1st Grade Reading Instruction Worksheets Resources
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Introducing Character Traits
Introduce the concept of character traits in your reading comprehension instruction with this graphic organizer. This…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading ComprehensionReading Instruction -
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Draw the Directions
Employ a printable reading activity that helps build skills in following written directions.Subjects:Reading InstructionDrawingListening -
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Reading Comprehension Sequence Chain
This detail-oriented graphic organizer helps students strengthen reading comprehension by identifying important story…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading ComprehensionReading Instruction -
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Your Character Comes Alive
Students answer questions about a character's implicit and inferred traits.Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading ComprehensionReading Instruction -
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Rabbi Benjamin's Buttons Educator's Guide
The story Rabbi Benjamin's Buttons reflects community as a foundation for Judaism. Through the children's book and…Subjects:ReadingLiteratureReading and Literature -
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Proving Character Traits
Use this graphic organizer with your students to identify and list character traits in different narrative texts. These…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading ComprehensionReading Instruction -
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African Drums Craft & Reading Activity
Connect music and reading with this craft project. Students will build African hand drums, then use sounds and rhythms…Subjects:MusicArt, Music and DramaMusical Instruments -
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Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride & Mercy Watson Fights Crime Teacher's Guide
Help young children learn about safety issues by reading Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride and Mercy Watson Fights Crime.…Subjects:LiteratureSafetyReading and Literature -
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Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team Curriculum Guide
Young baseball fans will be drawn in by Brothers at Bat, the true story of the longest playing all-brother team in…Subjects:American History/U.S. HistoryBaseballSocial Studies and History -
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Following the Directions
Increase your students' reading abilities with a fun activity that builds skills in following directions. Use this…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionVisual Arts -
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It's a Pajama Party!
Enhance understanding with a teaching guide that offers pajama party-themed educational activities.Subjects:LiteratureReading and LiteratureReading Instruction -
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The Mercy Watson Books Teachers' Guide
Children love Katie DiCamillo's Mercy Watson series. Enrich their reading experience with the language arts lessons and…Subjects:LiteratureSafetyReading and Literature -
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Getting In The Mood
Use this activity to help your students reflect on the mood set in a story. The printable worksheet provides guiding…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading ComprehensionReading Instruction -
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Study Guide to Marianthe's Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories
Use this study guide to teach Marianthe's Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories by Aliki. This literature guide…Subjects:LiteratureImmigrationReading and Literature -
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
Enhance understanding and diversity awareness with a teaching guide that offers reading ideas about Hispanic heritage…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryCulture and DiversityMulticulturalism -
BOOK GUIDES
Teacher's Guide to The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray
Use these resources and activities for The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray to build students'…Subjects:ReadingLanguage Arts and WritingReading and Literature -
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Behold the Beautiful Dung Beetle Activity & Discussion Guide
Introduce students to the three types of dung beetles and their vital role in the environment with a science picture…Subjects:Informational TextsNonfiction LiteratureLiterature -
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Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass Activity & Discussion Guide
Use the children's book Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass to teach students about…Subjects:Nonfiction LiteratureLiterary BiographiesSuffrage and Women's Rights -
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Sharing the Asian American Heritage Experience
Enhance understanding with a teaching guide that offers reading ideas about Asian-American history for all reading…Subjects:Asian HistoryCulture and DiversityWorld History -
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Our Environment: Sentence Strips
In this language arts activity, students practice recognizing word and story order.Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading ComprehensionReading Instruction -
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Ben's Dream Teacher's Guide
Bring geography to life with this printable teacher's guide to Ben's Dream, a children's book by Chris Van Allsburg. The…Subjects:LiteratureChris Van Allsburg, Author & Illustrator: Guides to His BooksReading and Literature -
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Mercy Watson to the Rescue Teacher's Guide
Examine spelling, phonics, and figurative language with your students by using these lessons and activities for Mercy…Subjects:LiteratureReading and LiteratureReading Instruction -
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Native American Sand Painting Craft & Reading Activity
After listening to a story read aloud to the class, students will use the story characters as inspiration for their own…Subjects:Arts and CraftsReading InstructionNative Americans -
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The Boy Who Drew Birds Teacher's Guide
Introduce students to ornithology and American wildlife through the discussion questions and cross-curricular activities…Subjects:LiteratureLiterary BiographiesReading and Literature
