Reading/English Language Arts in Grade 1
In grade 1, children become more independent readers and writers. As readers, they sound out more complex words and understand their meanings. They learn to think about what they read and answer questions beginning with who, what, when, where, and how (Who is the little girl’s friend? How did the boy find his way home?). Students also can predict what will happen next in stories. They can talk about the main ideas of simple stories and follow directions with several parts.
As they write and speak, first graders learn to use language correctly. They use complete sentences based on logical thinking and correctly spell many common three- and four letter words.
TOPICS COVERED
Reading/English language arts standards cover the following eight topics, or strands.
Expectations for what a child should be able to do increase from one grade to the next.
• Use and understand spoken words (Language Development)
• Moving from spoken language to print (Beginning Reading)
• Obtain facts from books and other writing (Informational Text)
• Learn from and enjoy stories, poems, and plays (Literary Text)
• Use materials to find out information (Research)
• Use written words to share information, ideas, and feelings (Writing)
• Obtain information from television, film, Internet, or videos (Media)
• Know how to spell and use grammar correctly (English Language Conventions)
WHAT YOUR CHILD SHOULD KNOW
BY THE END OF THE FIRST GRADE, YOUR CHILD SHOULD KNOW AND BE ABLE TO PERFORM THESE SKILLS:
1. Describe familiar objects, people, and events and their characteristics (like their colors or locations) using specific words and phrases (e.g., under the tree with red leaves).
2. Determine meanings of words using a beginning dictionary.
3. Match oral words to printed words.
4. Distinguish between long- and short-vowel sounds (for example, between bit and bite) in single syllable words that are spoken.
5. Answer questions about facts that they hear or read.
6. Predict what will happen next in a story. Explain whether or not the prediction actually happened.
7. Identify the plot, character, and setting in a favorite story.
8. Write or dictate stories that have a beginning, middle, and end. Arrange ideas in a logical way.
9. Write in complete sentences.
HOME ACTIVITIES
1. Read with your child, and encourage your child to read aloud to you.
Books your child might enjoy include Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.; Pancakes, Pancakes! by Eric Carle; and Mama Don’t Allow, by Thacher Hurd.
2. At home or at the library, search the Internet with your child for favorite animals or hobbies.
3. Sing songs together. Ask your child to pick out the words that rhyme and to make up more rhymes that fit the song.
4. Each day, pick a “word of the day” that starts with a different letter. Find other words that start with that letter.
Grade 1 Reading Course Outline
First Grade English/Language Arts Worksheets
Spring
is Here! -
reading, word usage
The
Main Idea -
primary
Wally
the Word Detective
-
worksheet 12
Wally
the Word Detective
-
worksheet 11
Reading
Readiness #6
Amazing
Animals -
reading readiness worksheet
Short
i Phonogram Packet
-
12 pages
The
long a Sound -
worksheet 2
The
long i Sound -
worksheet 2
The
long a Sound -
worksheet 3
The
long a Sound -
worksheet 1
Jake
and the long a Sound
The
long i Sound -
worksheet 3
The
long i Sound -
worksheet 1
Beginning
Sounds of Letters
Beginning
Sounds d, j, k, m, w
Beginning
Sounds h, c, t, a, b
A
Birthday Party -
beginning consonants b, c, f, g, p
Beginning
Consonants -
five worksheets (b,c,d,f) (g,h,j,k) (l,m,n,p) (q,r,s,t)
(v,w,x,y,z)
Ending
Sound M
Ending
Consonants Three
worksheets (b,d,f,g) (k,l,m,n) (p,r,s,t)
Ending
Sound of Letter K
Vowels
and Consonants on the Farm
-
c-v-c worksheet
Vowel
Digraphs
Vowel
Digraphs
Draw
A Rhyme -
worksheet 2
Draw
A Rhyme -
worksheet 1
Rhymes
with Cat
Read,
Rhyme, Draw -
worksheet 6
Read,
Rhyme, Draw -
worksheet 5
Read,
Rhyme and Draw -
worksheets 1,2,3, and 4
Rhyming
Fun -
worksheet 2
Rhyming
Tic-Tac-Toe -
worksheet 1
I
Can Rhyme -
rhyming worksheet
Rhyming
Words 2
Rhyming
Words
Rhyming
Words worksheet a
Nouns
and Plural Nouns
Noun
Worksheet
Halloween
More Than One -
plural nouns
Nouns
at School
Get
Around Nouns -
transportation theme
Schoolhouse
Nouns
Action
Words
Animal
Race -
period or question mark worksheet
Which
Kind Of Sentence -
punctuation worksheet
Punctuation
Worksheet -
using a period and question mark
Punctuation
Worksheet -
sentences using a periods, question mark or exclamation
At
the Beach
Halloween
Capitalization
Friends
at School
Back
to School Capitalization
I
Am Unique -
letter I worksheet
Skateboard
Fun -
syllabication
Vegetable
Syllables
Animal
Syllables
Turtle
Races -
using are and is
Are
and Is on the Farm
Vocabulary
Development
Sentence
Review 1
I
or Me
Word
Families Poster -
est
Word
Families 1 -
est
Word
Families -
est
Word
Families Poster -
eep
Word
Families 1 -
eep
Word
Families -
eep
Words
with -y, -ly, and -ful
Opposites
Opposites
-
worksheets a and b, words with opposite meanings
Opposite
Worksheet 3 -
opposites and alphabetizing
To,
Too, and Two
I'm
Learning to Spell #2
-
long
i sound
I'm
Learning to Spell #1
-
long
a sound
Making
Farm Words -
2 styles, farm animal words
Alphabetize
Dolch Words -
1st grade
Letter
G Worksheet 2 -
alphabetize letter G words
Letter
F Worksheet 2 -
alphabetize letter F words
Letter
E Worksheet 2 -
alphabetize letter E words
Letter
D Worksheet 2 -
alphabetize letter D words
Letter
C Worksheet 2 -
alphabetize letter C words
Letter
B Worksheet 2 -
alphabetize letter B words
Letter
A Worksheet 2 -
alphabetize letter A words
When
I Went to. . .
Safety
Fun
Draw
a Story -
sequence of four
Computer
Charlie 2 -
writing capital letters
Computer
Charlie -
writing lower case letters
Finding
Letters in Text -
letter P
Letter
From San Diego -
punctuation practice
My
Favorite Day of the Week
-
handwriting practice
Writing
the Date -
punctuation
Days
of the Week -
word search and questions
Fun
in the Sun -
word search
First Grade Social Studies Worksheets
Community
Helpers
Community
Helpers -
same as above except uses non-gender specific titles.
Thinking Skills Worksheets
Shop
and Sort Worksheet 2
-
Sort the items from a shopping list between a diner, a clothing
store, a toy store, and a sporting goods store.
Shop
and Sort Worksheet 1
-
Sort the items on the shopping list between a hardware store, toy
store, clothing store, and jewelry store.
Ten
Acorns -
following directions
Puzzling
Shapes
Crossword Puzzles and Word Search Puzzles
Miscellaneous First Grade Worksheets
Matching
Words worksheets C and D
Reading
Readiness -
following directions
Celebrations
-
For use with the book I'm
in Charge of Celebrations
by
Byrd Baylor.
Reading comprehension and fine motor.
Free Spelling Worksheets 1-50
Spelling
Words #1 -
ape, box, cat, day, eat, fell, got, had, if, jump, king, let, man
(13 words, first grade, alphabetizing)
Spelling
Words #2 -
now, open, pet, queen, ride, stop, top, under, very, want, well, yes,
yet
(13 words, first grade, alphabetizing)
Spelling Words #3 - act, boy, case, desk, ever, every, help, yelp, inch, pinch
Spelling Words #4 - sad, bad, step, pop, to, too, two, also, one, won
Spelling Words #5 - wagon, wonder, went, win, when, word, work, week, weak, warm, wire, wall, war
Spelling Words #6 - zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine ,ten, eleven, twelve
Spelling Words #7 - fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty
Spelling Words #8 - inch, foot, yard, mile, acre, rod, furlong, meter, kilometer, millimeter, centimeter, decimeter, dekameter
Spelling Words #9 - ate, eight, dear, deer, son, sun, some, sum, wood, would, write, right
Spelling Words #10 - appear, while, year, need, has, ice, hot, her, him, hymn, we, wee, fear
Spelling Words #11 - versus (vs.) , publisher (pub.), ounce (oz), population (pop.) ,number (no.), mountain (mt), minute (min), incorporated (inc) , department (dept.), county (co.) , avenue (ave.) association (assn.) abbreviation (abbr.)
Spelling Words #12 - alive, alone ,cool, guess, fence, grass, fruit, along, copy, each
Spelling Words #13 - pair, blue, passed, pear, gate, bare, gait, blew , bear, witch, which, homonym
Spelling Words #14 - cub, kitten, gosling, eaglet, chick, duckling, calf, joey, foal, bunny, lamb, fawn
Spelling Words #15 - planets, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Venus, Pluto, Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter, universe
Spelling Words #16 - summer, swim, picnic, vacation, trip, camp, water, friend, travel, fabulous
Spelling Words #17 - cup, bat, bee, yelp, bump, past, tent, walk, bed, fight, fall, mouse
Spelling Words #18 - honk, buzz, growl, hiss, moo, snort, oink, purr, roar, chirp, howl, nay
Spelling Words #19 - try, myself, were, cold, any, please, just, grow, together, into, pull, own, over
Spelling Words #20 - could, funny, keep, laugh, small, start, these, round, where, little, draw, around, found
Spelling Words #21 - bring, clean, look, can, play, saw, sleep, big, not, see, bar, wish
Spelling Words #22 - away, fly, better, them, they, sing, shall, carry, find, far, light, red
Spelling Words #23 - pause, patch, party, pass, pace, paid, paint, paper, pants, pantry, parent, park, part
Spelling Words #24 - been, cut, hurt never, drink, make, think, thank, here, know, full much, both
Spelling Words #25 - what, about, done, only, those, upon, once, put, take, pick, kind, because
Spelling Words #26 - today, show, came, have, pretty, said, why, wash, ask, before, old, me
Spelling Words #27 - school, pencil, color, spell, ruler, pen, lunch, recess, bell, tablet, history, class
Spelling Words #28 - cheerful, friendly, brave, pleasant, generous, creative, witty, strong, thoughtful, ambitious, loyal, considerate
Spelling Words #29 - answer, afraid, certain, equal, door, glad, fresh, object, notice, race, process, support
Spelling Words #30 - without, young, unit, trouble, then, therefore, poor, quick, rate, flight, expect, drop
Spelling Words #31 - danger, statement, rose, original, mine, lost, sheet, less, office, order, explain, narrow
Spelling Words #32 - snow, glass, important, station, sense, might, proud, rope, smoke, usual, gone, ground
Spelling Words #33 - gray, neither, room, doctor, easy, mouth, began, built, hope, mother, father, deep
Spelling Words #34 - onto, sure, note, company, chair, guide, wide, fire, various, heat, city, milk
Spelling Words #35 - honey, either, kept, within, wrote, teeth, say, pressure, pay, numb, lot, love
Spelling Words #36 - home, finger, flat, down, broken, basic, window, again, else, opposite, nest, decide
Spelling Words #37 - addend, equation, variable, numeral, numerator, denominator, difference, quotient, factor, digit, dividend, multiple, divisor
Spelling Words #38 - pumpkin, Thanksgiving, Indian, Plymouth, cornucopia, celebration, harvest, turkey, feast, pilgrim, colony, squash
Spelling Words #39 - side, hear, during, men, women, woman, next, thought, though, still, different, something
Spelling Words #40 - octagon, triangle, heptagon, quadrilateral, decagon, hexagon, nonagon, pentagon
Spelling Words #41 - sea, sound, change, several, heard, herd, such, between, example, children, there, first
Spelling Words #42 - the, of, and, a, in, is, you, that, it, he, for ,was
Spelling Words #43 - on, are, as, with, his, at, be, this, from, or, by, but
Spelling Words #44 - all, your, an, do, will, how, up, out, she, many, so, other
Spelling Words #45 - more, like, time, than, its, my, made, maid, did, way, may, long
Spelling Words #46 - after, words, called, just, land, enough, life, animal, took, above, almost, live
Spelling Words #47 - hand, feet, knee, elbow, wrist, neck, toe, foot, arm, leg, finger, nose
Spelling Words #48 - page, fair, high, however, country, night, knight, picture, being, study, second, soon
Spelling Words #49 - story, cents, hard, sentence, near, best, across, new, told, child, thing, whole
Spelling Words #50 - yesterday, today, tomorrow, beginning, middle, end, first, second, last, future, past, present
Seasonal Word Search Puzzles
Back
to School Fun (Worksheet 2)
-
word search, word scramble
Back
to School Fun (Worksheet 1)
-
word search, word scramble, alphabetizing
Birthday
Party Word Search
Nativity
Word Search
The
Night Before Christmas
-
word search and coloring worksheet
Camping
Word Search
Halloween
Word Search -
Word search puzzle
Thanksgiving
Word Search Puzzle 1
Easy
Easter word search
Summertime
Word Search
School
Days Word Search Puzzle