The Alphabet Songs Pack - Animated will help support your visual learners gain a better understanding of letter names and sounds by listening to this song.
The Alphabet Song (Animated Music Video) will help students learn letter names and sounds by listening to the catchy lyrics and colorful video.
Using Jingle Bells Lyrics, students can follow along with the memorable song in order to know the which words to sing!
This pumpkin writing paper worksheet gives 1st grade students a pumpkin patch prompt and ten roomy writing rules, so a reluctant writer always has somewhere to begin in the autumn.
These alphabet uppercase and lowercase flash cards help preschool to 2nd grade children match all 26 capital letters to their small letter partners. A practice page and answer key are included.
The Letter A Song teaches the Letter A Sound, Uppercase and lowercase letter a, vocabulary words with the letter a sound, and letter A handwriting practice.
The Letter Z Song teaches the Letter Z Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter Z, vocabulary words with the Letter Z sound, and Letter Z handwriting practice.
The Letter E Song teaches the Letter E Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter E, vocabulary words with the letter e sound, and Letter E handwriting practice.
The Letter F Song teaches the Letter F Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter F, vocabulary words with the Letter F sound, and Letter F handwriting practice.
The Letter P Song teaches the Letter P Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter P, vocabulary words with the Letter P sound, and Letter P handwriting practice.
The Letter C Song will help teach the Letter C Sound, Uppercase and Lowercase Letter C, Vocabulary words with the C sound, Letter C handwriting practice.
The Letter B Song teaches the Letter B sound, uppercase and lowercase letter b, vocabulary words that start with b, and letter B handwriting practice.
This Write Numbers to 100 Worksheet helps first graders trace and write number words from ten to one hundred while counting by tens. Answer key included — perfect for no-prep number word and handwriting practice.
The Letter S Song teaches the Letter S Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter S, vocabulary words with the Letter S sound, and Letter S handwriting practice.
This Thanksgiving writing paper gives 1st graders a holiday prompt, ten roomy writing rules and a bright harvest illustration, so every child can write about one thing they are thankful for.
The Letter R Song teaches the Letter R Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter R, vocabulary words with the Letter R sound, and Letter R handwriting practice.
The Alphabet Song (Animated Music Video) will help students learn letter names and sounds by listening to the catchy lyrics and colorful video.
The Letter M Song teaches the Letter M Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter M, vocabulary words with the Letter M sound, and Letter M handwriting practice.
The Letter K Song teaches the Letter K Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter K, vocabulary words with the Letter K sound, and Letter K handwriting practice.
The Letter L Song teaches the Letter L Sound, uppercase and lowercase Letter L, vocabulary words with the Letter L sound, and Letter L handwriting practice.
From neat letters to whole stories
First grade is when kids go from writing words to writing real pieces. They form every capital and lowercase letter neatly, leave spaces between words, and start each sentence with a capital and end it with a period. Then they string sentences together: a story with a beginning, middle and end, a "how to" piece, or an opinion with a reason. Words like first, next, then and last become their best friends. The click moment is when a child reads their own story aloud and the class laughs in all the right places.
First graders write best when they see how it's done and get lots of short, fun chances to try.
On fun seasonal paper, write a short story in front of the class while thinking aloud: "I'll start with a capital. Now I need a finger space." Kids help choose words and spot mistakes. Then they write their own on the same paper.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withPumpkin Writing PaperWorksheetsOpen it →Many first graders still mix capitals into the middle of words. Flash a card and have kids show the capital and lowercase with their arms: tall for B, short for b. A quick daily round fixes a surprising number of messy sentences.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withAlphabet Uppercase and Lowercase Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Play the alphabet song and have kids write each letter in the air with a big arm as it's sung. Big motions help them remember how letters are formed before they shrink them down on paper.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withAlphabet Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →First graders write more when it feels like a party, not a chore.
WorksheetsKids write three things they're thankful for on festive paper and share one with the class.
Open Thanksgiving Writing Paper →
WorksheetsRead Jingle Bells together, then write a silly new verse about your class.
Open Jingle Bells Lyrics →
WorksheetsWrite numbers to 100 as neatly as you can, then circle your three best ones.
Open Write Numbers to 100 Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Alphabet Songs (Animated Video Collection), Alphabet Song (Animated Music Video) and Jingle Bells Lyrics.
By the end of 1st grade, most kids write several connected sentences on a topic. They use capitals and periods, spell common words correctly and sound out the rest.
Let them write lists, cards and notes for real reasons. Ask them to tell you the story first, then write it. Don't correct every spelling; praise the ideas.
Most first graders write 3 to 5 sentences on one topic by the end of the year. Quality and order matter more than length.
Favorite foods, pets, a fun weekend, how to make a sandwich, or which season is best and why. Familiar topics let kids focus on the writing.
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