A printable, ready-to-use blank calendar with a landscape monthly grid and labeled day columns. Great for Kindergarten through 5th grade classrooms to map out lessons, holidays, and daily routines—just add the month and the dates.
An animal-themed ordinal number directions worksheet that helps first graders name positions from first to sixth and follow simple directions. Includes an answer key for quick, no-prep ordinal numbers practice.
This Counting Tens Ones Worksheet helps first graders count base-ten blocks, record the tens and ones, and write each two-digit number. Includes a complete answer key for quick, no-prep place value practice at home or school.
Keep this Digraphs Word List within reach during 1st Grade phonics. Twelve consonant digraphs and forty-eight example words sit on one print-ready page, so readers can check a spelling in seconds.
A short vowel E reading comprehension story worksheet starring Ben and his hen. 1st graders read the decodable story and answer questions. Includes a complete answer key — great for quick, no-prep phonics and reading practice.
This adding and subtracting within 20 worksheet gives first graders mixed addition and subtraction fact practice with a helpful number line. Includes a complete answer key for quick, no-prep math review.
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.
This first grade Less Than Greater Than Worksheet has students write <, >, or = to compare pairs of numbers, with a friendly alligator pointing the way. Answer key included for quick, no-prep number-sense practice.
A noun sorting worksheet that helps 1st graders read everyday words and sort them into person, place, thing, and animal. Includes a complete answer key — perfect for quick, no-prep grammar practice at home or school.
This adding and subtracting to 20 worksheet gives 1st graders ten mixed addition and subtraction equations to solve within 20. Answer key included — perfect for quick, no-prep math fact practice at home or school.
This Using Base 10 Blocks to Write Numbers Worksheet helps 1st graders count tens rods and ones cubes, then record each two-digit number in a place value chart. Includes an answer key for quick, no-prep practice.
This completing fact families worksheet gives 1st graders six number houses to fill in—writing two addition and two subtraction facts for each set of numbers. Answer key included for fast, no-prep math practice.
This first grade Pronoun Worksheet has students replace underlined naming words with the pronouns He, She, and It across six sentences. An answer key is included—perfect for quick, no-prep grammar practice at home or school.
UsingFrosty the Snowman Lyrics, students can follow along with the memorable song in order to know the which words to sing!
This identifying verbs worksheet gives 1st graders practice circling the action word in a sentence and matching verbs to pictures. Answer key included for fast, no-prep grammar review.
Using We Wish You A Merry Christmas Lyrics, students can follow along with the memorable song in order to know the which words to sing!
This Adjectives Color Size Shape Worksheet gives 1st graders picture prompts and an adjective sorting activity to practice describing words. Answer key included for easy, no-prep grammar practice.
This Adding Word Problems with 3 Numbers Worksheet helps 1st graders add three single-digit numbers using fun story problems about ducks, apples, and more. Includes a complete answer key for quick, no-prep addition practice.
The Labeling Continents Worksheet is a 1st grade geography activity where students use a word bank to label the seven continents on a colorful world map. A complete answer key is included for fast, no-prep practice at home or school.
A hands-on measuring length worksheet where 1st graders count unit squares to measure a pencil, crayon, marker, paintbrush, and carrot. Includes a complete answer key — perfect for a no-prep introduction to measuring with units.
The year reading takes off
First grade is a year of huge growth, especially in reading. Kids blend short vowel words, learn digraphs like sh and ch, add blends and silent e, and build a bank of sight words. In math, they add and subtract within 20 using strategies like making ten: 8 + 5 = 8 + 2 + 3 = 13. They learn tens and ones, count to 120, tell time to the half hour and measure length. In writing, kids put together complete sentences with capitals and end marks. The best moment is when a 1st grader reads their first whole book aloud to you!
First graders learn best with hands-on practice and lots of quick, happy repetition.
Have kids bundle straws or craft sticks into groups of ten with rubber bands. Show 34 as 3 bundles and 4 loose sticks, then fill in the counting tens and ones page. Kids see why the 3 means thirty.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withCounting Tens Ones WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Hand out a short decodable story like Ben and the Eggs and have kids read it to a partner. Then they answer the questions on their own. It checks phonics and understanding in one quick shot.
Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withBen and the Eggs Phonics Reading Comprehension Story Worksheet - Short Vowel E SoundWorksheetsOpen it →Give a short adding and subtracting within 20 page three times a week instead of one big page on Friday. Short, spread-out practice builds fact fluency that lasts into 2nd grade.
Why it works: the brain holds on to what it meets again and again over time; spaced practice was rated among the very best methods (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withAdding and Subtracting Within 20 WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →First graders love to move, sort and play.
WorksheetsLine up stuffed animals and follow ordinal directions: "Give the third bear a hat!"
Open Ordinal Number Directions Worksheet →
WorksheetsKids sort nouns into person, place and thing piles, then add a word of their own to each.
Open Noun Sorting Worksheet →
WorksheetsKids hunt the room for things with sh, ch and th: shoe, chair, thumb!
Open Digraphs Word List →Teacher favorites right now: Blank Calendar, Ordinal Number Directions Worksheet and Counting Tens Ones Worksheet.
Most 1st graders can read simple books, decode short vowel words and blends, read many sight words, add and subtract within 20, count to 120 and write complete sentences.
Many schools aim for about 100 high-frequency words, often the first 100 Fry words. Every school's list is a little different.
Read together every day, let your child read easy books to you, and practice sounding out words. Five minutes of sight word practice helps too.
They learn counting on, making ten, doubles and using number lines. These strategies help kids add and subtract within 20 without counting on fingers.
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