English language arts for 1st grade (page 8)
Reading, writing, phonics and language.
- Who, what, where, when and why question cardsPrintable
Printable cards that practice answering who, what, where, when and why questions about short pictured scenes, with a sheet for the adult to mark.
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- Core word communication boardPrintable
A printable core word board of the most-used words, colored by kind of word, in three sizes, with a how-to-model page for adults.
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- First-then boardTool
A first-then board you can print or show on a screen: pick two pictures, and the child sees what comes first and what comes next.
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- Community and safety sign cardsPrintable
Printable cards of the signs and words children meet in town, such as stop, exit, restroom and caution, with a matching game and a sheet to circle the sign.
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- Ducks at the Pond: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about animals for 1st grade, 84 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Moon: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about space for 1st grade, 98 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Ben and Tess Share: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A fiction passage about friendship for 1st grade, 108 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Spring crosswordMaker
Free Spring crossword: 13 words with clues for 1st to 4th grade, numbered squares and an answer key. Edit the clues and print.
- Weather bingo cardsMaker
Free Weather bingo cards: 36 words on unique printable cards, 3×3 to 5×5, with a caller list and a projector caller. Edit the words and print.
- Weather word searchMaker
Free Weather word search: 23 words, a word bank and an answer key. Choose the grid size and difficulty, edit the words, and print.
- A Map Shows Where: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about maps for 1st grade, 91 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Wheels Help Us Move: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about how things work for 1st grade, 82 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- The Four Seasons: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about weather and seasons for 1st grade, 74 words, with five comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Analytic or single-point? A rubric quizPage
Eight classroom moments. For each, pick the rubric shape that fits: analytic for a score, single-point for feedback. Every answer says why.
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- Is this rubric descriptor child-readable?Page
Ten rubric cells written for grown-ups. Pick the rewrite a student could read and check against their own work. Every answer says why.
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- Sight words quiz bankPage
Every sight word the quiz maker can print as a listening quiz, list by list, with the look-alike words it puts in the boxes.
- Do you know the Fry 100?Page
Fifteen words from Fry's first 100, read aloud by your device, three boxes each. The wrong boxes are the look-alikes a beginning reader mixes up.
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- Word meanings quiz bankPage
Every word meaning the quiz maker can print, by reading level, with the two wrong meanings written for each word.
- Guess the grade of this passagePage
Eight openings of real reading passages. Pick K–2, 3–5 or 6–8 by ear, then see the grade each was written for and its Flesch–Kincaid number.
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- Make a quiz from a book, a recipe or a landPage
A free three-box quiz made from the words on one Peabody page, with an answer key to print and a homework link a student opens without signing in.
- Standards and questions for library booksPage
Common Core reading standards and five comprehension questions at three depths, with an answer key, for Peabody's library books. Free to print.
- Why We Sleep: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about sleep and health for 1st grade, 71 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Ants Work Together: 1st grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about insects for 1st grade, 89 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Can you score these running records?Page
Eight running records with their counts. Work out the accuracy, error rate, self-correction ratio or words correct per minute. Every answer shows the arithmetic.
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