1st grade
Everything for 1st grade, from every section.
Run the room
Make
- Quiz maker
- Rubrics for every assignment
- Exit ticket maker
- What the quiz bank holds
- Bingo card generator
- Word search maker
- Handwriting worksheet maker
- Math worksheet generator
- Certificate maker
- Flashcard maker
- Spelling practice and test maker
- Report card comments
- Maze maker
- Word scramble maker
- Sudoku maker
- Name tag maker
- Classroom label maker
- Graphic organizer maker
- School calendar maker
- Class newsletter maker
- Writing prompts by grade
- Lesson outline
- Rubric draft for the rubric maker
- Quiz or question set from a topic or a text
- Parent email draft
- Report card comments from the comment bank
- Sub plan draft
- Differentiation ideas for a lesson
- Exit tickets and quick checks
- Winter bingo cards
- Winter word search
- Christmas bingo cards
- Christmas word search
- Hanukkah bingo cards
- Kwanzaa bingo cards
- Valentine’s Day crossword
- New Year bingo cards
- 100th Day of School bingo cards
- 100th Day of School word search
- Spring crossword
- Valentine’s Day bingo cards
- Valentine’s Day word search
- Thanksgiving bingo cards
- Thanksgiving word search
- Groundhog Day bingo cards
- Groundhog Day word search
- Presidents’ Day bingo cards
- Back to School crossword
- Dr. Seuss bingo cards
- Dr. Seuss word search
- St. Patrick’s Day bingo cards
- St. Patrick’s Day word search
- Spring bingo cards
- Spring word search
- Earth Day bingo cards
- Earth Day word search
- Farm Animals crossword
- Halloween bingo cards
- Halloween word search
- Fall bingo cards
- Fall word search
- Back to School bingo cards
- Back to School word search
- Five Senses crossword
- Community Helpers crossword
- Space bingo cards
- Space word search
- Healthy Food crossword
- Ocean Animals bingo cards
- Ocean Animals word search
- Dinosaurs bingo cards
- Dinosaurs word search
- Farm Animals bingo cards
- Farm Animals word search
- Weather bingo cards
- Weather word search
- Insects and Bugs bingo cards
- Insects and Bugs word search
- Plants and Seeds bingo cards
- Plants and Seeds word search
- Five Senses bingo cards
- Five Senses word search
- Community Helpers bingo cards
- Community Helpers word search
- Healthy Food bingo cards
- Healthy Food word search
- Human Body bingo cards
- Sports bingo cards
- Sports word search
- Summer bingo cards
- Summer word search
- End of the School Year bingo cards
- End of the School Year word search
- Fourth of July bingo cards
- Easter bingo cards
- Easter word search
- Mother’s Day bingo cards
- Mother’s Day word search
- Father’s Day bingo cards
- Father’s Day word search
- Presentation rubric
- Essay rubric
- Paragraph writing rubric
- Opinion writing rubric
- Narrative writing rubric
- Informational writing rubric
- Kindergarten writing rubric
- Project rubric
- Science project rubric
- Science fair project rubric
- Science experiment rubric
- Poster rubric
- Art project rubric
- Research report rubric
- Book report rubric
- Reading response rubric
- Group work rubric
- Participation rubric
- Speaking rubric
- Math problem solving rubric
- Poetry rubric
- Journal entry rubric
- Letter writing rubric
- Biography rubric
- Handwriting rubric
- Spelling test rubric
- Reading aloud rubric
- Lab report rubric
- Timeline rubric
- Map project rubric
- Diorama rubric
- Slideshow rubric
- Video project rubric
- Coding project rubric
- Debate rubric
- Class discussion rubric
- Math explanation rubric
- Graph and data rubric
- Music performance rubric
- PE skills rubric
Reading
- Reading passages with questions
- Grade 1 reading passages with questions
- Read-aloud books for the projector
- Sight word lists and flash cards
- Dolch primer sight words (52 words)
- Dolch first grade sight words (41 words)
- Decodable sentences by phonics pattern
- Dolch noun list: 95 common nouns for beginning readers
- Short a (CVC) decodable sentences and word list
- Short e (CVC) decodable sentences and word list
- Short i (CVC) decodable sentences and word list
- Short o (CVC) decodable sentences and word list
- Short u (CVC) decodable sentences and word list
- Magic e (CVCe) decodable sentences and word list
- Digraphs sh, ch, th decodable sentences and word list
- Consonant blends decodable sentences and word list
- Long a (ai, ay) decodable sentences and word list
- Long e (ee, ea) decodable sentences and word list
- Long o (oa, ow) decodable sentences and word list
- R-controlled vowels (ar, or) decodable sentences and word list
- Reading fluency timer and WCPM calculator
- Reading level finder
- Text leveler: one text at three reading levels
- Questions from a text
- Vocabulary list with kid-friendly meanings
- Book discussion questions
- Ducks at the Pond: 1st grade reading passage with questions
- The Moon: 1st grade reading passage with questions
- Ben and Tess Share: 1st grade reading passage with questions
- A Map Shows Where: 1st grade reading passage with questions
- Wheels Help Us Move: 1st grade reading passage with questions
- The Four Seasons: 1st grade reading passage with questions
- The Little Red Hen: read-aloud with discussion questions
- Lion and Mouse: read-aloud with discussion questions
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears: read-aloud with discussion questions
- The Three Little Pigs: read-aloud with discussion questions
- The Gingerbread Man: read-aloud with discussion questions
- Frogs Are Amazing: read-aloud with discussion questions
- The Sun Is a Star: read-aloud with discussion questions
- The Moon Follows Me: read-aloud with discussion questions
Math
- Math worksheets by topic and grade
- Hundreds chart
- Number line
- Virtual manipulatives
- Math fact fluency
- Base-ten blocks
- Ten frames
- Two-colour counters
- Place value chart
- Clock face
- Number bonds
- Coins and bills
- Rekenrek
- Addition within 10 worksheets
- Addition within 20 worksheets
- Subtraction within 10 worksheets
- Subtraction within 20 worksheets
- Make 10 worksheets
- Counting coins worksheets
Printables
- Alphabet desk strip
- Class rules poster
- Classroom jobs chart
- Daily schedule cards
- Ten frames
- Weekly reading log
- All about me page
- Alphabet strip with a word for each letter
- Behavior point chart
- Double ten frames
- Monthly reading log
- Voice levels poster
- Weekly class schedule
- 100th day of school chart
- Attention signals poster
- Number desk strip
- Place value mat
- Weekly sticker chart
- 100th day writing page
- Feelings chart poster
- Number words desk strip
- Venn diagram
- Growth mindset phrases poster
- I can goal sheet
- Kindness calendar
- Skip counting strips
- Team points chart
- Desk name plates
- Gratitude leaves
- Handwashing steps poster
- KWL chart
- Behavior clip chart
- Line order poster
- Story map
- Table tents
- Thank you notes
- Ask three before me poster
- Line leader and helper chart
- Morning routine checklist
- Plant growth log
- Welcome door sign
- Monthly weather chart
- Reward goal tracker
- When you are finished poster
- Emotions check-in sheet
- Kindness poster
- Summer countdown chain
- Where we are door sign
- Clock faces
- Daily agenda board sheet
- End of year memory page
- Pattern bookmarks to color
- Problem solving steps poster
- Sequencing organizer
- Birthday chart
- Nature bookmarks to color
- Number bonds
- Square breathing poster
- Blank hundreds grid
- Reading award certificate
- Who, what, when, where, why organizer
- Blank number lines
- Writing process poster
- Word wall letters A to Z
- Bar graph template
- Word wall sound headers
- Lesson plan templates
- Sub plan template and emergency sub folder
Classroom games
- Live classroom quiz game: students join with a code
- Host a live quiz on the projector: room code, QR code and three big boxes
- Brain breaks: 60 movement cards with a random draw and a timer
- Calming brain breaks: 12 breathing and settling cards
- Stretching brain breaks: 12 gentle stretch cards
- Energizing brain breaks for small spaces: 12 cards
- Seated brain breaks: 12 chair and desk cards
- Quiet focus brain breaks: 12 silent reset cards
- Classroom activities from any list: five games on the board and print sheets
- Matching game maker: match terms and meanings from your list
- Flip tiles memory game maker from your own list
- Classroom quiz show maker: multiple choice with teams, from your list
- Group sort game maker: sort items into categories from your list
- Odd one out game maker: which one does not belong, from your list
Substitute teachers
- Sub plan generator: a whole day, printed
- No-prep activities for subs, by minutes left
- First day as a substitute: the checklist
- The substitute's note to the teacher
- For the teacher who's out: leaving sub plans
- Emergency sub folder template
- The sub bag: what a substitute should bring
- My sub log
- My sub résumé sheet
- 1st grade sub plans: a whole day
- 1st grade sub plans: reading
- 1st grade sub plans: math
- 1st grade sub plans: science
- 1st grade sub plans: social studies
- 1st grade sub plans: writing
- Reading pack for subs, K–8
- Math pack for subs, K–8
- Writing pack for subs, K–8
- Science pack for subs, K–8
- Social studies pack for subs, K–8
- Any subject pack for subs, K–8
- 5-minute activities for a sub: what to do with 5 minutes left
- 10-minute activities for a sub: what to do with 10 minutes left
- 15-minute activities for a sub: what to do with 15 minutes left
- 20-minute activities for a sub: what to do with 20 minutes left
- 30-minute activities for a sub: what to do with 30 minutes left
- 45-minute activities for a sub: what to do with 45 minutes left
- Which grade is this passage for?
- The first five minutes: a quiz for subs
- What would you do? Ten moments for a substitute
- Sub lingo: the words on a sub plan
- The note: say what happened, not who is what
- Minutes left: pick the activity that fits
- Brain break or not? A quiet-room quiz
- The lunch count: a sub's one bit of arithmetic
- Attention signals: which one fits the room?
- Pack the sub bag
Ideas and guides
- First-year teacher survival guide
- Elementary classroom setup checklist
- Sub plans that work
- How to run centers
- How to run a morning meeting
- Classroom management for beginners
- How to teach phonics step by step
- Student data privacy for teachers
- Planning a school year
- 41 classroom jobs, with what each one does
- Analytic vs single-point rubric: which to use, with one example in both shapes
- 60 brain breaks for the classroom
- Your first week as a substitute
- 50 indoor recess games
- When the teacher left nothing
- 35 morning meeting ideas
- Getting a room's attention as a substitute
- 40 icebreakers by grade
- The first five minutes as a substitute
- 54 low-stakes writing prompts by grade
- The last ten minutes as a substitute
- 30 exit ticket ideas that take three minutes
- Writing the note to the teacher
- 25 formative assessment examples
- 30 math center ideas
- 30 reading center ideas
- Long-term subbing
- 40 classroom reward ideas that aren't candy
- Reading a sub plan fast
- 25 calm-corner ideas
- Keeping a sub log
- 30 STEM challenges by grade
- What a sub may and may not do
- 50 would-you-rather questions for kids
- 40 end-of-year activities for the last weeks of school
- 30 field day games with soft, cheap equipment
- 25 sub-day activities a substitute can run with no prep
- 30 ways to use a timer in class
- 25 ways to use a spinner wheel in class
- 20 bingo variations for the classroom
- 30 vocabulary games that make students use the words
- 25 phonemic awareness activities you can do in five minutes
- 30 reading fluency activities for every day
- 20 number talk prompts by grade
- 30 fast finisher activities that aren't busywork
- 25 transition songs and attention signals
- 20 classroom management strategies, grouped by the evidence behind them
- 30 science experiments with kitchen supplies
- 25 PE games for small spaces
- 10 things to do when the teacher left no sub plans
- 20 five-minute fillers for a class that finished early
- 15 ten-minute activities with nothing but a whiteboard
- 12 silent activities for a sub with a restless class
- 10 ways to learn a class's names by lunch
- 10 attention signals that work in any room
- 12 indoor recess games for a substitute
- 12 steps to emergency sub plans for the whole year, in one afternoon
- 14 pages that go in an emergency sub folder
- 15 writing prompts for a sub day, by grade
- 10 math games a sub can run from the board
- 14 things for a long-term sub's first two weeks
- 12 things subs wish teachers left
The Library
- The science of reading: what it says, what it doesn't, and how to teach by it
- Phonemic awareness: what it is, how to teach it, and what the research says
- Repeated reading: how to build reading fluency, and what the research says
- Orton-Gillingham: what it is, how a lesson runs, and what the research says
- Math fact fluency: how to build it, and what the research says about timed practice
- Teaching with number lines: what the research says, and how to use them from pre-K to 8th grade
Top tens and lists
- Top 10 free learning websites for elementary students (2026)
- Top 10 free math websites for kids (2026)
- Top 10 free worksheet websites for teachers and homeschool (2026)
- Top 10 read-aloud books for kindergarten and 1st grade (2026)
- Top 20 free interactive and printable number line tools for teachers (2026)
- Top 8 free reading websites for kids in K-5 (2026)
- Top 9 decodable book series and sources for K-2 (2026)
- Top 9 free coding websites and apps for kids (2026)
- Top 9 free science websites for kids and classrooms (2026)
- Top 11 rubric makers and generators for teachers (2026)
- Top 12 free quiz makers for teachers that print or play live (2026)
- Top 14 free worksheet generators for teachers (2026)