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1st Grade English Activities

187 resources

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Activity1st GradePictures and Words Context Clues Activity

Using Pictures and Words Context Clues Activity, students use pictures and text to find out the meaning of unknown words as they read.

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Activity1st GradeAsking Questions about a Story Activity

Using Asking Questions about a Story Activity, students Discuss a topic or read a book aloud using Question Cards to help guide questions andanswers about the topic.

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Activity1st GradeCounting and Sorting Pictures Activity

Using this Counting and Sorting Pictures Activity, students match the pictures to their correct categories to find similarities between items in a group.

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Activity1st GradeExpress Your Feelings Character Education Activity

Using this Express Your Feelings Character Education Activity, students express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.

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Activity1st GradeSyllable Snowballs Activity

Using Syllable Snowballs Activity, students practice reading words and identifying the number of syllables.

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Activity1st GradeCharades Verb Activity

Using Charades Verb Activity, studentsplay Charades to practice reading and acting out action words!

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Activity1st GradeNutty Nouns Activity

Using this Nutty Nouns Activity, students sort examples of nouns into categories based on person, place, or thing to build their parts of speech understanding.

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Activity1st GradeOpposites Activity

Using Opposites Activity, studentsplay this fun game to practice identifying opposite pairs.

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Activity1st GradeWord Work Activity

Using the Word Work Activity, students practice writing words by color coding consonants and vowels to build their spelling skills.

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Activity1st GradeFall CVC Mat Activity

Using this Fall CVC Mat Activity, students place letter tiles on the picture cards to create CVC words.

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Activity1st GradePick the Punctuation Activity

Using this Pick the Punctuation Activity, students will use punctuation for effect by sorting the sentence cards according to the punctuation

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Activity1st GradeReading Questions Camping Activity

Using Reading Questions Camping Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

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Activity1st GradeWho What When Where Why How Activity

Using Who What When Where Why How Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

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Activity1st GradeBack to School Adjective Writing Activity

Using Back to School Adjective Writing Activity, students write about the first day of school to including details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings.

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Activity1st GradePosition Words Butterfly Activity

Using Position Words Butterfly Activity, students choose a word from the box to describe where the butterfly is located in relation to the object to build their positional word vocabulary.

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Activity1st GradeWord Meanings Affixes Activity

Using Word Meanings Affixes Activity, students use the most frequently occurring inflections and affixes as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word.

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Activity1st GradeRaking Leaves Verbs Activity

Using Raking Leaves Verbs Activity, studentsplaya match game to match the pictures of verbs to the action word.

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Activity1st GradeBack to School Vocabulary Matching Activity

This Back to School Vocabulary Matching Activity is a fun addition to your students' back to school experience that can be used to learn key school vocabulary.

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Activity1st GradeCompound Words Activity

UsingCompound Words Activity, students match pictures cards to compound word cards to build their reading fluency.

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Activity1st GradeDon't Break the Ice Long Vowels Activity

Using Don't Break the Ice Long Vowels Activity, students play Don't Break the Ice to practice identifying long vowels in words.