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1st Grade Reading Activities

141 resources

1st Grade Reading Activities

141 resources

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Activity1st GradeUnknown Words Activity

Using Unknown Words Activity, students ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

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Activity1st GradeSweetheart Sentences Activity

Using Sweetheart Sentences Activity, students read and identify sentence types to use in their own writing.

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Activity1st GradeSupermarket Sweep Food Words Activity

Using Supermarket Sweep Food Words Activity, students practice reading high frequency words tocollect all of the food items on your shopping list.

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Activity1st GradeFalling Leaves Sight Words Activity

UsingFalling Leaves Sight Words Activity, students practice reading high frequency words related to fall.

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Activity1st GradeAuthor's Purpose Activity

Using this Author's Purpose Activity, students read and sort story idea cards to determine the author's purpose as to inform, entertain, or persuade.

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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 GradeAuthors Purpose Matching Activity

Using Authors Purpose Matching Activity, studentsmatch the text to the Author's Purpose activity card to explain why the author wrote the book.

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Activity1st GradeBrushing Your Teeth Sequencing Activity

Using Brushing Your Teeth Sequencing Activity,students retell a story about brushing your teeth and put the events in order based on the story.

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Activity1st GradeLeft and Right Simon Says Opposites Activity

UsingLeft and Right Simon Says Opposites Activity, studentsplay this fun game to practice identifying left and right.

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Activity1st GradeFarm or Zoo Matching Activity

Using this Farm or Zoo Matching Activity, students sort pictures to determine if animals live on a farm or in a zoo.

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Activity1st GradeCool Cat Sentences Activity

Using Cool Cat Sentences Activity, students sort and organize the different types of sentences (Telling Sentence, Asking Sentence, Exciting Sentence).

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Activity1st GradeBlank BINGO Board

This Blank BINGO Board will quickly give you a template to create BINGO games to review material you are learning in class, no matter the topic!

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Activity1st GradeDescribing Characters Beginning Middle and End Activity

Using Describing Characters Beginning Middle and End Activity, students describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

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Activity1st GradeText Features Scavenger Hunt Activity

Using Text Features Scavenger Hunt Activity, studentsidentify text features in the books they are reading to gather information about what they will read.

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Activity1st GradeRetelling Using Key Details Activity

Using Retelling Using Key Details Activity,students read Floppy Ears to retell the story by putting key events in order.

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Activity1st GradeSentence Structure Activity

Using Sentence Structure Activity, students cut out words to recognize distinguishing features of a sentence.

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Activity1st GradeThe Pumpkin Book Unknown Words Activity

Using The Pumpkin Book Unknown Words Activity, students use context clues to figure out unknown words in a text to build their reading comprehension.

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Activity1st GradeDon't Wake the Librarian Sorting Books by Genre Activity

UsingDon't Wake the Librarian Sorting Books by Genre Activity, students will "return" books to the library based on genre type without waking the librarian!

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Activity1st GradeBack to School Rhyming Activity

Using this Back to School Rhyming Activity, students practice rhyming skills using this back to school themed activity.

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Activity1st GradeFind the Missing Letters Sequencing Activity

UsingFind the Missing Letters Sequencing Activity, students place alphabet letter cards to complete the alphabet sequences.