with the beads, then have them proudly display their name necklace for the first week at school. Or, if they're really advanced, see if they can code their names in binary .

Get the tutorial from Mrs. Jones' Creation Station »

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So you've got an SAT or PSAT-related assessment coming up, and it's time to start studying. What do you do now? We recommend creating a study plan to keep you on track. This page will give you the tools to create one of your own.

Set Your Goals

If you're just getting started:.

The most important thing you can do is understand your own strengths and challenge areas. Knowing this information will help you identify the areas where you could use the most skill review. There are a few ways to check your knowledge:

• Bluebook™ practice test: This is the best and most accurate way to ensure you're measuring your knowledge of the skills on the actual test. It's also a valuable introduction to the Bluebook testing app, which you'll use both for practice tests and on test day. Plus, when you practice in Bluebook, your practice scores will be available in My Practice, where you'll find helpful information about your performance on different content areas so you can target your practice more effectively.
• Khan Academy ® diagnostic: For a skill check outside of Bluebook, take Khan Academy's SAT Course Challenge for both the Reading and Writing Test and the Math Test . These challenges will give you a snapshot of your performance on different content areas, which you can use to decide what you want to study.
• In-school test review: You may know the areas where you need to study just from the tests you've already taken in school. Review your old tests from your math classes and your English or language arts classes and see if you notice any skill gaps you can boost. If you're feeling stuck, check out our page with more information about what different questions look like on the test to help you identify the skills you need to work on. This method will help you start studying right away so you can be more prepared when you take the diagnostic or practice test.

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You're off to a great start! Your results from a previous practice test or assessment are the most helpful tool to create your study plan. Keep your practice scores in My Practice or your official score report from your assessment handy, and check out these study activities to put your results to use:

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Once you feel like you've boosted your challenge areas, take another practice test and see how you've improved. We recommend spacing your practice tests out by at least two weeks if your study schedule allows.

Choose Your Study Activities

When you're creating a study plan, it's important to consider how much time you can spend studying each day. These activities will help you build a plan that works for you. This list isn't meant to set a particular order for your practice, so feel free to pick and choose the activities that fit your schedule.

Quick Study Activities (15 minutes or less)

Get to Know Bluebook: Did you know that research shows your brain is more likely to remember information when you're in a familiar environment? While you may not be able to study in your actual testing room, familiarizing yourself with our Bluebook digital testing app is the next best thing. Use Bluebook's Test Preview feature to get acquainted with all its helpful tools, including a highlighter, an option eliminator, a line reader, an annotation tool, and a flag to mark questions for review that you want to come back to at the end of the test.

Moderate Study Activities (15 minutes to an hour)

Khan Academy Review: By taking time to study key skills, you can build your knowledge and better prepare yourself to see an improvement in your score when you try a practice test. Official Digital SAT Prep on Khan Academy is a great way to review the skills you need to succeed on the SAT Suite of Assessments. Their courses have short lessons, videos, and example problems that are the right length for a moderate study session.

Skill Booster: You can complete this activity with your old tests or practice tests in the SAT Suite of Assessments, or use tests and quizzes you've taken throughout the school year. Instead of just checking the correct answers, go back and try to determine why you missed a particular question. Did you misread the question or not understand what it was asking? Were you confused by an answer choice that wasn't quite right? Could you use a review of the skills related to that question? You may want to take notes on your findings so you can spot patterns and review any related skills later. Learning from your mistakes will help you build your test-taking skills as well as your learning and studying strategies.

Create an Explanation: When you can explain a concept in a way that makes sense to you, you're more likely to recall it later. Put this memory trick to use by rewriting answer explanations from any of our practice resources in your own words. Make connections to things you enjoy or people in your life. For instance, maybe it's easier to understand a problem using the distance formula if you imagine traveling to another city to see your favorite artist in concert, or it's easier to remember the rules about serial commas and semicolons if you make a list of the players on your favorite sports team and their positions. Get creative!

Extended Study Activity (More than an hour)

Full-length Practice Test in Bluebook: If you're looking for an experience that's as close to test day as possible, try a full-length practice test in Bluebook. To access the practice tests, go to Practice and Prepare on the Bluebook homepage and select Full-Length Practice . Taking a full-length practice test builds your endurance and comfort level with the test itself. It also gives you a chance to practice the skills and question types you're likely to see on the real test. We recommend taking a practice test at least two weeks before test day (if possible) so you can use the remaining time to sharpen your skills. Once you've had a chance to review your score in My Practice, the other study activities listed here can help you focus on any challenge areas. If you're ahead of the game with more than a month to go until test day, you can even space your practice tests out to track your progress over time. Tip: If you don't have time to take a full-length test in Bluebook in one sitting, you can pause the practice test and come back to it on another day. Unfinished practice tests are stored in Bluebook for up to 90 days.

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15 Engaging First Grade Reading Comprehension Activities

Moving beyond decoding to understanding what they read

First grade is an exciting time of discovery for early readers. They’re spending less time decoding and word solving and more time comprehending and making sense of the texts they’re reading. Early readers are building reading identities and reading for meaning and joy. Explicitly teaching reading comprehension strategies like making predictions, asking questions, retelling, and inferring helps young readers build the skills they need. These first grade reading comprehension activities are a good place to start.

1. String up a retelling rope

Learning how to retell a story helps young learners as readers and thinkers. It helps them organize their thoughts as they read and recognize when their thinking changes. Using these symbols representing different elements of a story, students can string up a cute retelling rope while gaining valuable comprehension skills.

Learn more: First Grade W.O.W.

2. Visualize the story with illustrations

Visualizing is an important skill for understanding what you’re reading. This blog includes two fun visualizing activities. In the first, students are given a title and are asked to draw an illustration that matches that title. In the second, students are given clues about an object and are asked to draw the object the clues are hinting at.

Learn more: You Clever Monkey

3. Make predictions with a graphic organizer

Making predictions is a just-right reading strategy for emerging readers. During a read-aloud, find a few good stopping points to ask students what they think will happen next.

Learn more: Brown Bag Teacher

4. Make a “beginning, middle, and end” flip chart

One tried-and-true way to teach summarizing to early readers is instructing them to identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story. This easy-to-make flip chart is just an 8 x 11 piece of plain paper folded vertically then divided into thirds. On the front half, students will draw a picture of what happens in the three sections of the story. Underneath each flap is a short written description.

Learn more: Bishop’s Blackboard

5. Ask questions with story sticks

Good readers ask questions before, during, and after they read. These cute story sticks make a game of first grade reading comprehension. Perfect to use with small reading groups or with partners.

Learn more: The Happy Teacher

6. Master the five-finger retell

One strategy you can teach students is the five finger retell. Each finger stands for a different part of the story. Assigning a different finger for each part gives students a kinesthetic connection and makes it easier for them to remember.

Learn more: Mrs. Wheeler’s First Grade Tidbits

7. Summarize using simple signal words

Sometimes with early readers, simpler is better. Start with these basic questions—who?, what?, when?, where?, how?, and why?—to help kids go deeper into their understanding.

Learn more: This Reading Mama

8. Practice with story maps

There are tons of fun tools to help students build reading comprehension, and story maps are one of them. Here are 15 free downloadable story maps to help your first graders practice going beyond just the words when they read.

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9. Figure out problem and solution with a graphic organizer

Every fiction story has, among other elements, a problem and solution. This lesson helps students understand that a story’s problem and solution fit together like pieces of a puzzle.

Learn more: My Primary Paradise

10. Retell the story using LEGO bricks

Put two things that first graders love together: reading and building. Read a story together, then allow students to use blocks to build a scene from the story. As they build, they can describe details from the story.

Learn more: The Educators’ Spin On It

11. Retell using story cubes

Retelling is a helpful comprehension skill for readers. These six cubes encourage readers to retell the story in different ways. They are prefect for reading partners and to use with small groups.

Learn more:  Every educaid

 12. Play the Oh Snap! word game

Sight words (aka high-frequency words) are words readers encounter most frequently in texts. Early readers benefit from knowing a large bank of sight words, which encourages fluent reading. This fun sight word game is a great way to improve reading skills and build reading fluency.

Learn more: School Time Snippets

13. Use scooping phrases

The goal of reading fluency is better comprehension. To read with fluency or expression, readers must comprehend the story events. Teach early readers to use “Scooping Phrases” to scoop up words to form phrases within sentences. This effective strategy also works well with struggling readers.

14. Introduce wordless picture books

As readers encounter more-difficult texts, character traits become less explicit. To determine what the character is like, the reader has to do more inferential work. Using wordless picture books is a great way to introduce early readers to making inferences.

Learn more:  Ashleigh’s Education Journey

15. Inference using thought bubbles

Foundational inference activities give first graders an opportunity to practice their inferring skills. As they move into texts, first graders can infer what a character is thinking in the story and then add a thought bubble to explain it.

Learn more:  The Teacher Next Door

If you like these first grade reading comprehension activities, check out our fun, printable first grade writing prompts .

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NBA Trade Rumors: Hawks Get High Grade From ESPN For Dejounte Murray Trade With New Orleans

Jackson caudell | jun 28, 2024.

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The Atlanta Hawks have made a big move.

After a lot of speculation about what the Hawks would do this offseason, Atlanta traded Dejounte Murray to the New Orleans Pelicans for Dyson Daniels, Larry Nance, and two first-round picks. It signals that the Hawks are going to continue to try and build a winning team around Trae Young. While there was not a big-name player coming back to the Hawks in the deal, I think they did nicely to get Daniels back, along with two first-round picks. The Hawks did not have their own picks in 2025 or 2027 due to the deal they made with the Spurs.

I am not the only one who thinks the Hawks made a solid deal . ESPN's Kevin Pelton gave the Hawks a B+ for the deal they made with the Pelicans:

"The Hawks had to trade one of their guards after finding last season that Murray and Trae Young were far less effective together than on their own running a team.

I would have preferred to keep Murray, who signed a below-market extension last year that pays him less than the average point guard. (Immanuel Quickley, for example, agreed to a deal Friday that will pay him more than Murray over the next four seasons.)

At the same time, other teams also have access to Atlanta's cap sheet and may have valued Murray more than Young in the trade market for the same reasoning. If the Hawks were going to deal Murray, this is strong return, netting them two first-round picks, a recent lottery pick and getting them out of the luxury tax."

In the summer of 2022, Atlanta traded for Spurs All-Star guard Dejounte Murray, sending out a ton of future draft capital in the process. Murray was supposed to work next to Young and improve the Hawks's perimeter defense, as well as give Atlanta another playmaking ball-handler.

It is safe to say that that has not been the case since Murray has been in Atlanta. Murray has not been a bad player at all for the Hawks, but he has not been the defensive stalwart they had hoped for when they traded for him. He has been a good player in the locker room and a good leader for the franchise, but the Hawks are going in a different direction, as signaled by this trade. 

It was becoming increasingly clear that the Hawks roster was not built to win around Trae Young and that they were going to have to make adjustments. It was a goal from Atlanta this offseason to get better on defense, get more size , and have better point-of-attack defenders and so far, they are doing that.

While this trade might not have a big name in return to Atalnta, I think there are some useful pieces that help them get closer to accomplishing their goal. The best part of the return from New Orleans in my opinion was Daniles, who is a young player, but possesses the kind of size and athleticism that Atlanta has been looking for to help their defense.

Our very own Rohan Raman  broke down Daniel's potential fit  with the Hawks:

"I am most excited for what Dyson Daniels can bring to this lineup. He is a 6'7 second-year guard with a 6'10 wingspan, which he uses exceptionally well as a defender. He was 13th among all NBA defenders in steals, recording 1.4 per game, and can guard on the perimeter. I'm especially high on his fit next to Young as Young's improvements in defensive effort often go unnoticed due to his physical limitations. Now, Young has a backcourt partner who can cover for some of those defensive breakdowns. He also processes the game quickly and makes nice passes. Daniels does need to improve his shooting (only shooting 31% from beyond the arc on limited volume), but he is young and can easily grow into becoming a better shooter. I would wager that he will have an easier time growing into that in Atlanta since Young will demand so much defensive attention, forcing shooters to sag off of Daniels."

Daniels is not the only player that the Hawks have added so far this offseason that helps them reach these goals. The Hawks spent the No. 1 overall pick on Zaccharie Risacher in this week's NBA Draft and on draft night, Hawks general manager Landry Fields spoke about his defense and shooting as big reasons why the Hawks chose him:

"Well, you start by what you see and that is he is 6'10 and got the ability to play on both sides of the ball, has the ability to defend, a versatile defender, a really good shooter, and a high IQ type of player. You know, the amount of development that he has had up until this point is fantastic, he is still only 19, he will be 19 all of next year and I have consistently said all of the important qualities for us in the past, about those types of players and who we want in the building at the end of the day and he possesses a significant amount of those"

Risacher is a 6'8, 204 LBS wing player who fills a big need for Atlanta. He has two-way versatility and performed well in his league playoffs since the lottery. He is a plug-and-play type of forward that would fit on the Hawks as either their starting 2 or 3.

Does that mean that the Hawks are done adding to the team? No it does not. It would surprise nobody if they moved on from Clint Capela and De'Andre Hunter either. If they move Capela, that would open the door for Onyeka Okongwu to start at center and have Nance back him up. Daniels could either start next to Young or come off the bench. We will have to wait and see if Risacher cracks the starting lineup immediately.

Atlanta needed to remake their roster around Young and do a better job of putting the proper talent around him to maximize the team. I think they are going in the right direction so far, with work still to be done.

JACKSON CAUDELL

Jackson Caudell covers the Atlanta Hawks and Georgia Tech Athletics for FanNation

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