First grade resources for phonics, decodable reading, comprehension, sentence writing, addition and subtraction, place value and more.
Many include differentiated levels, so you can support beginning readers and challenge the ones who are ready.
67 resources in this category
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Created byActivity ExpressSeven addition strategies for facts within 20 in two levels: anchor charts, a 3-week plan, fact strips, mazes, partner games and pre/post tests.
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Created byActivity Express166 roll-and-read phonics game boards for K–2: 61 skills in 10 units, two levels per skill, Decoding Checks, sorts, trackers and answer keys.
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Created byActivity ExpressType up to 10 words once and they fill 16 word work activities: games, ABC order, rainbow write, homework and tests. Fillable PDF for K–2.
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Created byActivity ExpressA fall pattern craft for Pre-K to 1st: build a child tossing leaves while completing AB, AAB, ABB and ABC patterns, plus practice pages and a lesson plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressSeven no-prep fall, Thanksgiving and winter math and literacy packets for PreK–1st, covering October, November and December in low-ink black and white.
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Created byActivity ExpressA no prep 1st grade December packet: 19 math skills, 14 literacy skills, winter writing, a snowman craft, holiday cards and a 4-week plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Thanksgiving hot cocoa gratitude craft for K–5: 4 mug designs, leveled marshmallow writing, talk cards, writing pages and a bulletin board kit.
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Created byActivity Express75 K–2 writing prompts across 25 year-round themes: narrative, opinion and informative, with picture word banks, directed drawings and two levels.
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Created byActivity ExpressFree Kindness Week cut and paste for PreK–1st: 10 kindness themes, two levels, Kind or Not Kind sorts, talk cards, a pledge and a class tracker.
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Created byActivity ExpressRun a nonpartisan class election in K–5: polling place signs, voter ID cards, secret ballots, 3 levels of graphing, opinion writing and reflection pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressOrthographic mapping mats for 2–5 sound words, dictation templates, a teacher script and 43 mapped heart word cards for K–3 Science of Reading phonics.
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Created byActivity ExpressA K–2 phonics intervention kit: 67 sequential skills, a two-day routine, 61 decodable stories, a placement screener, Quick Check cards and trackers.
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Created byActivity Express26 dice race game boards for K–2 addition and subtraction within 10 and 20, with strategy boards for doubles, make 10 and counting back, plus answer keys.
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Created byActivity ExpressAn original rhyming scarecrow read aloud for PreK–1st with retell crafts, headbands, comprehension, phonics, math, writing and a 5-day plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressA free fall scarecrow paper bag craft for Pre-K to 2nd: shape face kit, two hats, leveled straw cutting strips, shape hunt, sequencing and writing pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressEight K–2 phonics resources in one bundle: an RTI kit with 61 decodable stories, CVC mapping, 60 sight words, game boards, digraphs and letter cards.
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Created byActivity ExpressA year-long PreK–1st social skills curriculum: 80 SEL lessons in 8 units, original social stories, 2-day lesson plans, two activity levels and home notes.
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Created byActivity ExpressK–3 students make a Talking Spoon and a Thankful Table Talk Book with 12 family prompts to take home for Thanksgiving. English and Spanish family pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressA K–2 Thanksgiving turkey fold-out craft that opens to 4 hidden gratitude writing boxes, with 3 writing levels, GRATEFUL feathers and talk cards.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Tap, Map & Write CVC routine for K–1: 60 words across all 5 short vowels, sound box mats, 40 practice pages, 5 games and progress tracking.
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Created byActivity ExpressA fall adapted book for special education and autism: errorless and independent matching, 3 picture levels, WH and yes/no cards, core board and IEP data.
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Created byActivity ExpressA fall spider math craft for K–4: 35 differentiated leg sets from Make 10 to division, build-a-spider pieces, recording sheet and bulletin board letters.
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Created byActivity ExpressA K–3 citizenship craft and mini unit: Good Citizen Tree with 8 behavior leaves, 3 writing levels, scenario cards, sorts and a class bulletin board.
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Created byActivity ExpressA K–3 Halloween read aloud with the story included: 8 leveled reading responses, 2 flip book crafts, 4 writing prompts, word work and shadow science.
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Created byActivity ExpressA collaborative K–5 Thanksgiving wreath: 2 wreath sizes, 8 card designs, thankful and kindness writing cards, 24 kindness ideas and a family mini-wreath.
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Created byActivity ExpressA PreK–2 Thanksgiving wreath craft: 9 fall gratitude pieces, 2 wreath sizes, 3 writing levels, a brainstorm page and 8 circle-time conversation cards.
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Created byActivity ExpressA 1-week bat unit for PreK–2nd: leveled reading, vocabulary cards, echolocation, bat life cycle, bats vs birds sort, writing, graphing and two bat crafts.
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Created byActivity ExpressAlphabet review for PreK–1st: letter names and sounds, ABC order, tracing, beginning, middle and ending sounds, b/d and p/q practice, plus a 2-week plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressCandy math mats for K–3: estimate, sort, graph, patterns, compare, add, subtract, fractions and arrays, with no-candy options for food restrictions.
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Created byActivity Express20 decodable passages from short a to silent e in 10 phonics units, with heart words, Blend & Build pages, fluency tracking and comprehension questions.
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Created byActivity Express60 structured literacy worksheets for K–2: FLOSS rule, -ck, sh, th, ch, wh, ph, -ng and -nk in 12 sequential skills, with mapping and dictation.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Disguise a Turkey family project for PreK–5: English and Spanish letters, 3 templates, leveled K–5 writing, gallery walk, voting ballots and awards.
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Created byActivity Express2nd grade even and odd numbers worksheets that show why with pairing, buddy ten frames, dominoes, tally marks, base ten blocks and doubles.
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Created byActivity Express40 differentiated fall color by code math pages: 5 pictures at 8 levels, from number match to addition, subtraction and doubles within 20.
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Created byActivity ExpressSix fall disguise crafts for PreK–2: pumpkin, apple, acorn, maple leaf, pinecone and ghost, each with a template, sentence frames and story writing.
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Created byActivity ExpressOriginal fall read-aloud, Nutmeg's Leaf Bed, with a lift-the-leaf hedgehog retell craft in 12 versions, vocabulary, writing and a 5-day plan for PreK–2.
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Created byActivity Express20 fall and Halloween reading mats for 1st grade with read-it-three-times fluency, comprehension questions, word hunts and a 4-week reading plan.
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Created byActivity Express16 fall nonfiction passages for 1st and 2nd grade that teach students to find, mark and explain text evidence, with a hands-on Do It! activity for each.
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Created byActivity ExpressFree fall addition worksheets with counting dots for K–1: touch and count, then count on. Sums to 5, 10 and 18, a 3-week plan and quick checks.
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Created byActivity ExpressA Halloween sentence building center for K–1: 72 Who?, Did What? and Where? picture cards, 6 recording sheets and 12 scrambled sentences.
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Created byActivity ExpressHalloween color by code for numbers 1–10: 8 pictures in 8 versions each, from numerals to ten frames, tallies, dominoes and addition within 10. PreK–1st.
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Created byActivity Express12 Halloween errorless journal prompts in 3 levels for special education and emergent writers, with picture symbols, tracing, cut and glue and IEP data.
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Created byActivity Express20 Halloween math and literacy centers for kindergarten: ten frames, patterns, CVC games and rhyming, with a 4-week plan, labels and recording sheets.
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Created byActivity Express4 Halloween engineering challenges for K–5: pumpkin launcher, ghost parachute, cauldron boat and mummy tower, with K–2 and 3–5 recording pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressHalloween grammar for grades 1–3: 96 subject and predicate picture cards, 40 task cards, sorts, fragment practice, exit tickets and a 1-week plan.
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Created byActivity Express7 holiday Write the Room sets for PreK–1st, Halloween to Earth Day: 12 picture word cards each, 5 differentiated recording sheets and a seated word chart.
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Created byActivity ExpressA no prep November packet for kindergarten: 22 literacy pages, 20 math pages, a 4-week plan and harvest themes like pumpkins, turkeys and acorns.
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Created byActivity Express48 no-prep November pages for kindergarten: word families, sight words, rhyming, counting by 5s and 10s, number bonds, shapes and a 4-week plan.
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Created byActivity Express36 double-sided letter sound cards with keyword pictures and body movements for PreK–1st, plus mini cards, a 6-week plan and a progress tracker.
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Created byActivity Express18 math card games for 1st–2nd grade with 80 printable number cards: addition, subtraction, place value, time, shapes and data, plus a 6-week rotation.
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Created byActivity Express40 missing addend worksheets for K–2 within 10 and 20: dominoes, part-part-whole, ten frames, number lines, equations, word problems and answer keys.
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Created byActivity Express24 November writing prompts for K–2 in two levels: narrative, opinion, informational, how-to and letter writing, with word banks and I Can checklists.
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Created byActivity ExpressFillable parent-teacher conference forms for K–5: schedules, records, Glows & Grows, English & Spanish family letters and student-led conference pages.
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Created byActivity ExpressPumpkin life cycle science for K–3: a pull-tab slider, spinner wheel craft, labeling, leveled passages, a mini-book and a real pumpkin investigation.
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Created byActivity ExpressA pumpkin place value craft with 2-, 3- and 4-digit levels, 3 games, posters, 10 practice pages and a 5-day plan for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade.
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Created byActivity ExpressA free Halloween roll and draw for K–5: two leveled charts, a monster drawing mat, descriptive and persuasive writing, a partner game and a class graph.
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Created byActivity ExpressA dice game for grades 1–6 that builds one abstract artwork through line, shape, pattern, texture, color and value. Includes a sub plan and reflection.
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Created byActivity ExpressNeurodiversity-affirming social skills worksheets for K–5 special education and autism: emotions, calming, friendship, self-advocacy, 10-week plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressStudents decorate a spoon, families pass it at Thanksgiving dinner with 24 gratitude cards, then send back a reflection. PreK–5, color and low-ink PDFs.
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Created byActivity Express264 reusable task box cards in 19 skill sets for autism and special ed: letters, sounds, writing, counting, patterns, ten frames and IEP data.
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Created byActivity ExpressStudents fill THANKFUL or GRATEFUL bubble letters with words, sentences or drawings. Leveled K–5 writing, a 3-day plan and giant bulletin board letters.
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Created byActivity ExpressA free Thanksgiving thankful tree for K–5: 3 tree templates, 4 leaf pages, 24 prompt cards, leveled gratitude writing and a giant class tree display.
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Created byActivity ExpressTouch and count number cards 0–20 with dots on the numerals, teen cards with ten frames, 5 math games and 11 counting worksheets for Pre-K to 1st grade.
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Created byActivity Express40 Would You Rather opinion writing prompts in two levels for K–3, with OREO organizer, sentence starters, linking words poster, rubric and 4-week plan.
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Created byActivity Express34 no-prep Thanksgiving pages for 1st and 2nd grade: word search, picture crossword, mazes, make ten, doubles, color by code and a 10-day plan.
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Created byActivity ExpressFive original Halloween read-aloud stories for 1st and 2nd grade with comprehension, vocabulary and writing activities and a 5-week plan. No books needed.
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Created byActivity Express24 fall color-by-sight-word mystery pictures at Dolch Pre-Primer, Primer and First Grade levels, with word lists, answer keys and a 6-week plan.
A step-by-step guide to teaching seven addition strategies for facts within 20 in 1st grade, with a 3-week plan, games and differentiation tips.
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How to use roll-and-read phonics game boards in K–2 to build automatic decoding, from short vowels to vowel teams, with plans, groups and checks.
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A practical K–2 guide to weekly spelling and sight word practice: choosing lists, pretests, word work centers, choice boards, games and homework.
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A practical fall guide to teaching repeating patterns in Pre-K–1st: finding the core, AB to ABC, fixing common mistakes and a two-week leaf plan.
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Plan October, November and December math and literacy practice in PreK–1st with seasonal no-prep packets, warm-ups, centers and take-home work.
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A week-by-week guide to December in 1st grade: which math and literacy skills to practice, how to use packets well, and how to keep routines calm.
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