Activities for English Language Arts in 1st grade

Design Your Own Book Cover! Inspire imagination and artistic expression in this engaging activity.

This blank handwriting template is perfect for practicing your writing skills!

This blank handwriting template is perfect for practicing your writing skills!

This interactive CVC template is a fun and engaging way for students to practice making words. Students can drag and drop the consonants and vowels to create the word to match the picture.

This Dolch words activity is designed to help students improve their reading fluency and vocabulary.

Use this template to show off student work and work on proper peer feedback with Sonia's Gallery Walk using the TAG strategy. T - Tell your classmates something you like about their work. A - Ask them a question about it. G - Give a suggestion for how they can improve their work. Students can place a snapshot, screenshot, video, or show their work in the space provided, and then peers can provide multimedia feedback on the side. Use Kami's Split and Merge to create a portfolio collaborative activity or to remove the directions page to assign individually, then merge them all together after the work is done.

Teach your students the letters of the alphabet with this fun and engaging workbook. Ask them to draw, trace and write each letter of the alphabet to reinforce what they have learned in their lessons. This template is perfect for your young learners!

Get your students to write a letter to themselves at the start of the new school year. This is a really easy way to share some powerful messages with them, and it's a great way to boost their confidence and motivation for the rest of their year.

Use the Grid Method to create a student-centered, competency-based framework for any subject.

This book report template for elementary school students is perfect for your child's book reports.

Uncover the story's sequence with our easy and fun activity!

Uncover the story's sequence with our easy and fun activity!

Teach your students the letters of the alphabet with this fun and engaging worksheet. Ask them to draw, trace and write the letter A. This template is perfect for your young learners!

Journey through books with our handy reading log template! Track your literary adventures and celebrate the joy of reading.

This interactive reading activity takes your students on an out-of-this-world journey. Help our Captain return safely to Planet Luna while learning new vocabulary and writing your own ending for the story.

This Dolch words activity is designed to help students improve their reading fluency and vocabulary.