1st grade ela

These free first grade reading games are great to use as first grade centers or in your first grade guided reading groups. Simply print the activities, and they are ready for use in your primary classroom!

Teaching opinion writing can be a lot of fun in First Grade. First graders have LOTS of opinions, and they love to share them! Here are a few ideas that have helped me to teach opinion writing to first graders. Start by teaching students how to write a topic sentence. I have found that having an anchor chart with sentence starters for students to refer to is super helpful. I like to create the chart in front of the students. It might look something like this: Once the chart is completed…

First Grade Language Arts Full Year Work Book 36 Weeks of Language Arts skills build work pages to go along with our First Grade curriculum. Please if you find errors, message me. It has been crazy…

Engaging sentence building activity to teach your students about sentences and their parts. The perfect addition to your literacy centers in kindergarten and first-grade!

first grade resource Fiction vs Nonfiction

Magic e anchor chart

Punctuation for 1st grade

Fun reading activities for 1st grade

Supercharge your morning work with I Heart Literacy! Each page features a fun theme so your students will not only be practicing reading and ELA skills, but will also be learning about a curriculum-based topic. A wide variety of Common Core skills are addressed. Try these five free pages for free! Happy Teaching! Rachel Lynette ... Read More about Morning Work ELA and Reading Freebie!

My Kindergarteners have been rocking their CVC words this year. I am so proud of them. I found the best way to teach short vowels, is to expose kids to them in a variety of methods. We talk about them in whole group and in guided reading. Students get independent practice in morning work buckets ... Read More about CVC Word Work {Freebies Included}

Have you ever thought about using writing as a way to teach vocabulary for first grade? With this resource, students can focus on first grade vocabulary, while also working on their writing skills!

Hello, friends! Six weeks into the school year, we have hit the ground running and read-aloud has quickly become one of our favorite moments of the day. Today I wanted to share about one of my favorite books for teaching and modeling Making Predictions as a reading strategy – Duck on a Bike by David Shannon. Last week...

Decodable reading passages are a great way to teach phonics skills to first graders while also increasing reading comprehension and fluency. Check out this blog post to learn how to use the decodable readers in your classroom and grab a free sample.

These guided reading games for first grade are great for practicing skills like beginning sounds, and cvc words. Use them in your kindergarten and first grade small reading groups.

Have fun comparing Fiction and Nonfiction texts in the classroom with these easy to prepare ideas! If so, we have a few activities you can try out to help your kiddos see the similarities and differences between the two types of text. Class Discussion + Anchor Chart Select 2 books on one topic. As a class, take a picture walk through both books. Decide which is fiction and which is nonfiction. Have your kiddos help you make post it notes to label their reasons. You could also divide into…

Second Grade Phonics Worksheets Free

One of my projects this summer was to plan out how I wanted to teach sight words and phonics skills next year. My curriculum does not dictate what phonics skills we have to teach and which sight word lists to practice, so I came up with a yearly scope and sequence that I am pretty happy with! At the end of this post you'll find a link to a bunch of freebies. This chart is in there (and it's editable). I have set aside about 20 minutes a day for sight words, poetry, and phonics. It usually…

This free Kindergarten sentence building and writing center is perfect for practice with making simple sentences for beginning writers!

Access hundreds of free, printable 1st grade worksheets covering core subjects like math, reading, and writing. Perfect for teachers, parents, and homeschoolers!