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The First Grade
Teacher's Reading Page

This page is developed to provided the First Grade Teacher with ready-made reading resources that can be downloaded tonight and used in the classroom tomorrow. Listed below are 100 School-to-home activities on the first grade level. The activities are organized by literacy skills. These activities can help children develop their ability to read and write. This page is a work in progress so please check back often for additional resources

The School-Home Links activities below are available to download as PDF files. In order to read or print these files, you will need to use Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you may download from Adobe .

Reading and Literacy Skills

  1. Knows the Parts of Books and Their Functions
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  2. Reads and Comprehends Fiction and Nonfiction
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  3. Identifies Sentences
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  4. Differentiates Letters, Words, and Sentences
    • Differentiating letters, words, and sentences

  5. Blends and Distinguishes Sounds in One-Syllable Words
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  6. Recognizes and Names All Upper- and Lower-case Letters
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  7. Decodes Words
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  8. Reads Common Sight Words
    • Reading common sight words

  9. Sounds Out Words
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  10. Reads Aloud with Accuracy and Comprehension
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  11. Recognizes Words by Sight
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  12. Builds Vocabulary
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  13. Creates Own Written Text
    • Describing events

  14. Follows Directions
    • Following two-step directions

  15. Forms Letters
    • Forming print

  16. Uses Punctuation and Capitalization
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  17. Produces Sentences
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  18. Produces Stories
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  19. Organizes Ideas
    • Collecting ideas before writing

  20. Engages in Literacy Activities
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

Book Links

  1. Reads and Comprehends at Grade Level
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

  2. Monitors Own Reading
    • Reading for comprehension

  3. Predicts What Happens Next
    • Learning to guess what will happen in a story

  4. Discusses Prior Knowledge
    • Thinking about prior knowledge in relation to a story

  5. Describes New Information from Text
    • Retelling information from a book

  6. Answers Simple Comprehension Questions
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...

the above resources are from http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading