Less than $5 1st Grade Activities (by date, oldest first)

Students will count and graph the number of apple seeds they found in their apples. Excellent for early elementary and special education classrooms. Black and white graphics help you save on ink. Easy, fun, and interactive math lesson. Lesson plan ties in Special Education Extended Standards. This would be fun for Johnny Appleseed Day!

This super sight word game is a great way to get your little super heroes excited about reading! Game cards include pre-primer, primer, first grade, and second grade Dolch sight words, each marked for easy differentiation based on level. Download, print, laminate, and cut the cards and spinner. Students will spin and land on a number (one or two to practice as many words as possible). Some spaces say "draw 2." That means the student will draw and read two cards. On "action" spaces, you get to choose what the student can do. Use these spaces as an extra turn, lose a turn, or a battle! In a battle, each student can choose a card and attempt to read it. Any card read is kept; cards read incorrectly will return to the pile. Clip art in the game is from Krista Wallden with Creative Clips.

Students will have so much fun "sliding" letters and sounds together to make CVC words!

So many activities can be made from this ONE DOWNLOAD!

Students can...

Work on beginning, middle, and/or ending sounds based on CVC word pictures.

Match CVC word pictures to a teacher-given word (word list/answer key provided). Write the letters that spell the word represented by the CVC word picture card.

Read CVC words and drag and drop them to the corresponding picture (digital bonus activity!).

Images are available in color and in black and white. Ideas for differentiating instruction are included.

Students can use this blending board to "drive" small cars to each letter, stopping at the circles to state the letter sounds. Students can "drive" the cars faster or more slowly to practice blending sounds to make words.

Students will use these sentence parts to answer who, what, when, where, and why to build a sentence or short story. Handwriting paper is included with a box at the top to illustrate the sentence/story they wrote with their WH sentence strips. Print the WH question page on colorful paper for even more fun.

Popcorn Pathway is a fun way to help students practice CVC words with the short O sound. This is a perfect game for small group stations or to play during free time. Directions are included, but you are encouraged to change up the rules to according to your students' needs.

This fun St. Patrick's Day activity uses the story There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Clover to get students excited about sequencing!

Don't have the book? Don't worry! A link to listen to the book read aloud on YouTube is included in the download on the directions page.

Students will listen to the book and sequence the images from the story.

I have listed SEVEN ways to differentiate this activity to make it suitable for every student in your classroom- no extra planning time or accommodations required!

This product can also be found in a sequencing bundle along with several other "Old Lady Who" stories for every season!

Updated to include word form!

Students can use these cards to match two and three-digit numbers with their base ten block representations and their expanded form. Use the cards individually to create even more activities. For example, give students the three digit number card and have them build the number using actual base ten blocks. You can also give the students the clip art cards and have them write the three digit numbers or the numbers in expanded form. The possibilities are endless and easily differentiated for every learner.

Base Ten Clip Art from Pink at Heart

No book? No problem! A link to the story read aloud on YouTube is included!

Use with the book There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Ghost. Students can read the story and use the pictures to sequence the events of the story as they add pictures to their haunted house windows.

Included in the OLD LADY STORY BUNDLE

This is just one page of my St. Patrick's Day Math Packet! Using this page, students will cut out the pictures and finish the AB and ABB patterns with fun St. Patrick's Day clip art from CK Clipart.

Use this activity to sequence the events in There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Turkey. Each event is pictured on a turkey feather that, when completed, creates an adorable turkey that sequences the story. Print on cardstock to make it more durable or mat it on a large piece of construction paper. Students will color and cut out the turkey feathers and body, glue them together, and have a great "craftivity" that tells what happens in this adorable book.

This is included in my sequencing activity bundle available here.

Valentine's Day Reading Comprehension and Sequencing Craft

Students will love this Valentine's Day themed, educational activity that goes along with one of my favorite Valentine's Day books: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose.

UPDATE! This activity now includes link to a DIGITAL version of the activity and assessments so you can continue to use this with your remote learners.

No book? No problem! A link to the story read aloud on YouTube is included on the directions page!

Use with the book There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Rose. Students can read the story and use the picture "leaves" to sequence the events of the story as they add leaves to their rose.

Includes a differentiated sequencing assessment (fill in the blank and multiple choice versions) along with a list of seven easy ways to differentiate instruction with this resource.

This is included in my Sequencing Activity Bundle available here

Students will gain practice identifying and spelling primer level Dolch sight words with this fun spaghetti and meatballs game. Allow the students to select a spaghetti word bowl, or the teacher can "order" specific words on fun "Let me take your order" sheets. Perfect for small group instruction or early finishers. Print all sheets and laminate. Cut apart. You can add velcro pieces if you like to keep the metball letters secured to the spaghetti bowls.

Students will color leaves red and yellow, glue them to their tree trunks, and construct a single digit math problem using the visuals!

Use these task cards for math centers. Students can match the word problem to the picture equation and fill in their answers on the answer sheet provided. Equations cover numbers 1-10. Perfect for early elementary and special education. This will be a growing bundle as I add more task cards and answer sheets, so get it now to save!

This is a fun, low prep activity that kids will love doing around the holidays! Students will match and sort numbers to number words, lines, and objects. Laminate all parts and attach velcro if desired. Perfect for fast finishers, independent work, RtI, and special education.

Based on ability level, students can use the single tens frame and the number cards to represent a given number using manipulatives. Students who are ready for more of a challenge can roll dice to create an addition problem and use the tens frames to represent and solve the addition problem using manipulatives.

Use these mats for small groups or independent practice with one or two dice. Students roll the dice, count the dots, use manipulatives to represent the number, locate the number, and practice writing the number. Print and laminate the sheet or put it in a page protector to use with a dry erase marker for repeated use.

Updated to include a version of the mats with tens frames to help "make" the numbers.

Updated a second time to include a version of the mat with an addition sign for added math skill practice.

Use these practice pages to reinforce letter skills such as identifying beginning sounds, letter formation, and letter identification. Laminate or place in page protector for repeated use.

Use these pages to send home updates and show how much your students are growing month to month. Has a space for students to write their names, draw their portraits, and draw or write about what they are excited about for the month (like an upcoming field trip or a birthday). You can also write in how many sight words they have learned and how high they can count. These sheets are sure to be keepsakes for parents to look back on and see how their child improved in just a year! Ideal for kindergarten, first grade, and special education students. Every month is included.

Pages designed using fonts and clip art from PicMonkey.com