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1st Grade Family Resources

13 1st grade family resources: 7 flash cards, 3 worksheets, 3 assessments and more. How teachers use these

1st Grade Family Resources

13 1st grade family resources: 7 flash cards, 3 worksheets, 3 assessments and more. How teachers use these

Flash Cards
Flash Cards1st GradeChores Flash Cards

These chores flash cards help Preschool through 4th Grade children name 18 everyday chores with picture-front, word-back fold-over cards. Answer key included for quick, independent practice.

Video
Video1st GradeCaring Song

Using the Caring Song, students learn how to care for others at home. This song will help build confidence and your kids will want to show kindness to others. Our students need a lot of practice and examples of how to treat each other kindly. This song will help your…

Activity
Activity1st GradeDear Valentine Activity

This dear valentine activity has K-2nd grade students pick heart word cards for family and school helpers and spell each word on a Valentine card. Answer key included.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards1st GradeKitchen Flash Cards

Kitchen flash cards for PreK to 1st Grade pair 24 kitchen pictures with their words and a cook, eat or clean tag, plus a practice page. Answer key included for quick checking.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards1st GradeFamily Flash Cards

These family flash cards help PreK-1st Grade children name mom, dad, siblings, grandparents and more with 11 fold-over picture cards. A practice page and answer key are included.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards1st GradeHome Flash Cards

These home flash cards help PreK-1st grade children name 24 everyday household items and sort them by room. Fold-over cards and a practice page, with an answer key included.

Assessment
Assessment1st GradeMommy Is Always Exercising Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This Mommy Is Always Exercising reading comprehension worksheet gives 1st grade readers a warm family story about a mommy who loves to exercise, five bubble questions and an answer key for easy reading practice.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards1st GradeBathroom Flash Cards

These bathroom flash cards teach PreK-1st grade children 18 everyday bathroom words with fold-over picture and word cards. Practice page and answer key included.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards1st GradeBedroom Flash Cards

These bedroom flash cards help preschool to 1st Grade children learn 18 picture words like bed, lamp and pillow with fold-over cards. Practice page and answer key included.

Activity
Activity1st GradeAbout Me Mobile Activity

Using About Me Mobile Activity, students can create a mobile to introduce themselves and share important information about themselves at the beginning of a new school year!

Assessment
Assessment1st GradeGrandma Is Always Sewing - Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This Grandma Is Always Sewing reading comprehension worksheet gives 1st graders a cozy family story and five multiple-choice questions, with an answer key, to practice careful reading.

Assessment
Assessment1st GradeWhat a Feast Reading Comprehension Worksheet

The What a Feast Reading Comprehension Worksheet pairs a short 1st grade story about a family dinner with five fill-in-the-bubble questions and an answer key, so new readers practice finding proof in the text.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards1st GradeKitchen Tools Flash Cards

These kitchen tools flash cards teach 18 tools for cooking and setting the table, with a picture on the front and the word inside. Made for preschool to 1st grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

From our teachers' playbook

Everyone in my family helps

What do 1st graders learn about family?

First graders learn that families are groups of people who care for each other, and every family is unique. They name family members and their roles, talk about the jobs everyone does at home, and learn the difference between needs (food, shelter, love) and wants. They also start noticing that families can change over time, like when a baby is born. Lots of reading and talking happen here too. The click comes when a child proudly tells the class, "My job at home is feeding the dog, and that helps my whole family."

Our favorite ways to teach family in 1st grade

First graders love talking about home. These moves turn that into real learning.

Family words with pictures

Use family flash cards to build vocabulary: grandpa, cousin, aunt, uncle. Kids hold up the card that matches someone in their own family and share one thing about them. Words plus personal connection make it stick.

Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).

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Read about a grandma

Read a short story about a grandmother's hobby and ask, "What does Grandma love to do? What does someone in your family love to do?" A simple reading check keeps comprehension skills growing during social studies.

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).

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Chore charades

Kids draw a chore card and act it out while the class guesses. Then talk about who does that job at home. It's silly, active and gets kids thinking about how family members help each other.

Why it works: playful practice with a clear goal keeps kids practicing longer, and simple learning games have been shown to build real skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).

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Family unit questions parents and teachers ask

What do 1st graders learn about families?

They learn that families come in many forms, name family members and roles, talk about jobs at home, and learn about needs and wants. Many also learn how families change over time.

What are needs and wants for 1st graders?

Needs are things we must have to live, like food, water, shelter and clothing. Wants are things we would like but can live without, like toys or treats.

How do I make a family unit inclusive?

Use open language like "the people who care for you," read books with many kinds of families, and let children decide who to include in their family projects.

How can families help with a 1st grade family unit?

Give your child a regular job at home and talk about why it helps. Share family photos and stories, and help your child draw or write about your family.