Reading for 1st grade

A free printable weekly reading log: a row for each day with the book, the minutes, the pages and a family initial. Edit the days and the heading, print a stack and send home.

A free printable monthly reading log: a calendar box for each day to write the minutes, and lines for the books finished. Choose any month, print and send home.

Tap errors and self-corrections on a passage, time the read, and get accuracy, self-correction ratio and WCPM with the formulas shown. Informal; nothing saved.

Pick a math skill, topic, book or passage and get questions with a key, an exit ticket, a lesson hook and a reading passage at a level. Made by code from Peabody's own pages, free, no sign-in.

Original reading passages for kindergarten to 8th grade, each with five to eight comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Science, social studies, stories and more. Print student copies or read it big.

A whole-class quiz game on one screen: 2 to 8 teams, a category board, tiles with surprises or a race. No devices, no player cap, free.

216 original 1st grade reading passages, fiction and nonfiction, each with five to six questions, an answer key, vocabulary and a print copy.

Free library books to read together on the big screen: big type, a voice that lights each word, a pace you set, pictures where the book has them and questions to talk about.

A free gradebook: points, percents, a 1 to 4 view and an exit ticket tally per student, kept on this computer only, with a printable blank page.

A free printable end of year memory page: a picture box, a favorite memory, what I learned, my favorite book, a hope for next year and a note to next year's class. Print a class set.

A free printable reading award certificate with a star, a name, a reason and date and signature lines. Type the details or write them by hand, and print on landscape card stock.

A free printable who, what, when, where, why and how organizer with a labeled row and writing lines for each question. Edit the questions and print.

Word lists and short decodable sentences for twelve phonics patterns, from short a to r-controlled vowels. Every sentence uses only taught patterns. Print the sheet, free.

A step-by-step way to teach phonics: what the evidence supports, a typical sequence of patterns, a 30-minute daily lesson with scripts, blending, spelling, decodable text, tricky words and checking progress.

Make printable award certificates: 30 award wordings, six borders, a certificate for every name on your class list. Free, no watermark.

Thirty reading centers students can run on their own: phonics, sight words, fluency, comprehension and writing, each with what goes in the tub and the grades it fits.

Literal, inference and vocabulary questions for reading passages, K–8: how each works, how our 53 passages and their quizzes are built, and how to write your own.

A one-minute reading timer with a words-correct-per-minute calculator for any length of read. Nothing is saved.

What words correct per minute measures, what oral reading fluency norms are, where to find the Hasbrouck and Tindal compiled norms, how to use them for screening, and what WCPM can't tell you.

Small-group rotations step by step: forming flexible groups, planning the teacher table, centers that run without you, a printable rotation chart and a projector timer, and fixes.

Enter words read, errors and seconds from a read-aloud and get words per minute and an accuracy band, with what to do next.

Type your labels and print cubby, supply bin, book box or shelf labels with cut lines. Free, no watermark, nothing leaves your computer.

Thirty reading fluency activities for K–5, from repeated reading and reader's theater to phrase scooping and one-minute checks, each with what to do, what you need and the grades it fits.

Print a one-page letter home in English, Spanish or both: what we are learning, reading or math at home, or a welcome. Free, nothing leaves your computer.