Technology for 1st grade

Printable task cards, 4 or 8 a page, from math facts, vocabulary, passages or your own list, with a recording sheet, a key and an on-screen self-check.

A live typing race for the whole class: everyone types the same short passage on their own device and the projector shows the class racing along. No ranking below 3rd grade, no accounts, nothing stored.

Scratch is our number one pick: a free block-based coding site from a nonprofit that works for ages 8 and up and has teacher accounts. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.

Checked 2026-10-27

Socrative is our number one: it has a ready-made Exit Ticket activity that students answer on a device. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.

Checked 2026-10-30

Peabody Teach's task card maker is our number one: it builds numbered cards from math facts, word meanings, a reading passage or your own list, 4 or 8 to a page with a recording sheet and an answer key, plus an...

Checked 2026-10-31

Computer science for kids in plain words: the 2026 CSTA standards, Code.org, Scratch and ScratchJr, CS Unplugged, AP CS Principles vs. CS A, and what the evidence says.

Checked 2026-11-06

Virtual pattern blocks: the six shapes to drag, turn and snap together on the projector, with a fraction-of-a-hexagon count and a print of your design.

Checked 2026-11-06

Run Peabody's free typing course with a class: 18 lessons with no student accounts, typing tests of 1, 3 and 5 minutes, a printable sheet for each lesson, and a link that shows each seat's words a minute.

Checked 2026-11-10

Running a classroom escape room for review: choosing content, teams and time, printing locks and clue cards, envelopes, hints, checking codes, keeping it fair, and fixes.

Keeping marks and names off the internet: what FERPA and COPPA say in plain words, your district's gradebook first, paper, local files and browser-only tools, and habits for any gradebook.

Twenty printable cards for coding without a screen: robot partner, repeat, find the bug, if-then rules. Print 4 or 8 to a page. Free, no sign-in.

Checked 2026-11-07

Drag letter tiles to build words on a magnetic-style board, with vowels in red and consonants in blue. Free, no sign-in.

Children tap their own name and pick hot, cold or home lunch, then print the day's sheet. Names stay in your browser. Free, no sign-in.

Ten free unplugged coding lessons with printables, K to 8th grade: steps, repeats, if-then, bugs, scoreboards, test plans, and writing a precise spec for an AI.

Checked 2026-11-06

How do you tell a robot what to do, if it only does what you say? A free unplugged lesson for K to 2nd, about 25 minutes, with a printable.

Checked 2026-11-06

If you do the same thing again and again, can you say it just once? A free unplugged lesson for K to 2nd, about 25 minutes, with a printable.

Checked 2026-11-06

What should happen when something happens? A free unplugged lesson for K to 2nd, about 20 minutes, with a printable.

Checked 2026-11-06

How do you find the mistake in a set of steps? A free unplugged lesson for K to 3rd, about 25 minutes, with a printable.

Checked 2026-11-06

A free slideshow rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): one idea a slide, readable text, helpful images, sources and design.

Checked 2026-10-30

A free video project rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8): storyboard, clear message, audio, editing and credits for sources.

Checked 2026-10-30

A free coding project rubric in three grade bands (K–2, 3–5, 6–8) for block or text code: it works, planning, debugging, readable code and explaining it.

Checked 2026-10-30