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ELA for 1st Graders

Explore our first grade ELA resources aligned to the 1st grade language arts curriculum. Enjoy learning key ELA concepts taught in the 1st grade, including reading, phonics, digraphs, rhyming words, blending, vowels, consonant blends, writing, sight words, bossy R words, silent e rule, and much more. Perfect grade 1 ELA resources for kids, teachers, and parents! Start now for free!

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Explore Words With Bossy R - ar Game

Get familiar with reading by learning to explore words with bossy R - ar.

Explore Words With R Controlled Vowels - ar Game

Polish your language skills by exploring words with R controlled vowels - ar.

Let's Look for the Bossy R Words! Worksheet

Combine ELA learning with adventure by looking for Bossy R words.

Which Bossy R sound do you hear? Worksheet

In this worksheet, learners will get to explore Bossy R sounds.

All ELA Resources

Begin Blending With Bossy R: AR Game

Begin blending with Bossy R: AR to practice your language skills!

From Sounds to Words: yarn and sharp Game

With the help of this game learn to translate sounds to words: yarn and sharp.

R-Blend Magic Worksheet

Here are some fun flashcards for r-blend magic! Explore fr, gr, pr, and tr words and boost your reading skills.

R-controlled Sound Words Worksheet

Understand how letter R controls different sound words with our uniquely designed flashcard. Download yours to unlock remarkable reading achievements!

Guess the Word: bark and dark Game

Kids must guess the word: bark and dark to develop their english skills!

Find Words Using Blending: arm and farm Game

Use your skills to find words using blending: arm and farm.

R-controlled Words Worksheet

Gear up with our exciting flashcards and gain mastery over the R-controlled words in no time. Download yours now!

Find The R Controlled Vowel Sound

Inspire learning with this phonics practice worksheet, focusing on r-controlled vowel sounds in a fun, printable format.

The Ultimate Bossy R Challenge: art, cart and harm Game

Make learning fun with the ultimate Bossy R challenge: art, cart and harm.

Begin Segmenting With charm and march Game

Practice english by learning to begin segmenting with charm and march.

Match The R Controlled Words

Discover the concept of bossy r with this engaging ELA worksheet, perfect for exploring r-controlled words.

Rearrange Sounds to Make Words: part and shark Game

Ask your child to rearrange sounds to make words: part and shark.

Sequence the Letters to Make Words: yard and farm Game

Make english easy by learning to sequence the letters to make words: yard and farm.

Color the Bossy R Sound You Hear Worksheet

Spot and color the heard bossy R sound on the "Color the Bossy R Sound You Hear Worksheet."

Guess the Word: dart and march Game

Put your language skills to the test by guessing the word: dart and march.

Begin Blending With Bossy R: ER Game

Begin blending with Bossy R: ER to practice your language skills!

Color the Correct Bossy R Sound Worksheet

Color the box with the correct bossy R sound on the "Color the Correct Bossy R Sound Worksheet."

Coloring Fun with Bossy R Sounds Worksheet

A colorful journey through Bossy R sounds. Perfect worksheet for young learners to strengthen their phonics foundation.

From Sounds to Words: herd and clerk Game

With the help of this game learn to translate sounds to words: herd and clerk.

Guess the Word: her and verb Game

Practice language art skills by spotting the word: her and verb.

Color the R-Controlled Sounds! Worksheet

Ignite your creativity with our fun phonics challenge! Spot bossy R vowel sounds in pictures and add vibrant colors. Boost your child's phonics skills today!

R-Controlled Sound Fill-Up Worksheet

Explore the R-controlled sounds through our fun phonics worksheet! Form words using the R-controlled sounds and conquer word-building.

Find Words Using Blending: term and berth Game

To play, kids must find words using blending: term and berth.

The Ultimate Bossy R Challenge: perm, jerk and clerk Game

Make learning fun with the ultimate Bossy R challenge: perm, jerk and clerk.

Bossy R Word Jumble Fun - er Words Worksheet

Jumble Fun with 'er Words in the 'Bossy R Word Jumble Fun - er Words Worksheet.'

Identify the Bossy R sound Worksheet

In this worksheet, learners have to identify the Bossy R sound.

Begin Segmenting With verb and term Game

Practice english by learning to begin segmenting with verb and term.

Rearrange Sounds to Make Words: fern and berth Game

Ask your child to rearrange sounds to make words: fern and berth.

Bossy R Word Jumble Fun - ir Words Worksheet

Jumble Fun with 'ir Words in the 'Bossy R Word Jumble Fun - ir Words Worksheet.'

Can You Spot the Bossy R Words? Worksheet

Spot the Bossy R Words in 'Can You Spot the Bossy R Words? Worksheet.'

Sequence the Letters to Make Words: clerk and herd Game

Kids must sequence the letters to make words: clerk and herd.

Guess the Word: fern and term Game

Kids must guess the word: fern and term to develop their english skills!

Bossy R Word Jumble Fun - ur Words Worksheet

Jumble Fun with 'ur Words in the 'Bossy R Word Jumble Fun - ur Words Worksheet.'

Matching Game: Diphthongs

Enhance your kid's phonics skills with this engaging matching worksheet focusing on diphthongs!

Begin Blending With Bossy R: IR Game

Begin blending with Bossy R: IR to practice your language skills!

From Sounds to Words: shirt and whirl Game

With the help of this game learn to translate sounds to words: shirt and whirl.

Match With the Correct Blend and Word Worksheet

Enjoy matching the correct blend and word with this printable ELA worksheet.

Fill in the Correct Blend Worksheet

Hone blending skills by filling in correct blends in this worksheet.

Guess the Word: stir and girl Game

Kids must guess the word: stir and girl to develop their english skills!

Find Words Using Blending: bird and chirp Game

To play, kids must find words using blending: bird and chirp.

Complete the Blend Grid Worksheet

Explore the world of phonics with a blend grid worksheet designed to enhance matching skills in young learners.

Write the Correct Blend and Complete the Word Worksheet

In this worksheet, learners will have to write the correct blend and complete the word.

The Ultimate Bossy R Challenge: shirt, skirt and quirk Game

Make learning fun with the ultimate Bossy R challenge: shirt, skirt and quirk.

Begin Segmenting With firm and birth Game

Practice english by learning to begin segmenting with firm and birth.

Color the Boxes with Appropriate Blends Worksheet

Color boxes with the appropriate blends on the "Color the Boxes with Appropriate Blends Worksheet."

Tick the Correct End Blend Worksheet

Tick the correct end blend in this playful worksheet.

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14 Effective & Fun First Grade ELA Worksheets & Literacy Centers

Planning and implementing literacy activities for each day of the month takes a lot of work. Teachers always look for ways to take First Grade ELA planning off their plates. Monthly literacy centers, worksheets, and mini-readers will save the day! These printable resources will free up your time so you can focus on the kids.

Best Practices for Teaching First Grade ELA Standards

First grade ELA standards include covering phonics, phonemic awareness, grammar, sentence writing, reading fluency, and comprehension. These are just some of the standards touched on!

There’s a lot to cover, and it can get overwhelming. Luckily for you, these monthly literacy activities will help!

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First-grade standards kids need to know, when to teach first grade ela standards, how to teach first grade ela skills, activities to teach 1st grade ela standards, free literacy worksheets to try, more first grade ela ideas & activities.

Picture this: Each reporting period, you have a lengthy list of standards to cover before report cards go home. You’re stressing over how you will teach everything to the kids in time.

Yup! Been there, done that!

The monthly literacy centers and worksheets I will introduce in this post have everything you need to cover all of the standards. Everything is already mapped out for you, so you just print and use it in your centers, as morning work , in small groups, or as you see fit.

Picture this: You have already created your lesson plans and taught the prescribed ELA material, but some students aren’t grasping the concepts. You need something to help reinforce each skill, but they’re tired of the same materials.

Try something new!

These monthly literacy activities have differentiated worksheets and printables to make things exciting and student-centered. The consistency of the resources will help students complete their work independently, but the scaffolded topics will allow them to be challenged each month as they practice and build new skills in fun ways.

Around the world, first grade literacy standards are very similar. While they might differ slightly, the basic premise is pretty much the same.

Here is a brief list of first grade literacy standards you must most likely cover in the classroom!

General ELA Skills

• Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
• Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
• Describe characters, settings, and major story events using key details.
• Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.
• Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories.

Reading: Foundational Skills

• Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).
• Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
• Distinguish long from short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words.
• Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.
• Isolate and pronounce initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in spoken single-syllable words.
• Segment spoken single-syllable words into their complete sequence of individual sounds (phonemes).
• Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
• Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
• Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
• Write opinion pieces that introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
• Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.
• Write narratives in which they recount two or more appropriately sequenced events, include details regarding what happened, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide some sense of closure.
• Use conventional spelling for words with common spelling patterns and for frequently occurring irregular words.
• Spell untaught words phonetically, drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
• Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 1 reading and content, choosing flexibly from various strategies.
• Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
• Define words by category and by one or more key attributes (e.g., a duck is a bird that swims; a tiger is a large cat with stripes).
• Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., note places at home that are cozy).
• Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs differing in manner (e.g., look, peek, glance, stare, glare, scowl) and adjectives differing in intensity (e.g., large, gigantic) by defining or choosing them or acting out the meanings.

Please keep in mind that this is not an exhaustive list. There are plenty more standards that these cross over with and more that build from these foundational skills.

Literacy standards should be taught during all literacy blocks. Whether you are teaching a whole group lesson or working on a specific skill with a small group of children, you should focus on standards covered in the grade.

One of the easiest (and most fun) ways to teach standards is to incorporate them into activities. These activities can be completed independently, as a small group, and even in a whole group setting.

Begin by teaching a skill in a whole group setting over the course of a week or more. Then, reinforce the skill by working one-on-one with students at your teacher’s table or in small groups. Use mini readers, worksheets, short passages, and fun games to encourage them as they dive into the skill.

Next, add the skill into activities they can complete independently or with a partner. These can be literacy center worksheets, games, morning work , exit tickets, or early finisher activities . The key to teaching ELA skills is offering them to students in various ways and differentiating them based on necessity and skill level.

Do you want activities that are meaningful, standards-based, and planned for you each month? With this monthly bundle of First Grade Literacy Activities , you can simply print and use it in the classroom. No extra planning is needed!

This is what you will find in each month.

6 Types of 1st Grade Literacy Centers

Each of the literacy centers offered has 3 versions, so you can use them plenty throughout the month. Each center comes with a recording sheet to keep students accountable and on track.

Sorting Activity – Students sort images and words into appropriate categories depending on the skill for that month. Ideal to complete as a class, in small groups, or with a partner.

Find the Pair – Using cards with pictures, students will sort into pairs or another way depending on the language skill being studied that month. After all pairs are made, they record their answers.

Puzzles – Students will piece together three-piece puzzles depending on the skill being studied that month. Once all puzzles are completed, they can fill in the recording form with the words.

Clip Cards – Using clips, students find all of the images that match the sound type being studied in the center of the card. Once they are done clipping the cards, they can use one of the given forms to record their answers.

Build the Sight Words – Students will love this hands-on building center where they trace, write, and build sight words. Building materials can include tiles, magnets, playdough, or any other classroom materials!

Task Cards – Task cards make practicing literacy skills a breeze. Kids will work through the cards and fill out their answers on the recording sheet.

6 Types of First Grade ELA Worksheets

Each worksheet has 3 differentiated versions, so you can use them with different groups of students throughout the month.

Color by Code – Kids will enjoy coloring these fun, mystery pictures that are revealed as they color. They will look at the picture and color each space to correspond to the key and skill being practiced.

Find & Color – Use these worksheets to practice identifying and finding sounds. Students will love looking through a page of fun pictures to find the ones with a specific sound!

Sentence Work – These worksheets provide two ways for kids to practice sentence structure: sentence building and sentence practice. Each month, the focus changes and builds in difficulty.

Crack the Code – Kids will love using their Code Chart to crack the code for the mystery words. The recording sheet is provided at three levels to support all students!

Spin & Color – Students spin a spinner and find an image that matches. Great for literacy centers, word work, or small groups. Skills change each month, and multiple versions make differentiation a breeze!

Around the Room Scoot – Get students out of their chairs and moving around the room as they search for picture cards and practice spelling words. Differentiated recording sheets are provided!

Reading Materials

Decodable Reader – Print the decodable readers for students to work on fluency independently or in small groups. You can also have students read them in whole group lessons.

There is one decodable reader each month offered in 3 leveled versions for differentiation. There is a black-and-white version, a color version, and a version with no illustrations, so students can add their own illustrations to show meaning.

Decodable Passages – The decodable readers also come as short passages with two versions for differentiated reading comprehension practice.

Monthly Literacy Centers, Worksheets, & Readers

Make planning a breeze with this innovative, easy-to-use Literacy Centers & Worksheets Bundle by Proud to be Primary that is  Science of Reading aligned ! You will have  everything you need  to teach students year-round during literacy centers, small groups, morning work, and more. There’s something for every day that keeps kids occupied and learning!

This bundle is packed with resources that  teach and review essential literacy skills . By mastering these skills, students will develop the confidence to decode words, manipulate sounds, write sentences, and read stories. This practice will help your students become stronger, more well-rounded readers. 

Interested in monthly literacy activities and worksheets? Below is a list of monthly resources available for 1st grade.

• August 1st Grade Literacy Activities
• September 1st Grade Literacy Activities
• October 1st Grade Literacy Activities
• November 1st Grade Literacy Activities
• December 1st Grade Literacy Activities
• January 1st Grade Literacy Activities
• February 1st Grade Literacy Activities
• March 1st Grade Literacy Activities
• April 1st Grade Literacy Activities
• May 1st Grade Literacy Activities
• June 1st Grade Literacy Activities

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Download and print free standards-based worksheets for 1st grade. These easy-to-use printables are perfect for teachers and parents who are looking for creative ways to teach new concepts or review what students have learned.

1st Grade English Worksheets

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