1st Grade Language Arts and Writing Resources
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CHOICE BOARDS
Summer Writing Practice Choice Board for Elementary Grades
These writing summer skill-building and retention activities for elementary students are perfect for summer writing…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingWritingLetter-Writing Lessons & Tips -
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas: Full Text of the Classic Poem
By Clement Clarke Moore 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was…Subjects:Reading and LiteraturePoetryLanguage Arts and Writing -
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Report Card Comments & Phrases—General and Handwriting
Use these general and handwriting comments and phrases to ease the report card crunch. Easy to modify and tailor to…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingWritingPenmanship -
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Questions Before, During, and After Reading
To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before, during, and after they…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionGrammar -
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Shared Writing
In shared writing, the teacher and students compose text together, with both contributing their thoughts and ideas to…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingWriting -
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Using "KWL" In Your Classroom Strategy
With this teaching strategy resource, we show you how to make the most out of KWL charts in your classroom. K-W-L stands…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLanguage Arts and Writing -
WORKSHEETS
Cursive Letters Alphabet and Handwriting Practice Worksheet
Help students learn and practice handwriting the alphabet using cursive letters with this printable worksheet featuring…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingPenmanship -
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Double-Entry Journals
Use a double-entry journal, a graphic organizer included with this article, to encourage students to organize their…Subjects:Language Arts and Writing -
WORKSHEETS
Effective Accommodations for Students with IEPs
A complete chart to help IEP teams find specific accommodations in instruction, assessment, classroom management,…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryLanguage Arts and WritingScience -
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Journaling
Learn how to incorporate journaling in your classroom. Teachers can use journaling as a kind of window into how students…Subjects:Journaling Tips, Strategies & TopicsLetters, Journals and DiariesWriting -
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Building Vocabulary
Vocabulary development is critical to success in reading To develop students' vocabulary, teachers must encourage a…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingVocabularyReading -
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The IEP Cycle: The General Educator's Role
The general educator's role in the IEP process is an extremely important one from beginning to end.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryLanguage Arts and WritingScience -
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Draw the Directions
Employ a printable reading activity that helps build skills in following written directions.Subjects:Reading InstructionDrawingListening -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Five Elements of a Plot
Five elements of a story's plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) provide the…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingReading and LiteratureReading Comprehension -
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Life in the Sea
Use writing prompts to get children's imaginations and writing skills flowing. This is a sample page from the Gr. 1-4…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingCreative WritingScience -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Main Idea and Supporting Details Web
An essential tool for language arts classes! This graphic organizer will help students identify the main idea of a…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingReading and LiteratureMain Idea and Supporting Details -
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Write Your Own Mad Libs®
Use this printable to have students create their own Mad Libs® stories. Students supply key words (nouns, adjectives,…Subjects:GrammarWritingCreative Writing -
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Geography Reading Warm-Up: Mountains
Students read a short, nonfiction passage about mountains and answer multiple-choice reading comprehension questions.…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingReading ComprehensionLandforms -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Running Records Form
Use this blank running record to assess individual students' reading skills and progress. Use with the lesson plan on…Subjects:Language Arts and Writing -
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Writing Aloud
Writing aloud, or modeled writing, is a strategy wherein teachers use a "think aloud" strategy to share their thinking…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingWriting -
WORKSHEETS
Bubble Answer Sheet
This sheet of multiple-choice bubble answers is ready to be filled in by your students. It features 50 items with…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingSocial Studies and HistoryScience -
LESSON PLANS
Main Idea: Chrysanthemum
Teach your students how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book Chrysanthemum with your class.SubjectsReadingMain Idea and Supporting DetailsReading and Literature -
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My Friend Writing Printable
Use this guide to help students write a descriptive paragraph about a friend. This printable works well as part of an…Subjects:Teaching Otis by Loren LongLanguage Arts and WritingCreative Writing -
DAILY WARM-UPS
The Invention of Coca-Cola® Reading Warm-Up
In this printable reading warm-up, students read a nonfiction passage on the invention of Coca-Cola® and answer reading…Subjects:ReadingLanguage Arts and WritingAmerican History/U.S. History