First graders complete activities with the story The Great Big Enormous Turnip by Alexel Tolstoy. In this language arts lesson, student view the story as a Cloze passage and work with a partner to fill in the blanks. They check to...

In this snowman learning exercise, students color in a book about the parts of a snowman. For example, "This is the nose for the snowman."

Students play Bingo using Dolch sight words on their game cards.  For this sight word lesson, students create their own Bingo card, filling it out with dolch words from their provided list.  When a student has gotten Bingo, the...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read facts about the origin of blue jeans and assess reading and vocabulary comprehension. Students answer nine multiple choice questions.

In this Red Barn, Red Barn, What do you See? worksheet, students read a mini booklet, trace the color words and sight words "fluffy" and "me," and illustrate each sentence. Students print and illustrate six sentences.

In this recognizing animal names reading activity, 1st graders name 10 animals. A word bank of the animal names is provided and students must write the name to match each animal picture. 

In this counting and coloring instructional activity, students observe rows with numbers and graphics of M&Ms, read the number in the first box, and count and color the correct number of M&Ms in the second box. Students color...

In this recognizing numbers worksheet, students draw outlines on pictures of apples, read two-digit numbers, and draw the correct numbers of seeds inside the apples. Students draw seeds on four apples.

In this word meaning from context worksheet, learners read a short passage and analyze the difficult word in bold type. Students decide what the word means by using context clues and choose the correct answer from 4 choices. A secret...

In these matching words worksheets, students read the word pairs in the 24 examples and circle the words that are matching pairs.

Students practice rereading selected passages to improve their reading fluency. Working in pairs, students read and reread decodable, leveled passages. They are timed during each reading and graph and compare their results.

In this spelling skills worksheet, students examine 12 letters and read a clue to use some of the letters to spell a space-related word.

In this spelling words for Snow Surprise worksheet, 1st graders read and write 6 high frequency words and 10 spelling words, write the long o words in a story, complete 6 sentences with high frequency words, answer questions about...

Students improve their reading skills by completing at home reading assignments. In this reading skills lesson, students participate in a bulletin board competition to help them track and progress with their daily reading. Students...

Students use fluency checklists in this lesson to improve oral reading ability. The teacher models fluent and timed reading while reading the story "Fuzz and the Buzz." The students work with a partner to time each others oral reading...

In this vocabulary worksheet, students read sentences containing pictures. They choose and write the correct word to finish the sentence. A word list is included to assist students. There are six words in this one-page worksheet. An...

In this animal word game worksheet, students choose 1 of 2 game boards to play this game in which the object is to the first to make it to the honey. One game board features pictures while the other board features words that the players...

In this word recognition worksheet, students examine the pictures of the zebra, bear, and wolf. Students practice tracing each of the words and then write each of them independently.    

For this subjects word game worksheet, students choose 1 of 2 game boards to play this game in which the object is to the first to make it to the honey. One game board features pictures while the other board features words that the...

For this body parts word game worksheet, students choose 1 of 2 game boards to play this game in which the object is to the first to make it to the honey. One game board features pictures while the other board features words that the...

In this people word game worksheet, students choose 1 of 2 game boards to play this game in which the object is to the first to make it to the honey. One game board features pictures while the other board features words that the players...

In this bedroom words game worksheet, students choose 1 of 2 game boards to play this game in which the object is to the first to make it to the honey. One game board features pictures while the other board features words that the...

In this weather-related words game worksheet, students choose 1 of 2 game boards to play this game in which the object is to the first to make it to the honey. One game board features pictures while the other board features words that...

In this "igh" sound activity, students examine 2 picture clues and identify the "igh" words that represent them. Students also read a textual clue and identify the "igh" word that represents it and think of their own "igh" word and draw...