The All About Autumn Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 1st graders a short fall passage and multiple-choice questions to build reading comprehension. An answer key is included for quick, no-prep practice at home or school.
A colorful seasons of the year matching worksheet where 1st graders match spring, summer, fall, and winter to pictures, then write each season from a clue. Answer key included — perfect for no-prep science practice.
This what food is this reading comprehension worksheet lets 1st graders read food clues and choose the correct food in six fun riddles. Includes a complete answer key — great for quick, no-prep reading practice.
A 1st grade Mammals, Fish, or Birds Classifying Animals Worksheet where students sort a word bank of animals into three groups. Includes a complete answer key for quick, no-prep science practice.
This Body Parts Worksheet helps 1st Grade students name the nose, hand, ear, mouth, foot, and eye with a picture word bank, then show what each part does. Answer key included.
This reptile classification worksheet helps 1st graders sort animals by circling reptiles, matching them to their names, and completing simple reptile facts. Includes a complete answer key for fast, no-prep life science practice.
This Categorizing Objects Worksheet helps 1st graders read nine words and sort them into groups like animals, food, and colors. Includes a complete answer key for quick, no-prep classification practice.
This sink float identify worksheet lets first graders predict whether an apple, rock, duck, and more will sink or float in water. Includes an answer key for a fun, hands-on introduction to density.
This Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner Classifying Food Worksheet has 1st Grade students sort nine familiar foods into three meal columns. Answer key included, so sorting practice checks itself in minutes.
This Seeds Plants Fill in the Blanks Worksheet lets 1st graders use a word bank to complete eight sentences about how to plant a seed and help it grow. An answer key is included for quick, no-prep science practice.
Help first grade students sort foods into the five MyPlate food groups with this my plate sorting worksheet. A printable science activity with an answer key that builds healthy-eating skills.
This first grade classroom objects magnet attraction worksheet has students sort six everyday items into attract or does-not-attract columns as they explore magnetism. Answer key included — a quick, hands-on way to practice physical science.
This senses touch worksheet has first grade students circle the objects that feel soft, then write texture words to finish three sentences. An answer key is included, so checking the work takes seconds.
A living and non-living things sort worksheet where 1st graders label six pictures with L or N and sort four words into two groups. Answer key included for fast, no-prep life science practice.
Students label nine friendly animal pictures using a nine-word bank in this animal names worksheet. Built for 1st Grade science, with an answer key included so checking work takes seconds.
This Describing Characteristics Living Things Worksheet asks first graders to check off six pictures and finish four sentences about what living things need. Answer key included for fast, no-prep science practice.
The Graphing Fruits Worksheet has 2nd grade students solve four addition facts, color a bar graph with their answers and read it to answer three questions, with a full answer key.
Use this Importance of Farming Worksheet to help 1st Grade students sort six farm foods into plants and animals and decide what farms really give people. Answer key included for fast, no-prep science practice.
Students use a word box to complete eight sentences with the body parts fill in the blanks worksheet, then write one of their own. Built for 1st Grade with an answer key included, it makes naming body parts simple.
This living on the farm reading comprehension worksheet gives 1st Grade readers a short story about farm chores, five multiple choice questions, and an answer key, so comprehension practice takes only minutes.
Little scientists, big wonders
First grade science is about noticing patterns and asking why. Kids watch the sky and the seasons change and describe patterns like more daylight in summer, less in winter. They explore light and sound: how vibrating things make sound and how we need light to see. They study plants and animals, what their parts do and how babies resemble their parents. They use their five senses to observe, sort objects by properties and test things like whether objects sink or float. The click moment is when a child makes a prediction, tests it and says, "I was right!" or even better, "Whoa, I was wrong!"
First graders learn science by doing. These moves keep their hands busy and their questions coming.
Play the Seasons Song and have kids act out each season: shivering, splashing, raking leaves. Then go outside, look at the trees and decide which season you're in and why.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withSeasons Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Fill a tub with water and gather a spoon, a cork, a coin and a leaf. Kids predict sink or float, test each one and record results. Then they look for a pattern in what floats.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withSink Float Identify WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Read the autumn passage together, answer the questions and then take a short fall walk to find the clues from the text, like changing leaves. Reading plus observing is a great combo.
Why it works: pulling an answer out of memory makes it stick far better than rereading it, one of the strongest findings in learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withAll About Autumn Reading Comprehension WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →First grade science is full of wonder. Here are some crowd favorites.
WorksheetsSort objects by color, size, texture or material and explain your rule.
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VideosSing and point to each body part, then talk about what each one helps us do.
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WorksheetsMatch clothes, weather and activities to the right season.
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First graders learn about sky and season patterns, light and sound, plant and animal parts, how young animals resemble their parents, the five senses and the properties of objects.
Keep it hands-on: observe, predict, test and talk. Simple experiments with water, light and sound and outdoor walks make concepts real.
Sink or float, making shadows with a flashlight, growing a bean, making sounds with rubber bands and watching ice melt are all simple and fun.
Ask "Why do you think that happened?" during everyday moments. Look at the moon, watch plants grow and let your child test their own ideas.
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